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Just be aware that those flatpack furniture wrenches are made from quite soft material. If you try to use them on, say, the rear brake rotor bolts on a 2007 Triumph Rocket III, both the wrench and the bolt will be ruined, you'll have to go to the hardware store to get a proper hardened steel tool, end up having to reuse the damaged bolt anyway, damaging it more in the process, and leaving it for the next guy to figure out. The next guy is me, but I hate that guy, so it's fine.
Sort of similar story for me, although not with one of these spare wrenches. I installed a new steering damper on a 2014 Ducati 899. I wasn't able to get enough clearance for the torque wrench when installing it, so I used an extender. I don't know what exactly happened, but I ended up stripping the bolt. At least it's torqued correctly for now, and as an added bonus, with blue loctite! I feel bad for the next guy who's going to have to replace that steering damper next. It's probably going to be me, so fuck me. In actuality, it's likely going to involve replacing that entire steering column...Fuuuuuck
Torque wrenches take length into account in the calibration...
Well then I just suck at wrenching properly.