How to Remove your Front Wheel

[bmccrary]

Originally Posted by mstewar1

I just had my tires replaced and had to pull the wheels off to get the work done. duh. Anyhow, Motion Pro makes a tool that fits a 3/8\" drive socket wrench. It's got four different size metric allen sizes built into it. More spendy than a bolt that's for sure...



Call me frivolous but I prefer a purpose-made tool. If I knew a Snap-on man, I'd have just preferred a straight 19mm allen wrench but then again, that wrench would probably have been more than the $35 I paid.

Yea, I need to change my front and I realized that was a 19mm allen. I am trying to find a place to purchase that or I guess I can order it off line. I'm like you though, I would just prefer to have the actual tool.

Nice idea though deffy.

-bryan

[Cali rider]

Buy this from Sears, $9.99: 3/4" hex bit

[Boneman]

Thanks Def. This would have made painting my forks much easier! Glad to know it's a 19mm know. Cheers

[Tailgate]

Originally Posted by biker_dude43

LOL, I think it's safe to assume that everything on this Jap bike will be metric firstly. IMO from what I've seen anyway.

Biker_dude43: Uhmmm! It's not PC to say "Jap" you know. Geesh, if you were a politician or civic leader you'd be in BIG trouble. The CA DMV won't even issue a vanity license plate with "JAP" included. Yeah, I know, it's just a frickin' abreviation of the word "Japanese" and people abreviate lots of names, terms ("Tex" or "Mex" etc.) but in this case....it's HIGHLY unPC you know. You could even get fired from employment for using the term "Jap" around here. It sucks how easily people blow a gasket nowadays over stupid stuff. So, to be politically correct you should refer to the FZ6 as a "Japanese" (not "Jap") bike.

[jsteinb95]

Originally Posted by Tailgate

Biker_dude43: Uhmmm! It's not PC to say \"Jap\" you know. Geesh, if you were a politician or civic leader you'd be in BIG trouble. The CA DMV won't even issue a vanity license plate with \"JAP\" included. Yeah, I know, it's just a frickin' abreviation of the word \"Japanese\" and people abreviate lots of names, terms (\"Tex\" or \"Mex\" etc.) but in this case....it's HIGHLY unPC you know. You could even get fired from employment for using the term \"Jap\" around here. It sucks how easily people blow a gasket nowadays over stupid stuff. So, to be politically correct you should refer to the FZ6 as a \"Japanese\" (not \"Jap\") bike.

OMG.....big deal man....let it go.

[DefyInertia]

Slap some R6 forks on there and you won't have this problem anymore!

[mglowe]

My only comment would be to not let the Significant Other see these money saving tips. I mean how else are we going to justify new tools to our collection when a simple bolt and nut does the same?