I forgot about the part where you take your little bike to the hardware store and it melts the top end on the way back and you have to push it home. And also the part about how cylinders for it are unobtanium.

If it’s a new size or I can’t find an old one I take a cutting wheel to it and make it into a straight one for my drill driver.

I have an entire BOX of em

Sort of similar story for me, although not with one of these spare wrenches. I installed a new steering damper on a 2014 Ducati 899. I wasn't able to get enough clearance for the torque wrench when installing it, so I used an extender. I don't know what exactly happened, but I ended up stripping the bolt. At least it's torqued correctly for now, and as an added bonus, with blue loctite! I feel bad for the next guy who's going to have to replace that steering damper next. It's probably going to be me, so fuck me. In actuality, it's likely going to involve replacing that entire steering column...Fuuuuuck

I'd love a picture so that I can speculate on options.

Torque wrenches take length into account in the calibration...

I did a winter project with a friend, rebuilding an original Trident rolling basket. He had always wanted one. I have never hated any motorcycle as much as that one. We finish it, the snow melts, it runs great, sounds awesome, rides like shit, he loved it anyway. It lasted a full 11 days before it sheared a wristpin and launched a piston through the head.

Put it in the recycle bin?

I bought a set of Allen sockets years ago as well as an adapter so I can use a drill/impact with them too.

The hell with spinning that crappy little piece of metal. Right into the bin they go.

Stab yourself once while rummaging around and you never do that again. Stab yourself under the fingernail while rummaging around and you might burn a whole building down.

If you do any kind of precision work (e.g. electronics, glasses, changing the battery on a kid's toy, etc) I strongly encourage getting a proper precision driver and bit set. I like ifixit but there are knockoffs that come from literally the same factories for a lot cheaper. Those tend to come with a bit that is literally a sim ejector pin AND a box that keeps everything organized and together.

$20 and you will never need those pieces of soft metal trash again.

They've been handy as levers for all kinds of stuff. They often won't resist being used as that, but well, the other option is throwing them out and bending something else.

I just have an Allen key bit set that I use with an electronic screwdriver or ratchet now. Saves a decent amount of time.

Until you take out the most-common size, set it down somewhere, lose it, and have to buy another set, at which point you find the lost one.

Everything I see is West Coast.

Did you see this one on Craigslist in Kernville/Bakersfield, CA area:
https://bakersfield.craigslist.org/for/d/kernville-yamaha-riva-scooter-125cc/7854641887.html

Or this one in the Echo Park / Los Angeles area:
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/mpo/d/los-angeles-yamaha-riva/7864964766.html

Or this really, really cool-looking one in Oakland:
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mcy/d/oakland-1985-yamaha-riva-180/7863873317.html

Or this one for parts in Seattle:
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/zip/d/seattle-for-parts-yamaha-riva-xc180n/7864979997.html

I worked as a bike tech for a sporting goods store and replaced most of the store tools with my own. The ones they had were all the cheapest crap from ebay or Amazon or something. One of the wrenches snapped on the first group of bikes we built when the store opened.

A nice tool that feels good in the hand will pay for itself with the comfort it provides.

I had to threaten to sue them because when they fired a bunch of us and barred us from the store, they tried to say those tools belong to them even after sending them the receipts for everything. And informing them where the box of original tools went. And having to call someone still in the store to bring me out the most expensive tool there and they had the audacity to tell me that me taking it would make their jobs harder because there was no replacement for it and if I could just be reasonable they'll have a replacement in a month so I can come back then.

Put it, along with the documentation for whatever the thing is, and tape (packing tape works well) to the back of the thing. When it comes time to move or do something that requires the manual and/or tools, you have both the tools and documentation easily at hand and not lost in some junk drawer somewhere.

Should have bought a KTM. Every fastener has both torx and hex so you can strip each bolt twice!

I have a more comprehensive set than that, and I still keep all of the freebies

Aren't you a smartie.

Every 10th one you add to the drawer you get a prize.