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[FJmonkey]

One idea on the magnet thing -- put whatever hard magnet you got on and then put a soft magnet over top of it --- like the ones you have on the fridge that sometimes people put business cards on or those magnetic calendars etch -- it might be enough to take the sting off the bounce
stevec

Or the magnets trapped between metal plates. The plates take the hit and the magnets are free from the real shock. Some are really strong.

[markmartin]

I followed Alain's lead and bought two 1-1/4" cup magnets from Lee Valley. I attached one to the foot peg to secure the side stand  - as Alain showed in his post.  Then I screwed the other magnet to the center stand as shown below. It's about 3/8" think (< 10mm) with the washer that it comes with and with the stand up and  resting up against the rubber bumper, the magnet is also hitting on and holding to the shock linkage.  Looks like it'll work.  It finally stopped raining here so I'm going to try it tomorrow.  

I don't anticipate the shock linkage moving the stand down very much ( or at all?) when compressing the suspension, however I'm not certain of this.  ( ground clearance when cornering would be my only concern if it did move down much)  It doesn't seem to move when pushing the suspension down when I'm sitting on it in the garage.  Anyone have any thoughts on this?

[delarbreavous]

Looks nice Mark,

If I did this for my centre stand I would probably put the magnet where the main stand rubber stopper is and shim it with some rubber washers to have the perfect height. The flat surface where the stopper hits the stand is ideal for the magnet.

I did my second ride this evening testing the side stand magnet, it holds well but I think it's transferring some vibrations to the foot peg, yesterday I tested it 100 times to see how the magnet would endure the beating, it holds on perfectly.

Alain