K11 Owners Group

[Scott_Anderson]

DRILL PRESS :A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted vertical stabilizer which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.

WIRE WHEEL :Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, "Oh s**t!"

ELECTRIC HAND DRILL :Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age.

SKILL SAW :A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.

PLIERS :Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters.

VISE-GRIPS : Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand, and used in the creation of blood-blisters.

BELT SANDER :An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.

HACKSAW :One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.

WELDING GLOVES :Heavy duty leather gloves used to apply welding heat to the palm of your hand.

OXYACETYLENE TORCH :Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub you want the bearing race out of.

TABLE SAW :A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK :Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper.

EIGHT-FOOT LONG YELLOW PINE 2X4 :Used for levering an automobile upward off of a trapped hydraulic jack handle.

E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR :A tool ten times harder than any known drill bit that snaps neatly off in bolt holes thereby ending any possible future use.

BAND SAW :A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash bin.

TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST :A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything you forgot to disconnect.

CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 24-INCH SCREWDRIVER :A very large pry bar that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end opposite the handle.

AVIATION METAL SNIPS : (*See hacksaw*)

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER :Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids and for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads.

STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER :A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws.

PRY BAR :A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.

HOSE CUTTER :A tool used to make hoses too short.

HAMMER :Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

MECHANIC'S KNIFE :Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.

*DAMNIT TOOL:Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling "DAMNIT" at the top of your lungs. Usually involves blood loss. It is also, most often, the next tool that you will need.

"S--T CLIP": A small circular or hairpin-style retaining clip typically used to hold small shafts in place (ie: carburetor throttle shaft).The name comes from every mechanics' expression the moment when a clip pops off the shaft and falls under the car.


In life, you only need two tools - WD-40 and Duct Tape:If it doesn't move but should, use the WD-40.

If it shouldn't move but does, use Duct Tape!!! (Red Green philosophy 101)
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Ride safe.



1995 K1100LT 0302044
2017 FLHTK Ultra Limited
Garmin StreetPilot 2820
Garmin Zumo 550
Garmin Zumo XT
"One who does not ask questions is ashamed to learn" Danish proverb
1997 K1100LT 0302488(R.I.P.)
1997 R1100RT ZC62149(sold)

[Jim]

sadly true...
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Jim
1997 K1100LTSE 94,000 - still has gremlins!
1995 R100RT Classic 16,650 crashed - repaired!
1992 K75RTP 46,000

"We shall not all die, but we shall all be changed."

[Roy S.]

Too funny
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1993 K1100LT/On going project
1990 K75rt
1991 K75s
LURKER at LARGE

[Off the grid]

True, thus funny.

/stolen
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Bane of your existence since July 2006
2007 Triumph Tiger ABS. "Sabertooth"
2009 Husqvarna TE610. "The dirty Italian mistress"