Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Make your own tools!

Any bike shop worthy of the name that runs a workshop will have specialist tools that its staff use when they work on a bike.

Many will be on a board from the manufacturer designed to carry out specific jobs. These may or may not necessarily be strictly required; after all how many permutations of steering head bearing insertion tools can there actually be? By default there are a very finite number of sizes.

Other specialist tools are likely to be viable for any motorcycle; chain riveter, bearing puller, spring hook etc. We, the home fettlers, normally get by

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