I have a video of an Australian ploice woman that parked her hire bike Motorguzi only find ir ran away as the side stand said no more... don't they have hills in Auz??
Back to the subject in hand.. I stripped the side stand down stripping off the side pegs, ignition kickstand switch and the side stand essembly comes of easily 2 bolts.
Icould see that the main bolt has little small flange and the outer section of the arm which is thinner than the other side this can open making the gap increase and the arm floppy.
Looking at the options I fitted a large washer to cover the gap seen on the thin side of the arm section to stop it opening up and with a larger bodied nut. This tightened up the arm and the slack that was seen before.
It seems that with the bolt, arm and frame becoming worn this showes up the small amount showed up as much greater on the end of the stand...
Its so stiff now I think Viagra has been used..
Thanks ofr the replies... Min G0JMS