Motorcycle owners / hex bit socket

[Sunrise]

when you guys working on bikes, did you ever need or used long hex bit socket instead of standard size?

Standard size

Long hex socket

some people say T- handle is all you need, but what about when using torque wrench. i just wanna know if standard length will fit on everywhere.(since socket is thicker than bit size)

 

[ilya]

99% of the time standard length hex sockets will do the job just fine. I only had to get one extra long 6mm hex socket to tighten rear cylinder exhaust header bolts on a Suzuki V-Strom 650.

 

[Sunrise]

extenstion with standard size would not worked due to space?

 

[Finley]

depends on the bike, those would have com in handy a few times on my old fzr, on my r6 the shorties work fine

 

[billymade]

Just buy everything and you will have a full range of options! LOL!

 

[chammyman]

I used them a lot on cars I have to say.

 

[krusty the clown]

i have a set of long ball end bit sockets for evo rocker boxes.

 

[RbrtAWhyt]

I havent ran into a situation where a standard legnth wouldn't work with or without an extension....

 

[krusty the clown]

I havent ran into a situation where a standard legnth wouldn't work with or without an extension....

pull the top end of of a softail and get back to me

 

[terabyte]

if I needed a longer on I would put an extension on a regular bit.

I have never needed a long bit and I work on bikes quite a bit.

 

[FuriousGeorge]

I've only had one case where I had to have a long bit. It was adding an aftermarket rear rack and two of the mounting points were tucked back inside the bodywork. I may have been able to make it work if I had a 1/4" socket and extension, but there was no way a 3/8" extension was going to fit. I ended up picking up the long bit set at harbor freight. For as little as you'll probably need to use them it seems to make sense to get the cheap long bits and spend a little more on the short ones which you'll use a lot more.

 

[mkdive]

I have 2 R1s and a R6.....Shorties work just fine. I have the longer also, along with the T-handle. I use a hex with a screwdiver handle for the fairing bolts the most at trackdays. Any other kind of hex bolt, the shorty hex sockets work just fine.