Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:10 am
At the moment my fleet consists of one motorcycle.Lion_Lady wrote:There's your problem. Only BMW MCs in our family fleet at this time. I see no real issue with needing to have an assortment of Torx tools in the tool chest. No different, IMHO, than having both metric and standard tools, huh? My garage, my choice. Switching out all 100 dozen fasteners seems like quite an undertaking time wise, for the sake of not having to buy a few tools...Skier wrote: Also... "take a bike in for service"? Is that what rich folks do? I suppose if I did very little wrenching on the bike I'd be fine with Torx and security Torx bits, but if I'm the one servicing the bike I'd love for it to use the same tools every other bike in my fleet uses.
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However, my cars are both metric so having another set of tools to do basic maintenance on a motorcycle seems silly.My issue is it's yet another different style of tool to have in the tool chest. Yes, I can understand having metric and imperial sets of sockets. Impact sockets and extensions. Special hex bits. But having to purchase a set of Torx bits, and a set of security Torx bits, just to do routine maintenance is my line in the sand.KingRobb wrote:whats the issue with torx bits?
They arent expensive...dont strip easily (unless you use the wrong size) and work wonderfully under an extractor bit if they do.
Harleys use them a lot too...MMM Harleys and Beemers....its a snob bike thing I guess.
That's me. I'm sure there are people who are proud of tool chests full of imperial sockets, metric sockets, Whitworth sockets, metric hex, imperial hex, Torx, security Torx, Robertson, Tri-Wing, double-hex, etc...
