Motorcycle Tools

SPECIALTY MOTORCYCLE TOOLS FOR HARLEY-DAVIDSON AND TRIUMPH BUILDS

A general socket set gets you through most of a bike. Specialty tools get you through the rest without rounding fasteners, damaging seals, or improvising setups that slip at the worst moment. This collection covers purpose-built tools for Harley-Davidson and Triumph engines, transmissions, clutches, forks, and wheels, plus Whitworth socket sets and tap and die for British bike work. Brands include Lowbrow Customs, Fast Eddy Co., British Standard, Colony Machine, The Rough Trade, and Unity Manufacturing.

ENGINE STANDS

Getting the motor off the bench and onto a proper stand before teardown makes the whole job cleaner. Lowbrow Customs makes platform-specific engine stands for the most common vintage motors:

• Triumph 650/750 Unit Twins (1963-up): The most reviewed tool in the entire collection, with 100 reviews. Holds the engine upright at a working height, frees both hands, and prevents the cases from walking around on the bench.

• Harley-Davidson Sportster (1957-2003 XL, Buell 1987-2002): 54 reviews. Same bench-stability principle for Ironhead and Evo Sportster motors.

• Harley-Davidson Twin Cam A: For builders pulling Twin Cam motors on custom or restomod Big Twin projects.

• Honda CB350 (1968-1973): For builders working on the CB platform alongside a Triumph or Harley build.

HARLEY-DAVIDSON SPECIALTY TOOLS

Fast Eddy Co. covers the precision Harley Big Twin tooling that generic tools cannot substitute:

• Pinion gear tools: No. 3 Pinion Gear Puller for all 1999 and earlier Harley-Davidson, and No. 20 Pinion Gear Locking Tool for 1954 to 1999 Big Twins. Both required for proper lower end work on Panhead, Shovelhead, and Evo Big Twin motors.

• Transmission sockets: No. 6 and No. 10 Transmission Sockets cover the mainshaft nut on 4-speed and 2007-up Big Twin transmissions. The Unity Manufacturing 4-speed transmission mainshaft nut wrench adapter fills out the 4-speed coverage.

• Bearing installer: Fast Eddy No. 19 sprocket shaft bearing installer with seal adapter for 1955 to 2002 Big Twins, for proper interference-fit installation without damaging bearings.

The Rough Trade makes reproduction and period-correct wrenches for vintage Harley work: intake wrenches for large and small port Knucklehead and Panhead, a flathead Big Twin intake wrench, and axle wrenches for 45s and Big Twins. Yost intake manifold wrench for 1984-up Big Twin and Sportster completes the intake hardware coverage. Colony Machine handles piston lock ring tools for K/KH and pre-1977 Big Twins.

TRIUMPH AND BRITISH MOTORCYCLE TOOLS

Lowbrow Customs makes a focused Triumph tool lineup covering the most common tasks on Unit and Pre-Unit 500, 650, and 750cc motors:

• Top end: TDC tool for timing and valve work, tappet block removal drift, cam bushing driver, rocker box inspection cap removal socket, rocker spindle shaft O-ring installation tool, and the slotted inspection cap set.

• Bottom end and primary: Crankshaft turning tool, timing auto advance puller, primary chain tension adjusting screwdriver, and transmission needle bearing driver.

• Clutch: Clutch hub puller (OEM 61-7014, 41 reviews) and clutch pressure plate spring adjusting tool (OEM 61-3700, 41 reviews). Both are among the most-reviewed Triumph tools in the catalog and cover the two most common clutch service tasks on a Triumph twin.

• Fork tools: Fork seal holder wrench, fork nut wrench in 1-5/16 and 1-1/2 inch, and lower bushing nut wrench for Triumph 500 and 650 forks.

British Standard covers the precision Triumph tooling: cam gear puller and installation tool for 500 and 650, cam gear puller for 750 Triples, valve spring compressor, piston ring compressor, valve adjusting tool, points seal installers, and ignition timing degree wheels for both early (to 1968) and late (1969-up) Triumph applications.

WHITWORTH SOCKET SETS AND TAP AND DIE

British Standard stocks Koken-made Whitworth socket sets for builders who work on Triumph, BSA, and Norton regularly. The 8-piece 12-point 3/8-inch drive set and the 8-piece deep well version cover the standard Whitworth sizes found throughout a British twin engine and chassis. A 6-piece shorter set covers lighter use. The British Standard Whitworth CEI tap and die set handles stripped or damaged British Standard threads that metric or SAE taps will not correct.

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