If you own a mille you’ll know about this issue. I was shocked with the side stand the moment I sat on the bike to test ride it and was scared to let go of it when I came back. The stand is straight and very short which means the back wheel comes off of the ground very easily and never gave me any confidence on it staying up.
The cure is to buy a cbr1000rr 06-07 side stand you don’t need the switch or bracket. I found mine in the states for £47 posted which wasn’t bad just shame it was a 13 day wait
Take out the centre bolt holding the stand and bracket together then swap over the top bracket and springs from the rsv stand to the cbr stand. You can see how much longer the Cbr stand is compared to the rsv one.
I did notice the trick to getting the Stand together with the springs was to mount the springs with the centre bolt out then ease the bolt in half way. The should will catch on the stand in the middle so I just used a flat head screw driver to ease it up and the bolt went all the way through no trouble. (If its tight stop your more than likely cross threading it)
The honda firestorm stand also fits and is usually easier/cheaper to find . Just need to drill a hole in it for the switch and adjust the kickdown lever a bit with a brummie screwdriver .
Not a big fan of bodge jobs I’d rather use a direct replacement instead of making stuff fit especially as its my side stand plus I only knew of this mod
