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Ruttly Serious Thumper Online Thumpers Rule Posts: 5111 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: What's in your tool box? Reply #15 - 09/20/17 at 15:02:31 Whacky no , that's just plain cool Hmmm I wonder
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2772	Re: What's in your tool box? Reply #16 - 09/20/17 at 16:32:44 Dave wrote on 09/20/17 at 13:08:00: Yep....some guys are just wacky! Trailer, trials motorcycle.....mountain bike! ------------------------------- The seat on that MTB...my thingy is numb just looking at it!!!
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2633 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: What's in your tool box? Reply #17 - 09/20/17 at 17:16:20 I carry with me: - cell phone - credit card If someone can't bring my truck to me after I call them, then my credit card will get me home. In the last 30 years I've had two on road break downs. Both times I was rescued via my pick-up truck.
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Reply #18 - 09/20/17 at 17:59:52

Now that I am an old timer and don't ride more than an hour away from home my most important tools are a cell phone and a business card for a local business called Motorcycle Rescue. They have a late model pickup truck, a covered trailer and ramps.

But in the old days riding British twins a roll of electrical tape was essential.

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IslandRoad Serious Thumper Offline It doesn't vibrate, it purrs! Posts: 1147 The Kiewa Valley, Australia Gender:	Re: What's in your tool box? Reply #19 - 09/21/17 at 01:12:34 Ah, yeah! I meant to include electrical tape ... and a couple of fuses.
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gizzo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiCabbage. It's Savage. Posts: 1318 Australia	Re: What's in your tool box? Reply #20 - 09/21/17 at 06:38:36 the tool roll in my Ducati has almost all the tools to rebuild the whole bike The Enfield has a screwdriver pliers and a couple spanners. the savage just has a box of matches.
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IslandRoad Serious Thumper Offline It doesn't vibrate, it purrs! Posts: 1147 The Kiewa Valley, Australia Gender:	Re: What's in your tool box? Reply #21 - 09/21/17 at 06:47:28 gizzo wrote on 09/21/17 at 06:38:36: the tool roll in my Ducati has almost all the tools to rebuild the whole bike The Enfield has a screwdriver pliers and a couple spanners. the savage just has a box of matches. lol
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10667 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: What's in your tool box? Reply #22 - 09/21/17 at 06:52:00 Ruttly wrote on 09/20/17 at 12:30:42: Years ago I rode everywhere on my SR500 , but now I'm lucky to get a 2 or 3 hour ride maybe once or twice a month. I would love to do a weekend ride , I rarely get much time off. You need to retire dude !
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Reply #23 - 09/21/17 at 07:10:12

LANCER wrote on 09/21/17 at 06:52:00:

Ruttly wrote on 09/20/17 at 12:30:42:

Years ago I rode everywhere on my SR500 , but now I'm lucky to get a 2 or 3 hour ride maybe once or twice a month. I would love to do a weekend ride , I rarely get much time off.

You need to retire dude !

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Reply #24 - 09/21/17 at 07:17:51

ohiomoto wrote on 09/21/17 at 07:10:12:

LANCER wrote on 09/21/17 at 06:52:00:

Ruttly wrote on 09/20/17 at 12:30:42:

Years ago I rode everywhere on my SR500 , but now I'm lucky to get a 2 or 3 hour ride maybe once or twice a month. I would love to do a weekend ride , I rarely get much time off.

You need to retire dude !

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And go the long way.

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Reply #25 - 09/21/17 at 07:31:43

Yeah, I forgot to mention fuses! Good catch.

On my bike, I actually have the spare main fuse taped to the fuse box so it's always right where I need it.

Another thing to remember is a SPARE KEY! On both of my bikes, I have a spare key securely taped to the inside bottom of the tail light housing. No one ever knows it is there, but if you need it all you have to do is remove the two phillips screws and you're saved. I also do the same on my vehicles, but usually have the key electrical taped to a wiring harness under the rear bumper where you never see it under the electrical tape, but know it's there. Cool

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Reply #26 - 09/21/17 at 08:33:03

For those of you carrying tools kits, how many times have they gotten you out of trouble? Like I mentioned I've had two failures over the years; both battery related.

The first was a Suzuki GSX1100F, 20 miles from home, circa 1997. Battery died while riding. Called wife. She drove me to Walmart and I purchased a battery. Tool required, 10mm socket.

Second was my DRZ Street Tracker, 1 mile from home, this summer (during my test ride period so I was never more then a mile from home). Called son, he picked me (and bike) up. Problem was a bad R/R, so no tool I would have carried would have fixed the problem on location.

Tool kits are great if you have a bike that has a known problem - so you can carry a specific tool or tools to make the repair. But to try and anticipate every possible repair or carry enough tools just in case seems like a waste of limited storage space and unnecessary weight to the bike.

My bikes don't break down (and all are custom, so they should). Am I just lucky or am I properly maintaining them? If your bike is always experiencing trouble that you have to carry 10 pounds of tools, you need to wonder if you are unlucky or are you NOT properly maintain the machine.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: What's in your tool box? Reply #27 - 09/21/17 at 09:08:23 Several times, but when several people get together for a ride, chances are one will have a problem. Loose mirror loose handlebar clamp to riser bolt Broken shock bad rectifier carb adjustments/cleaning/rejeting busted header (HD) bent this or that
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Reply #28 - 09/21/17 at 09:11:30

Gary.....same for me - both times was battery related.

On the Savage, my wife and I were going to dinner on a Friday night. We stopped for fuel on the way, the bike would not re-start. I got a jump from a car and rode the bike home - we took the car out to dinner. The battery was only 3 weeks old, I took it back and got a replacement.

On the Honda ST1100 I was still using the OEM 13 year old battery, and it never showed any signs of being weak. I rode up to the hardware store and shopped, rode down the street to get fuel - and the bike would not restart....the battery didn't even have enough power to run the neutral light. I got a jump from a car.....I took the long way home so the battery would charge - when I shut it off at home the battery was dead, and it would not take a charge.

So......I now carry motorcycle sized jumper cables on the Honda!

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Reply #29 - 09/21/17 at 10:09:08

I lost a master link on my 71 Triumph one night about an hour from home. I hid it in the woods, had to ride b!tch on the back of my friends 883...and I'm 6'3"!!...then went back to get it with my truck later that night.

The only other time I was stranded was when I left the key on my bike last summer at my son's baseball game. Battery died. Had my wife bring me the stock battery and a few tools to fix it.

So I'm with Gary on this one. The only thing I need to carry is a masterlink and a battery! Wait, my bike has a belt. Just need a spare battery in my tool kit then. Wink

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