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gr82bthe1st
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PostPosted: 14:30 - 09 Feb 2015    Post subject: BMW GS800 Reply with quote
Hi All,

Friends birthday is coming up, and wanted to get a toolkit for him for his bike, but wasn't sure if the bike uses metric or imperial?

Could anyone shed some light?

Thanks in advance.

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chris-red
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PostPosted: 14:49 - 09 Feb 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
You aren't sure weather a German bike uses Metric or Imperial Laughing
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gr82bthe1st
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PostPosted: 14:58 - 09 Feb 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
chris-red wrote:
You aren't sure weather a German bike uses Metric or Imperial Laughing


You spelled whether wrong! Laughing

edit:

And to answer the question, no, I don't. That's why I asked.
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PostPosted: 15:04 - 09 Feb 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
The 3rd. Reich uses metric system, just like the whole Europe and Asia. There are only a few places on the globe that live in the middle ages and use inches, elbows, feet and who knows what else to measure things. Thumbs Up
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Rogerborg
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PostPosted: 15:09 - 09 Feb 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
F800GS? Best thing you can get is Torx (both male and female). Bavarians think they're a gas.
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PostPosted: 15:16 - 09 Feb 2015    Post subject: dragon rally Reply with quote
:D brrrrrrrr....did you get back safe and sound ?? or are you still there ?
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PostPosted: 16:09 - 09 Feb 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
A BMW owner using a toolkit? Methinks not...

Now, a frappucino maker, maybe... Wink
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Rogerborg
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PostPosted: 19:14 - 09 Feb 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
nelmo wrote:
A BMW owner using a toolkit? Methinks not...

We don't even let our entourage work on their own bikes when there are peasants to get their hands dirty.

https://www.panoramicfixers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Long-Way-Round-2004-24-e1396604134722.jpg

Do get Torx, he will need them.
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Vracktal
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PostPosted: 22:33 - 09 Feb 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Torx bolts = greater surface area contact between tool and head than hex bolts = less chance of them rounding off over time. Also Torx tools fit in regular hex bolts so you don't need to carry both.

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PostPosted: 08:38 - 10 Feb 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Vracktal wrote:
Torx bolts = greater surface area contact between tool and head than hex bolts = less chance of them rounding off over time. Also Torx tools fit in regular hex bolts so you don't need to carry both.

Heil Bavaria.


I think they are shaizer!

I use them on a daily basis in my place of work...... they get rounded off pretty easily, especially if there is any crap left inside the hole.
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Mudshark
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PostPosted: 09:31 - 10 Feb 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Vracktal wrote:
Torx bolts = greater surface area contact between tool and head than hex bolts = less chance of them rounding off over time. Also Torx tools fit in regular hex bolts so you don't need to carry both.

Heil Bavaria.


put a front mudgard extender on at the weekend, nearly made a nice mess of one torx screw taking the mudguard off (well the tools are from Halfords...) but the screws shouldn't be made from cheese
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