Stock Tool Kit and Tire Removal

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I was pulling the tires off my GZ yesterday to do some fit up work. Got my socket set, ratchets, wrenches and various pliers out and laid out for the job. I had taken the seat off and had the little stock tool kit lying on my tool layout board. I thought what the hell, I wonder how far I could get with just the stock kit. Guess what? Got the complete tire off without so much as touching my Craftsman’s! Did the front too. The only thing I used on the front was a socket for the front axle because the one in the stock kit was really cheap and it was on there pretty tight. Still, if needed, I could probably have done it. You don’t think much about getting your tires off except like the old days where when you got a flat and tore a tire up. Like in the no cell phone days out on a lonely two lane road or in a jungle somewhere in the Philippines! Find a stump, piece of wood, old car rim, whatever, prop the bike up and pull the tire/rim. You flagged down a ride or a bus. Ride to someone’s or someplace to get it fixed and then got a ride back and put it back on. Cost was usually a six pack! And yes, I got that tee shirt more than once. Or how does that go here, BTDT!