I don't really think the lean angle on the new chrome side stand changed much....maybe a little less lean to left, but nothing even close to being too straight up.....the thing I like is that is heavy duty and when it's down...it doesn't flex like the stock Honda did...it's solid....and the foot print is twice as large...
I have had the slip on/off side stand pads, like the one from Rivco, but I had to bend over to slip it on, lift bike up a bit...same thing to take it off....as I get older with the titinium rods in my lower back..
..that gets more difficult...so I like the fact that it is there...kick it down and kick it up
and it is chrome, which, in my opinion, looks real good next to so much black..
..Shaker