# 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: ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@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")

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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.

Pretty sure most every sportbike made in the last 20+ years does that :rofl

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