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A 10mm Kinda Thing

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MCRyder

MCRyder

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I went the Moto GP this weekend. Going on the way through Hearne my Tracer right mirror loosened up (again, but had stayed put after tightening) and flopped. I stopped at an O’Reillys and found the needed 17mm wrench to tighten. I thought about asking to just borrow the tool to tighten the mirror, but since it loosened before I went ahead and spent the $11.99 and tax. And, of course the mirror stayed put the rest of the trip.

Over the years I’ve collected a fair amount of tools. This is my 17mm lineup before I left.
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I’ve had the no-name wrench for more than 30 years.

So now I’ve added this new member, Junior, to the 17mm family.
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17 is a very popular metric size , 18 is oddball but every time you encounter one it is very tight , real popular for rear trans crossmember bolts on trucks . And 10 mm , you can never have too many of them . Above 18 mm i dont buy metrics , a SAE will work just different numbers ive used SAE sockets up to 1200 foot pounds torque with no problem . Digging in my tool box a couple days ago i found at least 10 11mm sockets , i think ive found 11 mm nuts twice in 50 years of wrenching and once was plastic nuts in a ford truck grill so that really shouldnt count .
 
I can't remember which bike but one I had was an 11mm on the chain adjuster.
 
I've a collection of 17mm's too. Slender, long, stubby, ratchet flat, ratchet angled, etc. Plus a couple of "17 Largo"... aka 11/16" (17.4mm).
 
Trip tools are great. I took a toolkit with me on my trip to California, but the top nut on my triple that sits under my MV Motorrad riser plate had come loose, and I didn't have a 36mm nut. Picked one up. Also, on my trip to Florida, my rear tire went quicker than I thought it would and I had to pull the wheel to take it to Cycle Gear in Tampa. Turns out the stock tools on the FJR are junk and wouldn't do the job, so I spent a tidy sum of money buying everything I needed. Those tools were usually better than the ones in my toolbox at home, so they've been some nice upgrades.
 
I wish I still had the tool kit from my BMW K75's. It came with enough high quality tools that you could rebuild the bike. Each new BMW used to come with a carry bag containing a quart of oil and a battery charger. My Tracer came with one double open end 12/14mm wrench.
 
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MCRyder said:
I wish I still had the tool kit from my BMW K75's. It came with enough high quality tools that you could rebuild the bike. Each new BMW used to come with a carry bag containing a quart of oil and a battery charger. My Tracer came with one double open end 12/14mm wrench.
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I've been pretty impressed with the toolkit for my KTM 1190 Adventure R. I'm also somewhat frustrated. KTM insists on using torx bolts all over the bike, so much so that I have to dig out the toolkit to do anything on it. However, once that kit is out, I hardly reach into my normal toolbox because everything I need is there, and the tools aren't made of butter like the ones in my Yamaha kit.
 
How about the oil drain plug ? Had to change oil on a road trip years ago on my 950 and no engine oil plug socket . Had to pull the oil filter out and lean the bike over and drain the engine block that way . Next time i needed to change oil on a trip i had a socket .
 
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