Side stand angle? Does this look right?

[Jomama]

Seems like my bike leans more than when I got it a few years ago.  Was wondering if it looks like its bending at the oem angle already on it.












Cheers!

[Mustang]

it's not usually the stock bend that bends  it's more like this section I highlighted bends into a sorta u shape  
also if you crank the bolt down tight it will pull out any slop in the bracket as it's threaded to the backside of the kickstand , and then tighten up the lock nut on the backside
helps eliminate some of the lean by removing the slop .

[Jomama]

Cool, thanks for the clarification.  Sometimes it just seems like its way over on the verge of taking a dirtnap, it might just be uneven ground/perspective I look at it.

[Jomama]

also if you crank the bolt down tight it will pull out any slop in the bracket as it's threaded to the backside of the kickstand , and then tighten up the lock nut on the backside
helps eliminate some of the lean by removing the slop .

Bingo, I hadn't even tried to wiggle it yet.  There is quite a bit of play. However, I took the locking nut off and I cant get the bolt to back out, it just spins, it also just spins going on, it doesn't ever tighten up.  Very confusing, I can see the threads on the backside spinning.  I tried to give it some help by pushing it out while I spin it but no go..

[Mustang]

threads are probably stripped in the kickstand

[NeilD]

nut and bolt are tight on mine but lots of wiggle on the sidestand.

I picked up a new sidestand on fleabay, so will order a new bolt and then look at getting a bush inserted into the pivot hole, as I guess its that thats worn rather than the bolt.

looking at the mounting plate theres a large torxhead bolt which looks like it needs to be removed - does this just thread into the frame or is it holding something else on? I might try and pick up another mount plate and get that sorted out and just swap them over rather than havign the bike off the road...