Originally Posted by
AcesandEights
That ain't no S#!T. While I wasn't riding in the 'early 70's, I was riding a late '70's, in the middle '80's ((read that again, and it'll make sense...lol)). My 1st HD, a '78 shovel, all that was needed to completely tear the whole thing down was: Wrenches from 3/8" to 7/8", Flat head & Phillips screw driver, a few allen wrenches, a pair of pliers and maybe a pair of vise grips.
Even on my '90...back in the day, I LITERALLY torn my engine completely down ((in a hotel room in St. Joe, Mo.)) with only a set of (standard) allen keys, a few standard wrenches and a couple pair of pliers, to replace the rear piston (which burnt a hole in it, due to a leaking head gasket.) AND, the same tools were used to replace the main shaft and counter shaft on the same trans a couple yrs later, after I smoked it a few miles outside of Custer, S.D., one year.
Now-a-days, on my '09, I need damn near a full set of metric AND SAE wrenches, full range of pliers, metric hex heads, not to mention a laptop computer...just to change the air/fuel mixture!!!