Mitre 10 sells half sheets and Smiths City sells the hooks loose and cheaply. You just have to paint the board white and mount it about 3/8ths off the wall.
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The Wanker on the Fucking Harley is going for a ride!
Your Aquilla is a v-twin, n'est ce pa?
Then also get one of those telescopic magnetic retrieval tools. V-engined bikes have a small black hole installed in the V by the factory. This has a powerful attraction for nuts, bolts and the like.
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....![]()
First impulse buy in a while was a torch from repco a few weeks ago, mechpro I think. 6 LED bulbs in a circle, centre was a telescopic magnetic pickup with flexi head.
And what I call a 'hymen extractor' - one of them 2-foot long wire flexy things with a 4-claw 'grabber' at the end wot expands when ya push the button at the other end with yer thumb, ya put it around the 'visible-but-seemingly-irretreivable-object', easy yer thumb of the button and waah-lah! it's back in yot grasp.
Ya need it for thing wot don't have no magnetisation...![]()
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I thought you only found out it wasn't magnetic when you couldn't pick it up... Or is that just me?
Bloody bolts that aren't magnetic![]()
good tip re the torque wrench. You can get one that is OK (I am thinking Teng Tools brand) for cheap-ish. I think on special I paid $120 for a 1/4 inch drive one?
Most councils will have (at transfer stations) a free receptacle where you can dump used oil. they do in chur chur anyway. Councils want that stuff disposed of properly, so they dont charge you to dispose of it if you go there to do it. They dont want it in the stormwater system or the sewers or whatever for sure.
Ive had a cheap Repco "oil change kit" for about 20 years. It was about $20 or so then.
When you fit your new oil filter, I religiously tip some oil into it so the time the bike spends running with no oil pressure is minimised.
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Just to say thanks to all of you for your advice here, really appreciated
Big ups you all as those stupid bad mutha's' in South Auckland insist on saying..
Why worry about the the bike stand, I made one for the VL for less than 20 bucks. Got 2 pieces of wood 200x50mm, 500mm long (7 bucks) and screw them together so you get a block 200x100x500. Then get a 600mm piece of 25mm pipe (i think 10 bucks or so) and drill a 25mm hole through the wood block. This is your handle.
Slide the wood under the rear of the frame and lever the handle so the block stands up. (made sure that the wood will only sit on things that shouldnt break).
Sure makes oiling the chain a piece of cake.
Hope thats clear enough for you, but will post some pics if needed. Though your more than welcome to drop in and see it in action for yourself if your down in t his neck of the woods.
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Heres some pics for if anyone else is interested.
Just make sure that you have clearance to the frame and that if anything protrudes (exhaust/brake rods/squashed elves) you may have to notch the wood. Seems to work fine for a Suzuki VL250, very stable.
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