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Phew! I was thinking the bottoms.

I don't know how you guys are riding, but I've never touched down even at advanced track pace!

For comparison, in case you want one. https://www.youtube.com/@b-radsadventures6846/search?query=delkevic https://www.youtube.com/@b-radsadventures6846/search?query=staintune

Like every guy, I can't help myself now that I've been researching and shopping. This may be a long post. Ratchets: My super fancy ones from Craftsman (1985ish), as it turns out...are 36T. I ordered a set of ratchets only last night on what I think is a smoking deal. I don't care that they'll scratch. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-100-Position-Ratchet-Set-5-Piece-H1005PCRAT/305011095 From reviews, they'll require immediate disassembly, clean, and 30W oil...and will then be perfection. I thought about the 144T but having lived with 36T for my whole life...these will be great. Did I mention cheap...and free shipping! Two of my favorite tools ever are spring hooks. I can't tell you how many times they've saved my bacon...rarely puling springs, but more reaching into holes to retrieve or bend something. I used them the other night down inside of my subwoofer fuse holder to bend the tang back up so that it would make contact, and power again! https://www.zoro.com/moody-tool-heavy-spring-tool-pull-9-12-in-51-1855/i/G0846711/ and https://www.zoro.com/moody-tool-spring-tool-hook-and-lifter-8-12-in-51-1850/i/G0801665 I've been trying to score one of my other favorite tools, but no luck so far on fleabay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/357920387448 I'm not a Snap-On fan, but do love this bad boy. They also make a stubby version and super long version that I don't need. Milwaukee boogered up one of my other products and can't get a replacement, so they're sending me this for free. It was on the list anyway! SCORE! https://www.milwaukeetool.com/products/48-22-9004 Gave in on the big set of ratcheting wrenches too. Hope to pick these up next week. Seems like a fair deal to me. https://www.northerntool.com/products/gearwrench-ratcheting-wrench-set-sae-and-metric-32-pc-57746 After discovering that I have never used many of my big 1/2" sockets, I decided to hunt for deal on the three I use, 22mm, 24mm, and 32mm. With deals, I found each for almost nothing. https://www.milwaukeetool.com/products/45-34-9123 and https://www.milwaukeetool.com/products/45-34-9125 and https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DK7X2N6?ref_=pe_123509780_1038749300_t_fed_asin_title&th=1 And I realized that I only ever use a 5/8" spark plug wrench and on another deal, picked up: https://www.northerntool.com/products/milwaukee-3-8in-drive-5-8in-magentic-spark-plug-socket-drive-size-5-8-in-model-48-22-9552-6102884 Not worth $20, but worth $10! Trying to decide on these. I love my old Craftsman set. Thoughts, anyone? https://www.sears.com/craftsman-17-pc-screwdriver-set/p-00931794000P Discovered that I own two of quite a few things, so will have one in each location, also making some space around here. Leaf blower, Dremel and bits, etc. Lastly (for now!), back in the day, tools didn't have cases, hence the toolboxes. Most of these items have their own cases and could just go on a shelf. Did I buy "too much" toolbox? This has been fun...

Just the cat back. Too big to save/hang the whole thing on the wall, so I cut just the end to show. Will polish the tip and clean/paint the small end of the can. Maybe put a Scooby sticker on there above/behind the tip.

Cute. The cleaning, not the hanging. lol Looks like Bartender's Friend is the ticket.

QQ about shiny cans. I took the one off of my Subaru GT-B and cut the end off (~4" of actual muffler and tip) to clean and shine chrome and paint muffler to hang on the wall. Is there an easy way to do this?

While trying to find Dirk Pitt's hangar house online:

Every 10k miles on the street bikes the aftermarket filter gets a clean, dry, and reoil. Once a season on the track bikes. It is very conservative as I never notice any difference.

Shorty levers rock. My activations are all 1 or 2 fingers.

HF makes a lot of adequate and even good stuff. I picked up a three unit used black Craftsman set recently to hold this second set of tools. Probably leave one box on a bench or rolling table as it is frackin' tall with all three. It was cheap...but I still likely overpaid (<$400 for all three). I'll do a lot to steer clear of red things. I did get to disassemble and clean/wax it...then I cleaned my primary boxes as they hadn't been cleaned at all since the 80s and started to smell like it.

Thanks! I have my eye on that second link. I can't believe that they get "piece" credit for each Allen and bit driver. lol

...okay, no one is speaking of tools. I'm putting together a set of reasonably prices DIY tools for a second garage. My experience looking at used online online has been a waste of time, so just going new during sales/deals. I'm a Craftsman guy, having my lifetime set that I got decades ago as a teen. Staying out of the Snap-On realm...just regular stuff that'll likely last me the rest of my lifetime. My track day kit is nearly all Pittsburg from Harbor Freight and only one tool has ever broken all of these years...so that's hard to ignore (It was being overused by a friend!). There are some cool one offs that I plan to get, and I already ordered a few things on sale...and waiting for sales on others. So...what do you guys recommend for stores, brands, specific items/sets? Recently ordered: Smoking deal at $130 https://www.sears.com/craftsman-3-8-8221-dr-25-250-in-lb-torque-wrench-24t/p-A102532187 I needed these for home anyway, so I ordered two. https://www.sears.com/cm-18pc-sas-12pt-3/p-A011811263 Total impulse buy...but they should be great for thin heads. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKHD1891?ref_=pe_125775000_1044873430_t_fed_asin_title&th=1 Decent basic starter. One thing I don't like about my Craftsman sockets is that they're hard to read. https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/MIL49667009 On the list when I see big sales/coupons: I have one now and it is one of my favorite tools. https://www.harborfreight.com/14-in-38-in-drive-long-reach-dual-flex-head-ratchet-67994.html And the little brother. https://www.harborfreight.com/14-in-38-in-drive-dual-head-ratchet-67993.html One biggie on my list is a set of ratcheting wrenches, perhaps with a pivot head...and perhaps instead of traditional wrenches. Colors make them easy to grab, but want them to work forever...and in a wider range of sizes. https://www.harborfreight.com/6-piece-metric-color-combo-wrench-set-66054.html 1/3 off of the Gearwrench site. https://www.homedepot.com/pep/GEARWRENCH-SAE-Metric-72-Tooth-Combination-Ratcheting-Wrench-Tool-Set-32-Piece-39327/302992020 I have a set of metric wrenches from them that I got as a gift and they're nice...but HUGE. Love to hear about tools that you love and where to find deals.

I'll bite. I'm confused. The title is Delkevic (I love both of mine-high quality and low price) but this is about something else? Visual impact? Please explain. This does not look very high at all to me. It is hard to believe that any car shop couldn't make what you want. Are there car places on the island? The Staintunes do absolutely kill it on sound! Who cares about looks; just ride that sucker!