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What's amazing is that the rest of the world, as far as machine tools goes, are still on Imperial. Francesca is a bleedingly italian motorcycle. The guys I talk to to keep her running are either English or German. And you know what? They all use 1/4" or 1/2" drive wrenches. Sure, the actual sockets are something civilized like 10mm, but they aren't on a 12.7mm end wrench. Just today an Australian told a Briton to use a 24" 1/2" socket extension to fit a german part onto an Italian motorcycle.