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I see a few on ebay or at swap-meets.............usually VERY expensive. The most useful everyday tool for these bikes is a set of JIS screwdrivers and JIS tips for an impact-wrench.
Bill, the Kowa tire irons I bought 40 years ago are still straight as can be, quality tools they were...Larry
Quote from: MoMo on October 03, 2014, 04:34:31 PMBill, the Kowa tire irons I bought 40 years ago are still straight as can be, quality tools they were...LarryLarry, Do you know if they're still making tools ?
Quote from: grcamna2 on October 03, 2014, 05:52:32 PMQuote from: MoMo on October 03, 2014, 04:34:31 PMBill, the Kowa tire irons I bought 40 years ago are still straight as can be, quality tools they were...LarryLarry, Do you know if they're still making tools ?No idea but that was the company that made most of the Honda tools....I last worked at a shop in 1986-Montgomeryville Cycle Center
I have the Honda Kowa electronic tester from around 1968-69. Works fine...plastic shields on the meters are pretty crappy, but the tool works and I have all the accessory wire connectors and timing light. The only tool I've ever owned that accurately told if a coil was good or not. If there's a photo or two that would help you figure out how to McGiver the parts you're missing, let me know and I'll try my best to be a photographer.
There's (or was?) a Japanese tool company that sold/supplied lot's of oem dealer tools to dealerships and they're Kowa Seiki,I've been trying to find a timing light inductive pick-up lead wire for my KS timing light and I've googled it but to no avail.The closest I've come to locating it was from old Subaru dealerships who used that model timing light a lot. There's another company named Kent Moore but I'm not sure if they're around.I'd sure like to know who sells oem tools now
Quote from: grcamna2 on October 03, 2014, 04:27:06 PMThere's (or was?) a Japanese tool company that sold/supplied lot's of oem dealer tools to dealerships and they're Kowa Seiki,I've been trying to find a timing light inductive pick-up lead wire for my KS timing light and I've googled it but to no avail.The closest I've come to locating it was from old Subaru dealerships who used that model timing light a lot. There's another company named Kent Moore but I'm not sure if they're around.I'd sure like to know who sells oem tools nowKowa was indeed the special tool manufacturer for Honda and at different times Kawasaki as well. You can still get Kawasaki Kowa tools, but not Honda, for some time now. Kowa U.S. was purchased by Snap-On about four years ago and dissolved into the company (read put out of business). I have written a few articles about this. I talked to someone at Kowa in Japan last year. They are still a going concern, but they do not plan on selling in the U.S. again, and they have pretty much by now made the transition to automotive only, a huge market in Japan, apparently. See my articles on this at motocycleptoject.com.Honda dropped Kowa switched to a U.S. manufacturer whose name was three letters, don't remember but it was somthing like TLK. Anyway, the tools were no where near as good. The bad news is Kowa is no more in the U.S. The good news is, for necessary things like bearing retainer tools and special castlated nut (clutch, steering, swingarm) sockets, U.S. aftermarket companies have sprung up to fill this need. Do a part number search using the correct factory part number for the tool on eBay. You will be surprised at what you find. Occasionally someone will have the original tool, but more often, a domestic supplier exists who is reproducing them. I just purchased a swingarm nut socket for my CBX and it is a better tool than the Honda one could ever have been.http://www.motorcycleproject.com/motorcycle/text/kowa_tools.htmlhttp://www.motorcycleproject.com/motorcycle/text/tricktools.htmlhttp://www.motorcycleproject.com/motorcycle/text/tools12.htmlhttp://www.gwcbg.org/~gwcbg/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=category&download=1%3Agl100-service&id=1%3Agl1000&Itemid=456&lang=en
Well, inductive clamps are available different places, but I rather think the setup on the Kowa timing light was pretty special, being completely self-powered. (That timing light, being self-powered, was a rare bird in its time, but I have since seen other ones). Don't know if that would affect the clamp or not, it seems a pretty standard part. Fox Valley, Snap-On, etc.
Quote from: oldfart on October 07, 2014, 11:32:23 AMWell, inductive clamps are available different places, but I rather think the setup on the Kowa timing light was pretty special, being completely self-powered. (That timing light, being self-powered, was a rare bird in its time, but I have since seen other ones). Don't know if that would affect the clamp or not, it seems a pretty standard part. Fox Valley, Snap-On, etc.Do you think a Snap-on saleman in a truck would help me ?
Dude is that a tire ? or an O-ring..??
This is not a pod threadThis is not a #$%* on my vacuum gauges threadThis is a help or GTFO thread.
