Motorcycle Tools & Tool Kits

When you're working in your garage, it always seems like light has a way of being everywhere except for the place you need it. Sure, having a flashlight can remedy that problem, but I find that a lot of the time using your hand to hold the light and another ...

It sucks trying to work in the dark. I'm sure bats don't mind doing it, but I don't have echolocation abilities... yet. So, until I master my gene splicing techniques, I think I'll stick to the good old 3-foot-long Maglite. Oh, wait. I forgot that those things are a ...

"Ha ha ha guys, very funny. I see what you did there. Taking my Kowie and running it through all the dirt over there. I'm sure it was a lot of fun, heck I bet if I wasn't laying in the tent with all of my limbs duct-taped together, ...

What would the world be like if MacGuyver never existed? Besides being completely boring, a world without that show could have kept the majority of Americans from ever realizing how important a pocket knife and a rubber band could be. There could also be a lack of ...

Your challenge, if you choose to except it, is to tie down your motorcycle in the back of the trailer or truck bed as best as you can. We'll be throwing all sorts of things at you while on the road, things that will cause you to slam on ...

Knowledge, not guns or knives, is by far the best weapon. We use it to out-think our other halves in an argument to try and turn the tide of war: "I know you told Stephanie, who told Janet and her husband Bill, that you wanted a divorce; well Buster, I've already ...

I could never be a doctor... not because I don't think I'm intelligent enough to go through medical school, or could deal with all of the blood and sick people. Mainly it's because I can't stand putting on latex gloves. It seems like they suck all of the moisture ...

I've been doing my fair share of hauling friends' bikes around for them when they need to get to the shop or break down on them. It kinda happens when you're the only one in the circle of friends that owns a truck (I'm just glad nobody is planning on ...

Changing your own tires can be quite the challenge; it doesn't really matter what motorcycle you have, either. I've had times where I've had to hang the front part of the bike up from the rafters in a garage with ropes just because I didn't have a stand to ...

For those of you out there in internet land who have a utility trailer that is used to carry your ATVs and dirt bikes out to the sand dunes, sometimes finding a ramp that is portable and strong enough isn't always an easy task. There are plenty of ...

We talk about a lot of stuff that goes on two-wheeled vehicles here, but sometimes you need gear for your four-wheeled toys as well, and if you're out in the woods on an ATV and get stuck in a rut, you're gonna wish you had some type of way ...

The Matrix Concepts Orange Phatty Tie-Down Set is a much better product to use instead of rope when it comes to transporting your motorcycle by truck or cargo van.

First of all, there is a soft loop at the top of the tie-down that works great for wrapping around the handlebars ...

In today's society, it seems like there really isn't much consequence to those who would feel content to take your motorcycle from its happy little parking spot and steal it without thinking twice. Sure, the police will try and help if they can, but typically with my ...

You've probably heard about how you should lock your bike up if you don't have a garage and have to park it outside. I'm sure you've looked into getting something like a disc-brake lock, or perhaps just a really big chain and padlock, and figured that would be perfect for ...

The most versatile building material that humans have ever used is wood. You can build anything out of the stuff. It's plentiful and renewable -- I mean heck, it grows on trees even. If you have a spare plank lying around, I'm willing to bet you've even used it ...

Basic security shouldn't be something that you disregard just because you think your motorcycle is too heavy to push up a ramp. Today, thieves and bandits aren't looking for the most valuable bike to steal. Instead, they're looking for the bike that's easiest to walk off with and make ...

This is probably one of those products that isn't something that everyone needs in their tool box. But having a battery tester is definitely handy for when you're not sure if the juice generator in your bike is completely dead or just needs a little charge from sitting in the ...

Before my experience with riding, when I would see someone on a big Harley hauling a trailer behind it, I would think it was a little outrageous. I mean, if you've got that much stuff that you have to carry around, why on earth would you decide to take a ...

I've found that, depending on your living situation, sometimes it's not easy to do your own maintenance on your bike or car. If you live in an apartment complex, I'm sure you've had to deal with the manager yelling at you for changing the oil, even if you ...

What would Danny Tanner say if he came over and looked at your Harley sitting in the garage with his white glove? Would there be dust and oil, or dirt and grime that he discovers while he slides the perfectly bleached white glove along the chrome pipes and gas tank? ...

With all of the products out there for motorcycles, and even accessories for the accessories that you can get for your motorcycles, it's sometimes hard to think that there is a practical use for them all and feel like you're not just wasting your money on items that aren't really ...

Pop quiz for all the students of the Do-It-Yourselfers 101 class. This is worth 80% of your grade: What is the single most annoying thing about working on your bike?

A) Having to roll around on the ground because you don't have a lift?
B) Not having all of the right ...

I have a little bit of prejudice against leather gear. I think they're comfortable and designed to protect like their textile counterparts; however, I find that I'm really lazy when it comes to taking care of the jacket and cleaning it to increase its life and luster. For the longest ...

Oh, it's the weekend already. I guess that means it's time to go out to the garage and finally get started on that old project bike that's been siting in there since the turn of the century. In reality, you know it's going to be enjoyable, pulling it apart ...

Liquid Performance is known for being a quality bike cleaner. We use this stuff at the scooter shop to keep the bikes in the showroom glistening under the bright fluorescent lights overhead. What's nice about the Street Bike Kit is that it contains everything you need to really clean up ...

History is something that you can't run away from, kind of like the deranged serial killer in your average horror flick. I should know. I've been trying to figure out how to escape some of the poor monetary decisions I've made in the past for quite some time now. Regardless, there ...

How many times have you loaded up your motorcycle in the back of your truck and had to leave the tail gate down, then wondered about where you're going to put the ramp so it doesn't fly out the back on the first pothole you hit? This is a ...

Oil is the blood of your bike. Mechanics will tell you time and time again to change it frequently because, unlike you and I, motorcycles don't come with kidneys and livers to clean out all the impurities that build up in the there after thousands of miles of rides. ...

I consider myself a morning person. When I wake up I'm not grumpy, nor do I wish to rip the heart out of the first person I see. I am not, however, someone who gets up an hour early to make a pot of coffee and start my ...

You love rolling around on the pavement trying to change your oil just about as much as I do, I bet. Actually, I don't enjoy it at all, so I'm thinking you probably don't like to, either. If you're tired of picking the rocks out of your knees, thing ...

There's not anything more ugly on a nice motorcycle than a big crack down one of the plastic side covers. It doesn't matter what's in the engine, or how custom the pipes are -- when you pull up next to someone with broken plastic easy to see, it seems to ...

I don't think I've ever been more distraught and angry at the same time as when I came out to ride my old CBR to work and found it gone. I thought for a moment that I just parked it someplace else, or maybe I was walking out of the ...

Ahh, the winter months in all their glory.... They can make the casual motorcyclists even more casual, and the extreme riders a little less so. The winter months will turn your daily commuter into a parked relic, waiting for the warmth of Spring's breath to re-awaken it, and, if you're ...

What's the first thing you do when you get a new helmet? Do you get to admire its balance and weight as well as take in that new helmet smell? Are you able to look through its perfectly clear visor and see the world the way it was meant to ...

I appreciate a good center stand on my 2-wheeled, fun-inducing vehicles. I like having the ability to check my oil accurately (you never get a good reading on the side stand) or just having a little bit more stability when the bike's in the garage. It's a wonder why ...

You're a hands-on guy/girl, right? You're used to putting your own pants on in the morning and making your own coffee. I bet you even change the oil in your own car once in a while. But when it comes to your bike, do you perform the maintenance yourself? I know ...

What stops me from taking a nice road trip in my car is that I don't have a way to carry my bike with me. Mainly, I know that if I get to somewhere that is nice, I'd rather be riding the bike. "Throw it on a trailer," you might ...

From the first time you sit on that vehicle, which will blast you into a sense of nirvana on the open road, to the time you park that For Sale sign on the front fairing, there are two things that you'll want to make sure are always in ...

I remember when I first started riding, I spent many afternoons getting "lost" around the area just riding through the landscape, making a mental map of all the places that I might want to go back to and ride with friends. I didn't even think about bringing a map with me. ...

There's not much quite like the feeling of getting your hands dirty from working on your bike. Some things that might take a mechanic to do in 30 minutes might take the typical garage handyman an hour to do, but who cares? It's your bike, and you don't mind ...

I'll never forget the first time I touched a hot exhaust by accident; in fact, I still have melted glove to prove it. I was at the back of my bike checking my rear tire pressure, and I set my left hand on the exhaust pipe to help ...

It's bound to happen sooner or later. You're going to have to take your motorcycle into the shop or tow it home in the back of a truck or in a trailer at some point. It's what they call the law of have-to's. Kind of like when ...

Picture this: After a long day of riding your motorcycle, you find a nice spot not too far from the freeway to stop and stretch. You didn't bring anything with you since you decided to leave the shoulder pains from your backpack at home. So, needless to say, you didn't ...

Whenever I think about plugging things, I always think about the scene in "National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation" where Chevy Chase is on the Dam tour and tries to plug a small leak in the Hoover Dam with chewing gum, only to have more leaks spring up, which he tries to ...

If you've ever gotten a flat on the road before, you know that it's more frustrating than ALWAYS losing an argument with your better half. I've had three flats so far in six years of riding, and each time, I wished I had brought a hand pump just to ...

Oh man. The other day I was in the garage, just wondering how the heck I was going to move my bike from one side to the other. I tried using my awesome telekinesis powers to levitate it and move it, but it must have been a full moon ...

One of the things that I'll never forget about my dad was how he cared for his bike. It wasn't anything special, just a little Honda GL 500. He was a fair weather rider by the very definition of the term back in those days, and even though he didn't ride ...

Years ago my ex, who rode a gorgeous Harley Springer with a ghost skull paint job and enough chrome to populate an aftermarket display wall, decided that he was going to replace his stock turn signal lights with aftermarket chrome iron cross lights. He was an adept mechanic and electrically ...

Oddly enough, one of the places where people most often drop their bikes is in their own garages.  There are a couple of reasons for that – coming home tired from a long ride, wet tires that have road grease on them, and the fact that many garage floors are slippery cement. ...

I once taught a 16-year-old boy to ride a scooter. It was a cute little Honda Metropolitan with a black vinyl seat. He was very excited because there was a small town parade coming up and he wanted to ride in the parade. So off we ...