I'm not much help with the RVF forks.

I can say that after working in Japan for a year exporting bikes that shifting bikes on te side stand is completely safe and I mean come on the NSR stand is so overly engineered that you would never break it!

The only thing you have to be carefull of a trick new bikes with Auto spring up stands!!! Like a 999R that almost ended up on it's side...................ALMOST!!!!!!