The folks who prop their bikes up on thick objects until they are teetering on the edge of destruction like to think of themselves as "vertical" folks -- why I do not know as they are on the side stand as you have pointed out and they have stuck in an undocumented block of something into the equation on top of that.
Real side stand on the ground folks won't claim them as they are kinda like sissies, splitting the difference between the methods and saying they are "following the manual" like it has some sort of magical mojo associated with following the erroneous thing.
In truth, there is an error in the manual, either the 2.5 quarts of oil as listed in the manual is wrong or the test method is wrong as the two items are incompatible with reality and with each other.
Trying to get folks to say which of the two is the error so it can be properly listed in the Clymers error log that we keep in the tech section really sends them "prop her uppers" into a complete tizzy since none of their little props are listed in either place.
.... and I am being nice when I call them sissies .....
some go a bit beyond that into the realm of "bungie strap bondage" or actual "chockaholics"