I just gotta ask. How much do you weigh? I have been mounting a bike like this for a long time and I have never bent anything..cottons said:I would agree that standing on the Left peg to mount the bike will mess up the side stand. It is not the stand that gets bent , but the "U" at the top where the bolt goes thru. Over the last 20 years I have had many vintage bikes , with very strong stands, that have the "U" spread apart because of excess weight of standing on the peg. This is one of the first things I have to fix when I restore the bike.