Tool advice post 3 Continued Out of those tools, these are the ones I use for chain adjustment (except the axle nut tool): [TABLE="class: ncode_imageresizer_warning, width: 640"] [TR] [TD="class: td1"][/TD] [TD="class: td2"]This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] For everyday riding I keep in the topbox: [TABLE="class: ncode_imageresizer_warning, width: 640"] [TR] [TD="class: td1"][/TD] [TD="class: td2"]This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: ncode_imageresizer_warning, width: 640"] [TR] [TD="class: td1"][/TD] [TD="class: td2"]This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Spare gloves Night specs Air gauge My patented dual bungy carabiner ties for carting cartons of beer home. [TABLE="class: ncode_imageresizer_warning, width: 640"] [TR] [TD="class: td1"][/TD] [TD="class: td2"]This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] basic emergency tyre repair kit with Cargol and push through plugs Some CO2 cartridges The white thing is talcum powder for tyre or rim lube if needed. [TABLE="class: page, width: 100%, align: center"] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
tool advice post 4 Continued [TABLE="class: page, width: 815, align: center"] [TR] [TD][TABLE="class: tborder, width: 807, align: center"] [TR] [TD="class: alt1, bgcolor: #EFEFEF"]For longer trips that are more than a fe hours or to remote regions or if I go off-road I add these: [TABLE="class: ncode_imageresizer_warning, width: 640"] [TR] [TD="class: td1"][/TD] [TD="class: td2"]This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Touratech plug in air pump. This is small and light but can still pop a tyre back on the rim easily and quickly. Aussie Tyreplier kit: [TABLE="class: ncode_imageresizer_warning, width: 640"] [TR] [TD="class: td1"][/TD] [TD="class: td2"]This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] This has small but strong tyre levers, glues and every patch needed included tubeless inner tyre patches and even glue on Schrader valve fittings. Also has spare valve inserts and caps. Wet and cold kit is added if needed: [TABLE="class: ncode_imageresizer_warning, width: 640"] [TR] [TD="class: td1"][/TD] [TD="class: td2"]This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] So the tool area under the rear seat is full but well stocked and I carry very little in the top box. I should be able to strip the engine down with those tools. If I an touring I end up adding a few extra KG and maybe filling 1/8th of the topbox but I should not be stopped dead with a tyre issue I can't fix. If there is anything I have missed, please let me know. The end [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
Fook me! I didn't even know if the bike had a toolkit when I went to Brno! Check the basics over - brakes, tyres, chain, etc. Change the oil if it makes you feel good. Then load it up and head out. There, how hard was that..?
1. The condom is out of date and really is for emergency fuel. 2. Never a boy scout. 3. Figaro, note that I live in Oztraylia. We have huge distances here with long spaces between services. Sometimes you really have to be self reliant. Many time you can't call a truck 'cause there isn't one and you have no mobile phone reception anyway. The must have in the kits is tyre repair gear and the wheel nut tool. Without it, no ordinary bike shop will be able to change a tyre.
I've got a Kriega tool roll that moves from my KTM enduro bike to the Multistrada and back depending on which bike I'm using and the one major bonus in carrying a KTM toolkit is the bottle opener they so sensibly give all purchasers of their bikes
Good point well made. However I think you may be doing modern motorcycles a bit of a disservice, they really are very reliable you know.
I have a three year old early 2010 and it has been trucked back to the dealer twice so far in an immobile state. Once for failed thermostat causing overheating (which I could have bodged on the roadside to keep mobile but did not as it happened near home and was under warranty) and the second for failed clutch slave that I also could have bodged on the roadside if needed. I dropped it while stationary and broke the really fragile hand guard but I got it stable enough to ride a few hours home. I have also had about 5 rear tyre punctures in about the last 8 years. These modern bikes are reliable but they do fail sometimes and also will end up with wear and failed parts like radiator hoses and the like - eventually. [TABLE="width: 500"] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]Size [/TD] [TD]Population (2001)[/TD] [TD] Person per km²[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Australia[/TD] [TD]7,692,024 km²[/TD] [TD] 22,620,600[/TD] [TD] 7.2 (almost all on the coast)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]U.K [/TD] [TD]243,610 km²[/TD] [TD] 62,641,000[/TD] [TD] 257[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Often down here you are simply on your own!
Bob, Google Hex-pro pivot head. I bought them at a local tool supplier. HEX-PRO 5 PIECE SAE FLEXIBLE PIVOT HEAD HEX KEY SET | eBay I also think Motion Pro have them if you have a motorcycle shop with a good range of tools: Hex-Pro Sae Pivot Head Hex Wrench Set, 5 Pc | Motion Pro
