Beginner tool kit

[Doomsnite]

I want to be able to do some basic stuff like oil change, air filter change, gear lever adjustment, chain adjustment, etc so need the necessary tools. I didnt get one with thr bike, is there any budget recommended set?

I see Halfords have one for a tenner but is it a pile of wank?
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Sold: Honda Hornet CB600F-Y / Yamaha YBR125

[wr6133]

If you keep an eye on Halfords webshite they often put their professional range of toolkits on sale sometimes 66% discounts.

I doubt you'll get much of a toolkit for a tenner

[Raffles]

[G]

If it was me, I would go for these two:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/socket-tool-professional-quality-NEILSEN/dp/B004UKPEIE/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1389655589&sr=8-4&keywords=94+piece+socket+set
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverline-SP100-Metric-Professional-Spanner/dp/B000LFTQMC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389655574&sr=8-1&keywords=silverline+6+32
A much better range of tools than a Halfords set for similar money I'd say - 6-32mm in both sockets and spanners.

[The other Paul Rudd]

Hammer, screwdriver, and pliers. The screwdriver should be a 6 inch long flat blade with a tip that's too wide to be useful and the shaft bent half way at 15 degrees.

This site can be pretty good. Most of it is over priced but they do have the odd very cheap socket set on clearance, so I advise you price check against other sites first and ignore Ebay prices. There was a heavily discounted Beta set on there that is larger than the usual Halfords set for roughly the same price.

https://www.primetools.co.uk/

[J.M.]

You will need surprisingly few tools to do those jobs. Ratchet, couple of sockets, couple of spanners, screw driver.

If your budget is very small, consider only buying the few tools that you need (but at an okay/good quality). Otherwise, save up for a good kit (around £80) that will cover you for most jobs.
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2004 R1 & 2018 XSR900

[G]

You could try on your local freecycle too, might even get lucky and get some good stuff!

[Doomsnite]

I think i need a torque wrench for the oil change so will have to look at getting one of them too. Want to adjust gear lever first so just need to find out what I need for that.
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Triumph Street Triple-R
Sold: Honda Hornet CB600F-Y / Yamaha YBR125

[Lupo]

Worth keeping and eye on Aldi: https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/sunday-12th-january/ and Lidl: https://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/SID-9D3FF6F3-0B0BA980/www_lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index.htm

Quite often they do have some sets or tools at good prices, for the occasional use they are ok. Same for Halfords and Homebase.
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[J.M.]

[Doomsnite]

Wouldnt want to do it too loose though, how can you be sure?
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Triumph Street Triple-R
Sold: Honda Hornet CB600F-Y / Yamaha YBR125

[Northern Monkey]

[workboots]

Avoid silverline spanners like the plague.

[G]

[workboots]

[G]

I suspect you can get other silverline spanner designs that aren't as good.
This are appropriately sized and I've not had any problems with them slipping.

[stuarthouston]

[Doomsnite]

Well just went for a 12 piece spanner set from halfords to start and did the gear lever adjustment... Great success. Will just have to see how they hold up with bigger jobs
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Sold: Honda Hornet CB600F-Y / Yamaha YBR125

[sickpup]