Essential tools or equipment you got to have

I guess you could use it and muck around with it. Supporting the frame by the subframe is the factory recommended method, as the cast member where the swingarm and footpegs mount, comes off during the engine removal process. I have done this a few times.

 

Music Source. XM/Sirius in stereo is my choice, over FM broadcasts. (or, if inclined, an AM talk-show capable radio you can laugh/yell at while working)

 

One thing I keep handy whenever I'm working on my bike at the house is an LED headlamp. I've got a couple of inexpensive ones that I purchased at Home Depot. They are very handy whenever you need both hands AND light directly where you're looking.

 

A couple boxes of thin rubber gloves. The 5 mil nitrile at HF are great and less than $6/100. Beats the heck out of digging oily goo out from under your fingernails for a couple days.

 

Got to have a good mechanics seat on wheels with a small shelf attached under it.
The one I use is around 1-1.5 feet tall at the seat and has a similarly sized square shelf about the legs. Not only does this allow you to work on a bike when it's on its center stand( even if the front is lifted a bit) , but also let's you move around while keeping the tools your using close at hand.

If course if you have a tall lift table with plenty of room on top then a little low roller stool wouldn't help much.

Another tool I couldn't or wouldn't do without is a small 12-18v lithium battery powered impact. Mine is good for 100-125 ft/lbs and accepts all 1/4" bits and socket adapters. I usually have a 3/8" square bit attached so that I can use 3/8" sockets and Allen sockets.
Also a decent sized (8mm-17mm at least) ratchet wrench set will make most jobs go quicker/easier.
Another great thing to have is an assortment of high grade bolts and nuts, the more the better.

Enjoy your shop/ garage.

 

According to his "My Ride" section dABIT's got a 750, so the ABBA swing arm removal kit would work fine without much drama. My FP (that's a '93 VFR750F in new money) is using that combination at the moment, as I'm in the middle of fitting an RC30 swing arm (not a straightforward operation, as it turns out...) and have the swing arm on and off all the time. That said an ABBA makes a nice work stand, but they're not very common in N.America, so probably out of the question anyway.

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