| Author | Message | ||
     Fresnobuell |
I have heard that the XBs have metric nuts and bolts? Is that true and why would an "American built" bike not be SAE? | ||
| Cataract2 |
Because some parts are made over seas. Yeah, some bolts are metric, others are SAE. | ||
| Chainsaw |
I've got metric bolts on my "American Built" Harley. | ||
| Smoothrod |
I have a V-rod and a XB9S, and both of them have a mix of metric and standard nuts and bolts. Its a pain in the ass and in the wallet if you work on your own bikes. | ||
| Patrickh |
yeah, I wish we just used metric here like everyone else does. pain in the ass. easier to use for distance and measure too. | ||
| Cataract2 |
But then you would be buying gas by the liter. Same with Milk. Sorry, I happen to like buying it by the gallon. | ||
| Stealthxb |
I happen to like buying it by the gallon. do you have a reason for that? | ||
| Djkaplan |
"Its a pain in the ass and in the wallet if you work on your own bikes." Yer tellin' me! I had to buy a metric hammer and adjustable wrench the other day... | ||
| Cataract2 |
do you have a reason for that? Bigger over a liter. Add up what the cost for gas would be by the liter to equal a gallon and come back. | ||
| Kootenay |
Guess what--here in Canada, we buy milk in 1, 2, or 4 liter jugs (four liters is pretty close to one US gallon--3.78, I think). Metric really is easier to think in--I know, because I've used both systems in engineering. Interestingly enough, the US was originally one of the countries interested in developing the metric system--but the States dropped out for political reasons, back around the time of the French Revolution. You may not be aware of this, but the driving reason behind the development of the metric system was uniformity of measurement. You say you prefer buying milk by the gallon, and are concerned it may cost more by the liter--imagine if every town had it's own set of measures, and a gallon where you live was not the same as a gallon one town over. Try conducting any kind of fair trade in that kind of situation--which is what existed at the time. (Message edited by Kootenay on January 24, 2006) | ||
| Stealthxb |
standardization of units of measure seams like a no-brainer. | ||
| Kootenay |
Yeah, it does--yet we still have US gallons which are different from Imperial gallons, etc. And quick--how much does a gallon water weigh? How many cubic inches in a gallon? OK, now in metric--how many kilograms does a liter of water weight, and how many cubic centimeters in a liter? Much easier, eh? Oh, well--I own a Buell, with both SAE and metric--I also own a Dodge truck with a Cummins engine, also both SAE and metric. I just use whichever tool fits, never mind if it's metric or SAE... |
