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    I'm talkin manly men stuff here folks post up your manliest tool. Is it a word? {It is NOW }Who cares? We are men and can make em up right????
    Remember this is not the hot tpoics forum so keep it clean. No posting of your personal tool....

    Anyhow, I'll start this off with a picture of a tool I happened to see in the work shop of a well known, well respected guru that was kind enough to take pity on me and teach me carb repair 101.

    So this is how I pay him back, I dedicate a manly tool thread to him and post a picture that's sure to make him proud and the rest of you a little bit Jealous..
    "If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut." - Albert Einstein

    "Illegitimi non carborundum"-Joseph W. "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell



    1980 LG
    1981 LH

  • #2
    How about a 3/4 HP dremmel tool




    mro

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    • #3
      Hell ya!! That's what I'm talking about
      "If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut." - Albert Einstein

      "Illegitimi non carborundum"-Joseph W. "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell



      1980 LG
      1981 LH

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      • #4
        The 'homo hammer' is actually part of my manliest of manly tools, the ultimate float-pin removal tool:

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        • #5
          What's the definition of a "manly" tool?

          Is it the dirtiest one? The loudest one? The most expensive one? The heaviest one? Or the one so jerry-rigged that only YOU know how to operate it?
          1980 XS850SG - Sold
          1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
          Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
          Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).

          Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
          -H. Ford

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          • #6
            Which to pick?




            http://www.knifeforums.com/uploads/1...2-Jim_0033.jpg




            Not sure which to pick. I use my Leatherman all the time for anything you can imagine. It works as almost any tool you can imagine and some you can't!

            The knife is a one-off by Justin Gingrich and is super mean at 1/4" thick 5160 spring steel. Edit: 7.5" blade.

            The Leatherman is far more practical and well-rounded, but more manly? You decide.
            Last edited by jimbyjimb; 02-23-2010, 10:51 AM.
            1990 Ninja ZX-10. It's the Silver Surfer. HI-YA!!

            2006 Yamaha XT-225. Yep, I take it on the interstate. It's Blue Butt.

            1982 Toyota 4x4. 22R Cammed, 38/38, 2" pipe, 20R head with OS valves, performance grind and other fun stuff. It's Blue RASPberry.

            1969 Ford F-250 Camper Special resto project. 390 RV cam, Demon carb, Sanderson headers, 2 and a quarter pipes with Magnaflow mufflers. It's Blue Jay.

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            • #7
              I can't decide between 2 and I don't know how manly they are but I'm always tickled when I use them. There are my aircraft rivet squeezer or my soda blaster. Both do their respective jobs very well and I don't know how I ever got along without them...

              Geezer
              Hi my name is Tony and I'm a bikeoholic.

              The old gray biker ain't what he used to be.

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              • #8
                Not sure, I don't have any pretty tools like some of you. Maybe my AK w/ 100 round drum magazine.
                79 F full cruiser, stainless brake lines, spade fuses, Accel coils, modded air box w/larger velocity stacks, 750 FD.
                79 SF parts bike.

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                • #9
                  I think we already have a favorite gun thread. I won't elaborate on my collection but I'm fond of the work of John Moses Browning...

                  Geezer
                  Hi my name is Tony and I'm a bikeoholic.

                  The old gray biker ain't what he used to be.

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                  • #10
                    I went into my shop, looking for an answer to ths question, and really had to think about it. All of my pneumatic tools are near the top of my list, along with my selection of things designed to cut through stuff (saws of various types). However, I think the manliest thing in my shop has got to be the foundation of the whole operation - my custom-made workbench. Specifically built out of free lumber to hold my compound mitre saw, and support all my other electro-mechanical endeavors.

                    1980 XS850SG - Sold
                    1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
                    Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
                    Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).

                    Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
                    -H. Ford

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                    • #11
                      Joe


                      78XS1100

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                      • #12
                        Sorry Guys... When your engine cranks out 49,000HP at 100 rpm, there has got to be some big tools lying around. Bigfoot can vouch for me until I get good pics
                        United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY
                        If I can do it at 18 yrs old, anyone can
                        "You know something, You can't polish a turd"
                        "What are you rebelling against", "Well, what do you got?"
                        Acta Non Verba

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by HobbyMan View Post
                          Sorry Guys... When your engine cranks out 49,000HP at 100 rpm, there has got to be some big tools lying around. - - -
                          Hi Hobbyman,
                          not in the 40KHP range but I once saw a fishing boat on a slip in Brixham harbour at low tide having it's propellor nut tightened with a 10-foot long wrench being lifted by a dock crane.
                          And about your sign-off:-
                          "You know something, You can't polish a turd"
                          Of course you can. Freeze it an liquid nitrogen and slice it with a laser.
                          Fred Hill, S'toon
                          XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
                          "The Flying Pumpkin"

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by fredintoon View Post
                            Hi Hobbyman,
                            not in the 40KHP range but I once saw a fishing boat on a slip in Brixham harbour at low tide having it's propellor nut tightened with a 10-foot long wrench being lifted by a dock crane.
                            And about your sign-off:-
                            "You know something, You can't polish a turd"
                            Of course you can. Freeze it an liquid nitrogen and slice it with a laser.
                            Actually mythbusters showed that it was possible, you just needed the right turd. IIRC it was an alpaca turd or something like that.
                            Cy

                            1980 XS1100G (Brutus) w/81H Engine
                            Duplicolor Mirage Paint Job (Purple/Green)
                            Vetter Windjammer IV
                            Vetter hard bags & Trunk
                            OEM Luggage Rack
                            Jardine Spaghetti 4-2 exhaust system
                            Spade Fuse Box
                            Turn Signal Auto Cancel Mod
                            750 FD Mod
                            TC Spin on Oil Filter Adapter (temp removed)
                            XJ1100 Front Footpegs
                            XJ1100 Shocks

                            I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by fredintoon View Post
                              Hi Hobbyman,
                              not in the 40KHP range but I once saw a fishing boat on a slip in Brixham harbour at low tide having it's propellor nut tightened with a 10-foot long wrench being lifted by a dock crane.
                              And about your sign-off:-
                              "You know something, You can't polish a turd"
                              Of course you can. Freeze it an liquid nitrogen and slice it with a laser.
                              Hi Fred,
                              Last time I was in Brixham at low tide I watched a guy caulking the Golden Hind I love work I can watch it for hours Did you have a nice crab sandwich?
                              Phil
                              1981 XS1100 H Venturer ( Addie)
                              1983 XJ 650 Maxim
                              2004 Kawasaki Concours. ( Black Bear)

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