Motorcycle Ratings and Reviews
These aren’t tools, exactly; they’re eyewash bottles, but they’re something that everyone who works with tools should have. Any time you are drilling, filing, cutting, sanding, sweeping or using compressed air, you stand the risk of getting debris in an eye, even if you’re wearing safety glasses. The intruder could [...]
Chain tools are nothing new. I suspect that their origins go back to about 15 minutes after the first functional roller chain was conceived in the late 1800s. But that hasn’t prevented people from coming up with more practical and ingenious tools for removing, installing and sizing motorcycle drive chains. [...]
If you have a dirtbike and are like most off-road riders, you probably aren’t worried about your bike’s polished or anodized aluminum rims getting a bit nicked up when you’re changing tires. Why should you? Due to the basic nature of off-roading, a dirtbike’s wheels are subjected to a lot [...]
I call it the First Law of Funnelomics: No matter how many different funnels you have on hand, you often can’t find one that will get the job done properly. One has a spout that’s too large to fit into the filler opening, another’s spout is too short to reach [...]
I have no documentation to back this up, but I think it’s safe to assume that many more Harley-Davidson owners perform some level of engine work on their bikes than do owners of any other brand. After all, millions of Harleys have been sold over the years, a large percentage [...]
Normally, I never include conventional tools in this section; things like socket sets and ratchets are as common as houseflies, so you don’t need me to tell you of their existence. Unless, of course, there is something special about them. Well, Kobalt’s 63-Piece Standard/Metric Mechanics Tool Set (part #338513) has [...]
There’s nothing new about the concept of taps and dies. Such tools have been in use since sometime early in the 18th century when blacksmiths began making threaded fasteners out of metal instead of wood. But there have been countless improvements and innovations in tap-and-die design over the years, and [...]
Ever had to install an Allen bolt into a deep recess and then try to get it started in its threads? Though not an impossible task by any means, it still can often be a little frustrating and time-consuming. But not with the Magic Ring Screw Holding Ball Hex L-Key [...]
Any amount of weight and bulk that can be reduced in an off-road fanny pack or toolbag is a big deal, no matter how small the savings. So, if you’re currently carrying sizable, bulky wrenches to fit the axle nuts on your dirtbike, CruzTOOLS (www.cruztools.com) may be able to put [...]
As sophisticated as modern motorcycles have become, some of them, dirtbikes in particular, have one design element that in my opinion is rather crude: the method of adjusting shock-spring preload. I’m referring to the very common type of shock that uses two large threaded rings—one that’s turned to adjust the [...]
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