I'm having trouble reconciling these two statements.

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2009 DL650 ABS (with touring kit)
2004 Honda ST1300

Fair enough - rephrase: Since stripping my oil plug, I use torque wrenches all over my bikes.

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Ok, if for nothing else than to keep track of it myself:

Givi crash bars; SWMotech centre stand; LeoVince Evo II slip-ons; Rich's fork brace, farkle dash, mirror extenders, gps dash, and wheel spacers, and (soon to be fitted) footpeg lowering; narcosis junkie's skid plate, highway pegs and (soon to be mounted) raising links.

Fair enough. I find that using the reverse adapters also helps. For example, your spark plug socket has a half inch drive. But if you use the reverse adapters with your shorter 1/4 inch ratchet, the shorter handle makes it more difficult to get carried away.

I have used the lbs/inch wrench on BMW pivot bolts for preloading paralever bearings, because it was really difficult to guess how much 6 lbs/ft actually is in that case.

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2009 DL650 ABS (with touring kit)
2004 Honda ST1300