Never trust your stock stand - NEVER!

[GRUNTMAX]

1) Push stand down.
2) Pull clutch in and engage 1st Gear.
3) Disengage clutch & push bike as far forward as it will go in 1st Gear.
4) Lean bike to left whilst ensuring that stand is all the way forward.
5) Go and have a cup of coffee & a bl** j**.

Your a funny little pirate

It's a side stand thing Rod, happens to everybody sooner or later. Then you always make sure you follow steps 1 to 4. Wouldn't want to scratch that Chrome Stator Cover or the pretty paint mate.
I should point out to you that my Avatar is a Skull & Cutlesses, not a Skull & Crossbones (Jolly Roger/Pirate Flag). Under Admiralty Maritime law, any Vessel that flies the "Jolly Roger" is "Fair Game" and any other vessel at sea has a legal right to "Blow their wheelhouse off". So when a vessel in the well managed Japanese Whaling Fleet blows the "MV Steve Irwin"'s wheelhouse off, you'll know why. The "Skull & Cutlesses" is usually flown by Fishing Masters & Wind Up Merchants.