My all time best side stand experience: Many moons ago -- mid-late 80's I believe -- I stopped by the local Ducati dealership just to have a good look around. I sat on the then new 900SS for moment -- complete torture rack, not meany for me (or any human form). I'm about to step off when salesman runs up with his hand held up in front of me, saying 'stop!'. I look at him in confusion, where upon he says to me 'You do realize the bike has an automatic retracting side stand?'. A what? Heck no, I don't realize such a stupid thing could even exist. Look down, and sure enough side stand retracted when I stood the bike up. Last bike in a line of 8 or 10. Would have been a very expensive lookie-loo visit.