Torque wrench also tyre protect

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You'll have to bear with me I'm on the other side of the pond. When you need a torque wrench it should be one where the setting you want is in the top 80%. Let's say a wrench goes to 100 ft/lb. Since they are only accurate in the top 80% the only bolts you should use it on call for 20 - 100 ft/lb. Over here they sell them with 1/4" drives that will do about 2 to 20 ft/lb. The bolts with 8mm and 10mm heads will usually be tightened with this wrench. The bolts with larger heads will usually take 20 or more ft/lb. The wrenches with a 3/8" drive can normally do these.



I have a 3/8" wrench made by Snap-On, a company thats makes very good tools. It was quite expensive. I don't remember what I paid for it over 25 years ago. Its top setting is 75 ft/lb which means you shouldn't do anything under 15 ft/lb. I've used it for stuff as low as 5 ft/lb and never had it break a boltor strip threads. The parts installed have never leaked or fallen off. I have recently though bought a 1/4" from Harbor Freight, a low end quality tool dealer. It seems to work just as well and is easier to use as the click on the 3/8" wrench at low torques is light and easy to miss.



If you can afford both get a 1/4" and a 3/8". If you can't get both get the best 3/8" you can. Hopes this helps! LOL!

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The Honda manual calls for Moly Paste on the cleaned bolt threads and under the bolt heads. If you omit moly paste the clamping pressure on heads will be considerably reduced. There are other places on the bike that need to be torqued and most of them call for torquing dry. Check the manual for the proper specs. One thing to consider about a torque wrench is that the exact torque often isn't as critical as repeatability. If the torque is a little high or low that's less important than having all the bolts in a unit like the head or engine case set the same to avoid warping.
If you have to improvise you can use a wrench and a fish scale to set torque. Awkward but pretty accurate. Just measure the distance between the center of the bolt head to the point the scale hooks to the wrench and use that to calculate the correction in foot pounds. Be sure to pull the wrench with the fish scale at a right angle to the wrench. I've used this method in the bush when the right tools weren't available and managed to successfully change the head gasket on a small diesel generator.