Back in March I took a ride down to Phoenix, AZ. to see my new grand daughter. I stopped in Wickenburg to gas up. As I stepped down and begin to lift the bike onto the center stand, the footpost extension snapped off completely and the bike fell hard onto its right side. The mirror broke off, and of course my paint job really took some damage.
The bike is being repaired now, the saddle bag lid hit hard enough to crack it, so that part had to be replaced before I could get it to the painter. Of course, the insurance company wanted to total out the bike, said it was only worth $2300. That issue took 3 weeks to resolve, waiting on the parts also took about 3 weeks. It should be done next week (fingers crossed).
Just a heads up to check your center stand for metal fatigue, I had no warning, and there was no rusted cracks for me to notice.
It was been a long 9 weeks without the Beemer parked in my parking space...