Impact screw drivers?

[MinnesotaEric]

I can remember a time in my life when a KZ1000 was the fastest bike on the road.

Kawasaki Kz1000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And beemers K100 was the lightest liter bike!

We're showing our age.

 

[IslandTractor]

And beemers K100 was the lightest liter bike! We're showing our age.

I favored airheads. I drove across country on my R60US and loved my RT100.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

I favored airheads. I drove across country on my R60US and loved my RT100.

I've always had K-bikes for touring. My next door neighbor has oil heads and as well as a K1200LT. For city bikes (back when I could still ride), I went to supermotos, which are way, way too much to goods around on.

 

[DFB]

We're showing our age.

Hahaha...just maybe before I get OLD I might get Beemer yet. Sometimes I get tired of people saying how a Harley Bagger is an old man's bike :laughing:

Just so we don't side track this thread too far if anybody's interested in a 12V Milwaukee FUEL 1/4 hex impact driver or either a 3/8 or 1/4 inch square anvil drive impact wrench there is a buy a Fuel kit get a FREE TOOL promo going on right now...and especially for the mechanic getting the cordless ratchet would be a good match. The ratchets are pretty expensive to buy alone bare tool or as a single battery kit more so than some of the other tools so that makes me think it is a pretty good combo deal. I have that 3/8 drive ratchet its a handy tool...I like it!

Not promoting any particular business or manufacturer here...its just the most current offer I've seen.

Milwaukee Free Bare Tool Special | ToolBarn.com

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, like Mitsubishi and Hitachi, is one of those companies whose storied past gave us WWII. Think of them like a Japanese General Electric. Kawasaki got into motorcycles as a way to demonstrate their technical abilities. Kawasaki makes industrial robots, aerospace stuff, ships, trains, and zillion other things. Check it out:

Products & Services | Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. KHI

They also make heavy construction stuff.

Here is their 81 ton wheel loader.

http://www.khi.co.jp/kenki/english/products/catalog/zv2/c13552ee01.pdf

and of course, they do make motorcycles.

That's what I call an idiot on a motorcycle, he makes the rest of us look bad!

SR

 

[MinnesotaEric]

That's what I call an idiot on a motorcycle, he makes the rest of us look bad!

SR

Yeah, and Claude Lelouch gave a bad name to cars when he made C'était un Rendezvous too!

C'était un rendez-vous - 1976 on Vimeo

I remember when people did burnouts through bars and wheelies down the street before motorcycling got all PC from empty-nesters.

 

[Beltzington]

Buyer’s Remorse - You're Guilty
Spent way too much on a screwdriver and need to justify the purchase. Same argument's heard in any beauty parlor in NJ. Just took out my M18 impact driver to see what all the giddiness is about. No joy, the noise alone is enough to throw it in the trash. Unless you are driving thousands of screws/year I am afraid the old electric drill trumps the “impact” driver all day long.

 

[Parkanzky]

Buyer’s Remorse - You're Guilty
Spent way too much on a screwdriver and need to justify the purchase. Same argument's heard in any beauty parlor in NJ. Just took out my M18 impact driver to see what all the giddiness is about. No joy, the noise alone is enough to throw it in the trash. Unless you are driving thousands of screws/year I am afraid the old electric drill trumps the “impact” driver all day long.

Believe what you want. I tried one and had to have it. All my friends that use it want one.

 

[Beltzington]

Believe what you want. I tried one and had to have it. All my friends that use it want one.

You are good with the noise these things produce driving a simple screw?? Ludicrous for the amount of work they are doing.

 

[Parkanzky]

You are good with the noise these things produce driving a simple screw?? Ludicrous for the amount of work they are doing.

110-115 ft-lbs. of torque is quite a lot of work. It's well worth a bit of noise. I've said it before. I wouldn't be without mine. If it were stolen tomorrow, I'd order another right away.