khpossum
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One thing to add: a set of forkseals and steering head bearings (if you know how to change them). Cheap, small and light. On my trip to Centra Asia I did take a fair amount of spare parts with me (most of them already mentioned), they really don't take a lot of space and most are cheap and easy to get at home.
A few other things:
Change the long bolt in the rear shock to rear fork if it is still the factory all thread bolt.
Also take a set of high strength bolts for the subframe, odds are one or more will brake in Mongolia. You may want to replace the factory bolts with some stronger ones before you leave. The F650 site describes how to put a nut on the blind side with some Locktite, so you can roll it out from the back if (when) it breaks.
It is easy to say ship things with DHL, but it can take forever to get them thru customs. Order early or preship such things as tires / chains. You can order tires in Russia from Dennis (if your are interested I can give his information, need to look it up, or go to Horizons Unlimited, which assume you allready have.
Take also a spare brake / clutch lever.
Brake pads can go frighteningly fast under the wet and muddy conditions.
Consider steering head bearings, small and cheap. Works only if you can find the tools. The 12 mm allen wrench can be hard to find. Buy one and saw off a 1" piece, so you can put a socket on it. Cheap insurance.
If you have to necessary skills to use, buy a small voltmeter.
As other mentioned it all depends on what you know how to fix yourself.
I may have overdone my toolset and spare parts, but i did not want to get stuck in the middle of nowhere for lack of a simple foreseeable part or tool. Turned out I had something I did not foresee that in the end that did me in, but before that time between the 3 bikes on the trip we managed to patch up most issues we ran into.
One more thing. You said TKC's: great tires, but they do not last long enough. Think Heidenau's K60 or something like it instead for such a long trip.
Also, water pump kit is nice, but look into what it takes to change it. Think about changing the oil return line at home if you serious, as you should be, about changing it in the field.
KP
A few other things:
Change the long bolt in the rear shock to rear fork if it is still the factory all thread bolt.
Also take a set of high strength bolts for the subframe, odds are one or more will brake in Mongolia. You may want to replace the factory bolts with some stronger ones before you leave. The F650 site describes how to put a nut on the blind side with some Locktite, so you can roll it out from the back if (when) it breaks.
It is easy to say ship things with DHL, but it can take forever to get them thru customs. Order early or preship such things as tires / chains. You can order tires in Russia from Dennis (if your are interested I can give his information, need to look it up, or go to Horizons Unlimited, which assume you allready have.
Take also a spare brake / clutch lever.
Brake pads can go frighteningly fast under the wet and muddy conditions.
Consider steering head bearings, small and cheap. Works only if you can find the tools. The 12 mm allen wrench can be hard to find. Buy one and saw off a 1" piece, so you can put a socket on it. Cheap insurance.
If you have to necessary skills to use, buy a small voltmeter.
As other mentioned it all depends on what you know how to fix yourself.
I may have overdone my toolset and spare parts, but i did not want to get stuck in the middle of nowhere for lack of a simple foreseeable part or tool. Turned out I had something I did not foresee that in the end that did me in, but before that time between the 3 bikes on the trip we managed to patch up most issues we ran into.
One more thing. You said TKC's: great tires, but they do not last long enough. Think Heidenau's K60 or something like it instead for such a long trip.
Also, water pump kit is nice, but look into what it takes to change it. Think about changing the oil return line at home if you serious, as you should be, about changing it in the field.
KP
