I've got a 99 TE410, and the spring that retracts the kickstand keeps getting knocked off every not and then when kicking it. I have to keep a pair of pliers on me at all times so I can take the kickstand completely off to get it back to where I have a couple sets of pliers to get the spring back on.

Is this a normal problem on the left kick bikes? It's getting to be a royal pita, and I can't run around everywhere without a kickstand.

I was thinking about tacking it on... does this sound like a bad idea?