Tool kits - what do you carry ?

[carinatauk]

This thread has some good pointers:
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83335&highlight=tools+trip

I take:
On-bike toolkit with added needle nose pliers and small adjustable. Into the little spaces in the tool tray I have electrical tape, lengths of wire, a couple of junior hacksaw blades and a little led continuity tester.

In my little 'Vern' topbox, I have:
Little first aid set.
Rolled up 'Platypus' water carrier
Two disposable lighters
Bulb set
Alternator belt
Throttle cable
Clutch cable
Clutch release arm and pivot bolt (used)
Clutch lever (used)
Brake lever (used)
Stubby No2 Philips screwdriver
Oil sight glass
Cut down nearside pillion footrest hanger (used)
Hall sensor (used, known working)
Araldite Rapid and cotton wool make-up cleaning pads
1m length of fuel injection hose and clips
Cable ties
1/2 litre sigg bottle full of oil with 3m of duct tape wrapped round it
Cut down little funnel for topping up the oil (does my head in pouring it all over the rocker cover)
Final drive big bearing and seal
Puncture repair kit
(sounds lots but most of it is light weight and it doesn't even half fill the little top box - gets 'edited' for short trips)

Contained in a small padded bag, in a pannier I have:
A little 3/8" Teng socket set with an extra (14mm? - can't remember but it's the right one) socket for the crankshaft pulley.
10mm spanner
13mm spanner
Pair of quality pliers
Small, quality mole grips
Universal jubilee clip making set
Set of quality long shaft allen keys
Set of torx bits (not many torx fasteners on my 1100)
Gas powered soldering iron and solder
Small edge cutters
Little tyre compressor

Other lengths of wire and cable ties etc in a little package, elastic banded to the battery.

I always have a Leatherman Wave and a Petzl led headtorch in my jacket pocket and breakdown cards etc in my wallet.

Obviously this is all for a long trip - if it was a few days in the UK, I'd take much less and resign myself to calling a breakdown service and getting trailered home if something not worth fixing (like the FD bearing) went.

Feck me

What do you call a long trip; some folks take less than this on a RTW

What about clothes, kitchen sink etc? will they fit

 

[Ash]

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I ride an 1150

 

[STUBBS]

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I drive a picasso

 

[mr_magicfingers]

Leaving work late last night, get on the bike, first corner out of the car park and something feels very wrong, feels like the back tyre's flat. Oh look, a screw in my tyre, the chippies at the studio litter the place with them on all the roads through the place, really pisses me off. It's not deliberate, it's just effing slack that they don't take care. I've picked up handfuls of the damn things when on a lunch break on set.

However, open the pannier, out with the tool kit, 5 mins to put a rat tail in and use the mini compressor to reinflate and I'm on my way again.

At 9:30 at night it would have been at least an hour to get a recovery truck out or half an hour to get my partner to come pick me up in her car.

Be prepared is a handy motto. You don't have to carry a lot to make your life a lot easier. A small tool roll and a compressor will handle most of the little things that can make life awkward riding a bike.

 

[mr badger]

Leatherman

Puncture kit

Duck tape, cable ties.

(Unless it's a 'quick ride out' like last Sunday. Indeed, an hour for puncture assistance. )

If staying away

1/4" Facom socket/driver set, set of grips.

Phone and charger.

 

[Hubs]

Leatherman

AA card

 

[ovenpaa]

Extended BWM toolkit plus a tyre plug kit and CO2 inflaters plus my BWM silver card and an AMEX.

I have no plans to use any of the above items.

 

[Ted]

Have a look at this. Can make the list as long or a short as you like. Lots of usfull stuff on there web site from First aid kit lists to round the worlg check lists.
http://micapeak.com/checklists/R12tools.html