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Old Git Racing
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PostPosted: 15:08 - 21 Aug 2019    Post subject: Bike toolkits Reply with quote

Just serviced my BMW, engine oil and filter, gearbox oil, final drive oil, new air filter and front brake pads, reset valve clearances, new plugs, replaced generator belt. All done using the bikes toolkit apart from feeler gauges. All good quality tools, stainless or forged.
Last bike I bought new had as its toolkit a 5mm Allen key. Whats your bike got tool wise?

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PostPosted: 15:22 - 21 Aug 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nowt on the bike as such but I usually carry a selection of tools I've used to repair/service the bike. Two Allen keys, spanners, screwdriver etc. I carry them in a waist pouch.
I used to carry more (tubes, pump etc) but joined the AA instead.
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PostPosted: 16:38 - 21 Aug 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: 16:39 - 21 Aug 2019    Post subject: Re: Bike toolkits Reply with quote

Old Git Racing wrote:
...Whats your bike got tool wise?...


Just the rider
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PostPosted: 19:33 - 21 Aug 2019    Post subject: Re: Bike toolkits Reply with quote

andym wrote:
Old Git Racing wrote:
...Whats your bike got tool wise?...


Just the rider


Erm, the rider is a versatile individual or the rider is a complete tool? Smile

Apparently I have a tool kit somewhere... I think I need to pop a panel, get a coin and release the hex key, use this to release the seat and then, feck... probably wait for the light of a full moon to fall upon the clock.
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PostPosted: 21:17 - 21 Aug 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

One c-spanner, to adjust the preload on the rear shocks.

of course, the shocks have two rings that lock together, so they really need two c-spanners.

I have one.
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PostPosted: 15:25 - 22 Aug 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

My "premium" Triumph (2017) has a single allen key you can do sod all with. My "budget", 13 year old ER5 has a full toolkit which allows you to do pretty much anything within the scope of the average home mechanic. It's all relative though; the Trumpet with it's fuel injection and electronic-everything I'd be wary of tinkering with, while the ER5 is comparatively simple so I have (and will continue to) play around with it.
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PostPosted: 20:28 - 22 Aug 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cbr6 has allen keys, spanners, pliers, spark plug socket, combination screwdriver, c spanner, large spanners and extender bar for wheel removal & chain adjustment. Pretty much everything you need for servicing while on tour.

I added duck tape, cable ties, clutch wire, string puncture plugging kit, razor blade, multi-tool and an electric air pump. Still has room left under the seat for a chain, relay for accessories, usb charger and home made chain oiler.
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PostPosted: 21:50 - 22 Aug 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

Both CBF and Inazuma have the standard kits, both have an allen key as well, on the CBF it's for the allen bolts on the grab rails and for the inazuma's it's for the headlight.

In addition, best puncture repair kit known to man in each bike and my CBF has a super duper power bank for starting the bike when the battery dies.
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PostPosted: 18:26 - 03 Sep 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

My ST1100 has the original tool kit under the seat plus a few little extras like a couple of pairs of pliers, a selection of Allen keys, a roll of electrical tape and various cable ties, screws, nuts and bolts.
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PostPosted: 07:19 - 04 Sep 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

Never had a bike that had toolkit unmolested with it unless it. Most I got was a spark plug removal tool.

But as of recent years I always carry,
Flathead screwdriver, philips screwdriver,
2x tyre irons and 1x tyre iron/c spanner, spare inner tube.
a big selection of spanners,
tube repair kit, plus the usual things like fuses, spare bulb or two,

TDC tool too!
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PostPosted: 09:52 - 04 Sep 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fanciest one I have ever had was my 1500 Goldwing one. Pretty case, pretty crap tools.

https://goldwing.nl/media/com_eshop/products/resized/1119-500x500.jpg

Being utterly honest, I can't remember what is in my Trophy one, I can't even remember looking but I presume I did when I got it.

Nowadays my toolkit consists of an AA/RAC card and a credit card.
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PostPosted: 21:45 - 04 Sep 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

Polarbear wrote:
Fanciest one I have ever had was my 1500 Goldwing one. Pretty case, pretty crap tools.

https://dccf75d8gej24.cloudfront.net/images/products/04/040211624/84E5F4C3-7858-4D2C-92A2-B1831B296DCC-large.jpg

Being utterly honest, I can't remember what is in my Trophy one, I can't even remember looking but I presume I did when I got it.

Nowadays my toolkit consists of an AA/RAC card and a credit card.


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PostPosted: 06:28 - 05 Sep 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

Polarbear wrote:
Nowadays my toolkit consists of an AA/RAC card and a credit card.


My bike toolkit is in the cupboard in the shed. I see little point carrying tools when I don't know the first thing to do with
them unless I'm working on a house. Credit card and phone is my toolkit, probably why I keep a spare phone
under my seat rather than a spanner. As tool kits go it's pretty universal too, this week mines moved mountains
of earth from my front garden, arranged and paid for some urgently needed drainage supplies as well as having the
scooter brought back to life and through another MOT. The card/phone toolkit has been especially handy for the last few
days as the builders took out my cable services with their digger. I've had zero TV/net/phone at my place Shocked Shocked Shocked so
the phone has saved the day again multiple times this week by keeping me in touch with suppliers and the (ffffffffuuucking)
water board, who are doing their best to delay my job now.
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PostPosted: 08:37 - 05 Sep 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Street Twin has an allen key under the seat, but while I was poking about with my newly acquired CB250 Nighthawk ( I only bought it because I spotted it on Facebook at a silly cheap price) I spotted a wee cuby hole above the swinging arm pivot, which contains a quite comprehensive and pristine emergency toolkit. Long ago, I had a BMW R65 that had a good quality tool kit. I still have the tyre levers from that and a plug spanner. I used the levers last winter to repair a flat in my CG125.
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PostPosted: 08:40 - 05 Sep 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

ThunderGuts wrote:
the Trumpet with it's fuel injection and electronic-everything I'd be wary of tinkering with,


I'm thinking of selling mine for that reason. All that complex electramatrickery is going to go wrong one day and it will cost a fortune to have it fixed. That's not what I want from a bike.
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PostPosted: 08:59 - 05 Sep 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

BusterGonads wrote:
ThunderGuts wrote:
the Trumpet with it's fuel injection and electronic-everything I'd be wary of tinkering with,


I'm thinking of selling mine for that reason. All that complex electramatrickery is going to go wrong one day and it will cost a fortune to have it fixed. That's not what I want from a bike.


Trouble with that is any bike without much electronics is getting old already.
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PostPosted: 11:03 - 05 Sep 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

A mobile phone and an RAC card.
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PostPosted: 19:10 - 05 Sep 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

Polarbear wrote:

Trouble with that is any bike without much electronics is getting old already.

True, but there are plenty of bikes of twenty years old which are hardly used. The good thing about these is that I have a notion of how to fix them and do my own servicing without concern that I won't be able to do it. I just bought a 23 year old 250 Nighthawk with just under 12K miles on it, Garaged all its life and a really nice little knock about. Best thing was it was really cheap. I didn't need it, but when it came up on Facebook I just thought, 'That's pocket money and I like the look of it. Near pristine really. I've never ridden the triumph since I got it.
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