KTM 640 ADVENTURE1999 Supplement To The Owner's Handbook page 7

NOTE REGARDING THE CENTER STAND:
We advice the following procedure to place the motorcycle on the center
stand as effortlessly as possible:
a) press main stand to ground using foot,
b) swing out kickstarter and pull motocycle backwards at an angle as illustrated
(see illustration).
Make sure that the ground is solid and that your motorcycle is standing
securely.
CAUTION
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EFORE YOU START OFF CHECK THAT THE CENTER STAND HAS BEEN SWUNG RIGHT UP TO THE
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TOP F THE STAND DRAGS ON THE GROUND THE MOTORCYCLE CAN GO OUT OF CONTROL
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