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Sep 20, 2016 | 03:53 PM

#21

Hair53

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I will be doing everything except going into the engine, transmission or primary as that is still under warranty.

Sep 21, 2016 | 12:22 AM

#22

Zanthamos

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You will need both. There are some bolts (battery connectors) that are metric but most of the bike's bolts are SAE. I personally do all of my own wrenching on my bike and my primary sets of tools are the Craftsman 164 piece set and my old Popular Mechanics (Wal-Mart Craftsman) 90 piece tool set. I do have many other special sized wrenches and sockets for specific jobs such as the 15/16" for the axle and the 1 1/8" for the clutch hub but the majority of my work is with the generic tool sets. Additionally get yourself a couple of good torque wrenches. Brand does matter on torque wrenches as they are precision calibrated tools. I use 3 ranges in/lb, 10-150 ft/lb and 40-250 ft/lb torque wrenches depending upon what the torque value required is. An adapter set is a great purchase as well so that you can use your 1/2" drive torque wrench on your 3/8" drive sockets or other combinations. Hope this helps, cheers.