what did you do with your fazer today ?

[Didier9]

I've only ever used a torque wrench when rebuilding an engine, and even then have always knocked a few pounds off the recomended settings after a rather costly accident when using the manufacturer's recomended settings

As for everything else I check the bolts after a couple of days just to make sure nothings vibrating undone (safer than relying on torque settings only to find I missed one during re assembly)

That's what I have done for most of my life (I am 63), until I actually got a torque wrench a few years ago. Checking myself against it I found I had a tendency to overtorque pretty much everything... so I developed a religion and I now use it for at least some of the more critical items. I do not routinely use it on everything, but it looked like the brake bolts would be one of those more critical parts. Before the wrench broke, I last used it on the rear axle and on the oil filter for instance. The hardware on bikes being somewhat smaller than equivalent hardware on cars, I am even more concerned about overtorquing, so I have just ordered a replacement torque wrench.

Regardless of torque wrench or not, I also like to check after a couple hundred miles, particularly when bolts secure aluminium parts (most everything on bikes), as they tend to expand and contract more than steel and therefore tend to get bolts lose. Typical examples being aluminium wheels on cars, these will get lose if not torqued properly.