beemerdood
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Hopefully I'm not just being hardheaded, but I can't help but wonder in his tumble was due to the stand digging into soft ground instead of it breaking.
I saw the incident report and the request for repair. It was not a case of "soft ground." A loud noise immediately preceded the tip–over and the fall. Something in the side stand mechanism broke.
Is there some reason that you're so intent on disputing what actually happened? Several manuals warn against putting extra weight, on the side stand. Standing on the peg to mount, does this, and does it at quite some distance from the side stand pivot point, giving that weight considerable leverage against the side stand and its parts. More than likely the rider was also using the right handgrip to balance himself as he swung his right leg over the seat, adding to the leverage and weight applied against the side stand and its parts.