I thought it might be an 'in' joke,don't worry not very quick on the uptake after acouple of beers.Just checking the manual again,then going to e-mail DUK to find out why it does'nt tell you 'a' socket size:flame:

i tried to read one of them manual thingys once ! got bored after it said
"CONGRATULATIONS ON BUYING YOUR FS1E YAMAHA " it,s just gone downhill since then :lol:

I'd imagine because it's a workshop manual the writer assumed ( wrongly it seems ) that the reader would READ what was written.

In mine ( ST4S ) it states at the top of column on each page in bold
Part Thread (mm) Nm +/- 10% tolerance Notes

Not seen many socket / spanner sizes in any factory manuals for this sort of thing as the torque value to be used has nothing to do with the size of the spanner/ socket / allen key used to tighten it - it relates to the thread size of the fastener, the purpose it was designed for & it's and the item it threads into's material.

Just a thought before a foot in mouth email gets sent out..........

As an aside... my rear axle at M25 diameter is rated at 65Nm
The 999RS gives M28.5 at 80Nm
A jump to 180Nm for an increase of another 1.5mm diameter seems a hell of an increase to me.
Just a thought....... :)

Can we do this entire thread again in foot/pounds please? Nm mean nothing to me!

well we pay enough for their bloody bikes they should give us the socket/spanner/wotever we want to know size , in a book the size of an encyclopedia !!! ( encyclopedia spelled right at this time !!! result )

No.
:lol:
Just look on the other side of the torque wrench.......

Just to avoid any doubt, Rushjob, look it up. ;)

Bloody EEC!!

Well.... ok if you're speaking Modern English ( is that an oxymoron??? )
The original spelling from the ORIGIN pseudo-Greek enkuklopaideia, for enkuklios paideia ‘all-round education’ is Encyclopaedia and it still appears in the Oxford English dictionary.
Alongside the abridged version.........
You'll be typing in an American accent next and misspelling Paediatrics....
:lol: