KTM 400LC4 Owner's Handbook Manual page 14

NOTE REGARDING THE CENTER STAND:
We advise 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 motorcycle backwards at an angle as illust-
rated (see illustration).
Make sure that the ground is solid and that your motorcycle is standing
securely.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE SIDE STAND:
Use your foot to push the side stand forward as far as possible, and lean
your motorcycle to the side. Make sure that your motorcycle is standing
safely on solid ground. Just in case, you can also put in a gear.
Motorcycles that have a side stand are provided with a safety starting
system. If the side stand has been swung out from the motorcycle, the
engine can only be started if the transmission has been switched to idle or if
the clutch lever has been pulled in.
If you put in a gear with the side stand in its swung-out position, and if you
let go of the clutch lever, the engine will stop.
CAUTION
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HE SIDE STAND IS DIMENSIONED FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE MOTORCYCLE ONLY F YOU
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ARE SITTING ON THE MOTORBIKE AND THUS APPLY AN ADDITIONAL LOAD ONTO THE SIDE
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STAND YOU MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE SIDE STAND OR THE FRAME AND YOUR
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MOTORBIKE MAY FALL OVER