BWS (guest)  |
| Sat May 24, 2003 5:52 am |
| Re: How much for a 500 mi service? |
Great bunch of responses.Been riding bikes since early seventies and have always done my own maint.M/Cing is one of those sports/hobbies/? that pretty much forces you to learn how to:#1 ride correctly(through instruction,lessons,books ect.)or get banged up severely.#2 wrench,cause of the expense,fence time(time your bike sits inside a dealers fence)but more importantly the responsibilty of taking care of your own s..t.#3 behave,as in careful with the squidlyness,your DMV and insurer will thankyou.
You need to really become a little bit of a tool "junkie".Start with a really topnotch screwdriver set,socket/ratchet,torque wrench,combo wrenches.Your first box should be sized for trackdays.IOWs not one of those little 4 drawer think,top chest.Then start with elect. section.get a nice digital voltmeter and a whole selection of elect. connectors,some crimping pliers.Then get some specialty tools like the 250's valve tool,nice tyre gage,set of Torx bits for your ratchet.Then snag a air compressor,get a Sears 30 G. tank atleast.It takes alot of volumne to run your airtools.next grab a air ratchet and impact gun/impact sockets.Next get a medium sized tap and die set metric,add standards as seen fit.
Get a manual,and get busy.Good Luck,Brian
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Re: How much for a 500 mi service? — RyanP, Fri Apr 25, 2003 10:57 am -
Re: How much for a 500 mi service? — BWS, Sat May 24, 2003 5:52 am
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Re: How much for a 500 mi service? — nikko, Fri Apr 25, 2003 2:55 pm