Old spanner saves the day.

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Needed to remove my 961 back wheel to have a new tyre fitted but no spanner to fit the 36mm nut. Tempted to use the Stilsons then remembered 2 old adjustables, 1 from my Father in law and one from Dad, in the back of the tool cupboard, the first passed on as a sidecar must have when I built the combination and the second found when clearing my Dad's garage. The first marked Abingdon the second King Dick and both worked a treat, research putting the former around 90 years old, the other around 70 plus lots of interesting history ref AKD tools and motorbikes previously not known. Both now cleaned, oiled and in the toolbox.
 
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Needed to remove my 961 back wheel to have a new tyre fitted but no spanner to fit the 36mm nut. Tempted to use the Stilsons then remembered 2 old adjustables, 1 from my Father in law and one from Dad, in the back of the tool cupboard, the first passed on as a sidecar must have when I built the combination and the second found when clearing my Dad's garage. The first marked Abingdon the second King Dick and both worked a treat, research putting the former around 90 years old, the other around 70 plus lots of interesting history ref AKD tools and motorbikes previously not known. Both now cleaned, oiled and in the toolbox.
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Blimey you were lucky to find two metric adjustables of that age I'd have thought they'd be imperial !! ;)
 
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Al's#5 said:
Needed to remove my 961 back wheel to have a new tyre fitted but no spanner to fit the 36mm nut. Tempted to use the Stilsons then remembered 2 old adjustables, 1 from my Father in law and one from Dad, in the back of the tool cupboard, the first passed on as a sidecar must have when I built the combination and the second found when clearing my Dad's garage. The first marked Abingdon the second King Dick and both worked a treat, research putting the former around 90 years old, the other around 70 plus lots of interesting history ref AKD tools and motorbikes previously not known. Both now cleaned, oiled and in the toolbox.
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Stilsons wudda been fine, probably what the factory used…
 
Paid a fortune to ship my old man‘s tools from the UK to Aus when he rode his Bullet 500 up to heaven, aged 93. I suspect quite a bit more than they were worth in monetary terms. Couldn’t let them go. My favourite is the ever lasting lightbulb. Gotta be older than I am I suspect. Not before planned obsolescence I don’t think - must try and find out. We have any lightbulb experts? Or quips about motorcycle planned obsolescence!?

Old spanner saves the day.
 
I know we used Rough Service bulbs back in the day. Not that bright but you could drop the lamp often and the filament never broke. Now they have an LED substitute that is supposed to be just as tough but brigher.
 

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