# Why race bikes don't have kickstand.
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-race-bikes-dont-have-kickstand/258022
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [April 21, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-race-bikes-dont-have-kickstand/258022 "2011-04-21T16:22:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-race-bikes-dont-have-kickstand/258022/1 "2011-04-21T16:22:39Z")
…or why you should visually confirm the kickstand is up before the bike is in any kind of motion. Looks like he is ok.
[youtu.be/qIR3d1p6X2A](https://youtu.be/qIR3d1p6X2A)
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### Author:  [@h0twh3els](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/h0twh3els)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-race-bikes-dont-have-kickstand/258022/2 "2011-04-21T16:24:03Z")
Aww that sucks balls.
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### Author:  [@GermanPSI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GermanPSI)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-race-bikes-dont-have-kickstand/258022/3 "2011-04-21T16:24:40Z")
owned
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### Author:  [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-race-bikes-dont-have-kickstand/258022/4 "2011-04-21T16:35:46Z")
dumbass
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### Author:  [@Quattro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quattro)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-race-bikes-dont-have-kickstand/258022/5 "2011-04-21T16:38:57Z")
Don’t some newer bike’s kill the motor if the kickstand’s down and you put it in gear? Seen some squid at work stall multiple times in this fashion.
I like the part of the video where its just laying on its side watching the other bikes ride by lol.
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### Author:  [@Justin\_GSR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin_GSR)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-race-bikes-dont-have-kickstand/258022/6 "2011-04-21T16:39:35Z")
makes me happy to know if my kick stand is down the bike shuts off when put into gear
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### Author:  [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-race-bikes-dont-have-kickstand/258022/7 "2011-04-21T18:16:49Z")
> [@Crazy ass wind 1/9](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-ass-wind-1-9/41481/45):
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> Don’t some newer bike’s kill the motor if the kickstand’s down and you put it in gear? Seen some squid at work stall multiple times in this fashion.
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> I like the part of the video where its just laying on its side watching the other bikes ride by lol.
Most bikes do.
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### Author:  [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-race-bikes-dont-have-kickstand/258022/8 "2011-04-21T19:52:21Z")
> [@Crazy ass wind 1/9](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-ass-wind-1-9/41481/45):
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> Don’t some newer bike’s kill the motor if the kickstand’s down and you put it in gear? Seen some squid at work stall multiple times in this fashion.
Pretty sure most every sportbike made in the last 20+ years does that :rofl
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### Author:  [@Icon2008](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Icon2008)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-race-bikes-dont-have-kickstand/258022/9 "2011-04-22T17:49:38Z")
sometimes I have heard of these switches going bad so I hard wired the one on my gsxr an might do same thing with the rc51