Working on something, you need, this, this and this and THAT....

I bought the wifey a TTR-125 the other day to learn how to ride on
ive been riding 2 strokes for ages and didn't want to start her off on one of my bikes so I thought this little moped would be good for her

going through it I had to set the valve lash (silly 4 strokes) and in order to get at the rocker arm I needed to remove a plug with a 24 MM head
of course the engine is positioned in such a manner you can get a socket on there but not a ratchet or extension on the socket

I ended up grabbing a 2 inch extension, cutting it down so that it only stuck out of the socket about 1/4 of an inch and then cut 2 flat sides on it so I could get a wrench on it

45 minutes of work only to find out that the valve lash was perfectly within spec.

I guess with a 24 MM open ended or box wrench it would have been a 3 minute job


on a side note, I have come to a point to where any of the inlaws ask to borrow a tool I will go out and buy them the cheapest one I can find because in the end it is much cheaper and less headache then having to replace my own (which would be inevitable)