# 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")
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### Author: ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@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")

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> [@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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