Stock, my BMW R1200GS leaned so far to the left when parked on the sidestand that it made finding a secure parking spot difficult sometimes. So, as I did with my old R1100GS, I extended the sidestand with a small home-made spacer.
On the R11GS, I used a piece of 1/2" white nylon from an old kitchen cutting board. It worked well, and lasted for 50k miles before requiring replacement. But it was a bit slick when parked on cement or rock.
This time, for the R12GS, I decided to use hard rubber. I got two pieces from a local shoe repair shop. The owner even cut the two pieces (about 10mm thick) to fit my template, and then used a large grinding wheel to smooth them into identical shapes.
I drilled them for a pair of counter-sunk 5mm bolts in stainess steel, and screwed them to the sidestand, drilling matching holes in the sidestand. This modification doesn't add enough weight to affect operation of the sidestand, nor does it drag when cornering (even on trackdays).
This was the first version, which I used for awhile. But as the suspension softened up a bit, I found it to be too tall. So I simply removed one of the pieces of rubber.
The overall extension I'm using now (just one piece of rubber) is about 0.4" (10mm). The rubber is just soft enough to grip the concrete and pavement when I park and makes the sidestand stick to the ground very solidly.
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