Now the bikes out of warranty most of the minor maintenance work will be done by yours truely. However, I need a reasonable toolkit as there seems to be a real mix of metric and imperial bolts on the bike. As such, what tools would you recommend and where is the best place to buy?
Always buy good quality brand name tools. Look after them and they will last forever and never fail. A good workshop manual will suggest the right tools for your bike. In melbourne I shop at just tools.
cheers.
Factory Manual is a must, also a good Torque Wrench, one that measures Ft-lbs also one that measures in-lbs is a good starting point.
Good set of Imperial Allen keys, loctite for certain bolts, the factory manual will tell you what to get.
Various T-bar spanners metric & imperial are a must also.
Also you will need to get a good Oil filter removal tool,
I have used many but found that the original HD on is the best it has a 3/8'' square hole in it so you can attach and extension and ratchet to remove the oil filter as it on the very tight even though you don't do it up much when you install a new oil filter its only about 3/4 turn make sure you put a bit of oil on the rubber gasket before you install the filter.
Checkout this site if you want to get some tools from the USA, there service is excellent and the goods will be on your doorstep in 4days if the goods are in stock. I have purchased stuff from this site many times now and I have never had any problems with their service.
Theie website is very easy to navigate, just go to the tools page
http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/
Tools: http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/categoryDetail.do?navType=category&navTitle=Tools%2FShop&webCatId=22
If you're looking for something that you can also use as a roadside tool-kit then ya can't go past these, www.ebay.com.au/itm/SNAP-ON-33-PCS-MOTORCYCLE-TOOL-KIT-HARLEY-DAVIDSON-/170683008254
Been a bit of yak about this mob as well just lately, they seem good value for money, www.ebay.com.au/itm/CruzTools-RoadTech-Teardrop-suit-Harley-Davidson-/120767101887
Both of these would be quite adequate for DIY minor servicing and of course small enough to take on the road.
Failing that, the contents list for these kits would give you a good idea of what you would have to source if you decided to go to a tool supplies shop and buy seperately.
Cheers all
Kept wondering if there was one kit for all needs, but that was just niave. Seen quite a few bits on ebay at reasonable prices so will probably start building it up from there. Kicking myself for giving away all my tools when i moved to Aus. There again you live and learn
