Hot Asphalt Heads Up!

[psycledelic]

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up for the sinking kickstand on hot asphalt.  I came out of school today to my bike hovering at about a 45 degree angle.  Five more minutes and it would have probably been on its side.  It didn't seem that hot, but.....there it was. 

[erkishhorde]

You mean like this?


After that I started carrying a puck around with me all the time. If I had been thinking I would have noticed the previous holes that had been filled in that you can plainly see in the picture and I wouldn't have parked there.

[TiNi]

good reminder  thanks!

2 summers ago, our friends just had their driveway paved
stopped by for a quick hello
my bike did not go over, but my sidestand left a permanent dent in their fresh asphalt
it happened in less than a half hour too

woopsie 

[the_Journeyman]

I used to carry a little plastic foot like most motorcycle shops sell.  I think I left it at the Deal's Gap resort sometime last year ~

JM

[jestor00]

I definitely always carry a puck now, have a breast pocket on my leather jacket thats perfect for it.  I had a similar thing happen, was parked outside my buddies house and the kickstand sunk in a good 3, 4 inches if i had been inside anylonger it would have gone over.

[Monster Dave]

Just make sure that you do it in style:

[DucMouse the Mighty]

so when is ythe DMF shop going to sell some of those 

[Porsche Monkey]

Yeah, I've still got the old one from 

[corey]

i use a metal octagon from the back of an electrical junction box... works great. and it's slim, fits easily anywhere...

[pennyrobber]

I always carry a can of beer with me for this reason. When I get to my destination I just crack open the can, enjoy the beer then use its empty carcass as a kickstand pad. 

[vampire]

the asphalt standards here to stand a 175F under the sun temperature haha

[BomberHead]

my wifes vt750 sunk in our driveway on its center stand. talk about hot + heavy.

[teddy037.2]

I always carry a can of beer with me for this reason. When I get to my destination I just crack open the can, enjoy the beer then use its empty carcass as a kickstand pad. 

FTW!!!

[Monster Dave]

You know it's funny, pavement here in AZ seems to vary greatly from location to location. It could be in the 80's and I go out and find that my kickstand has left a mark in the asphalt, but then it could be 103 degrees and I find no marks whatsoever. I understand that there are significant differences between concrete and asphalt, but there really must be a great difference from qualities of asphalts put down at different locations.

[amcloud]

Asphalt takes quite a while to fully cure, 6 to 9 months minimum, so as the age of the surface differs, so does the hardness of the asphalt.