Re: source for discount OEM parts/accessories?

["Rick Schmitz" <res02hi3@xxxxxxx>]

Ahhh, the infamous Torx!!!!  8mm seems to be the favorite, at least the day
they built my bike it was, probably different the next day.  I say this from
experience having worked on "Nigel" this weekend with ever friggin tool I
had because at Hinckley (it seems) they thought it would be a sh!% riot if
they used 2,000 different types of bolts, fasteners etc...
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Fox" <pgf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: source for discount OEM parts/accessories?


> thanks for all the recommendations on places to get oem parts.
>
> as a follow-on question -- do the oem accessories, like the centerstand,
> and the hugger, and the fender extension, which are the one's i'll
> be getting right away -- do they all come as complete "kits"?  or
> am i going to have to scrounge for nuts and bolts, and figure out how
> they go on myself?  (i'm a competent mechanic, with all the tools
> i'll need -- but if i don't know that "tab A goes in slot b", i may
> never put it there.)
>
> (oh -- there is one lack in my toolbox -- i don't have any torx bits.
> should i buy a whole set?  if so, what sizes?)
>
> =---------------------
>   paul fox, pgf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (arlington, ma, where it's 47.1
degrees)
>   'oh-oh Sprint RS, '91 VX800, DoD #1462, AMA #545601
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