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touringman:
If you're interested, Bike is running an impressive sale right now. The link is below:

http://www.bikebandit.com/bikemaster-manuals-tools/v00ck94?p=2

Syd :)

fartymarty:

--- Quote from: Brick on October 08, 2015, 09:04:39 AM ---You are making this a much bigger deal than it is.

--- End quote ---

 For most that know how to use them, tool kits are a big deal.  :)

 I attended a rally that had two seminars scheduled at the same time and I chose the one about road tools. I'm somewhat embarrassed that my tool bag is so big and I thought I should go to the tool seminar and learn some tips to pare it down a bit. The guy started off by pulling out a tool bag almost 4 times the size of mine and talking about each tool in it and some strange use for each one.  ::)  :(   I pretended to get an important vibrating cell phone call and with concerned look on my face and talking to myself, I wandered off and headed to the other seminar.

This kit looks to be an excellent starting point for many with just some refinement to fit each one's particular bike. You have to decide what you will be willing to do on the side of the road and what you won't for starters. That is, what situations would you grab your tool kit for and what situations would you grab your cell phone and credit card for. As for the head scratching to determine what you need, the best way is to do regular maintenance using just the tools in the tool kit, when you get done take a look at what you used and what you didn't and what you had to borrow from elsewhere. I suffer from "helpitis" in that I start to eliminate a tool because it doesn't fit anything on my bike then I think "but what if one of my riding buddies needs it, it's not that big maybe I'll just leave it in the bag for now". Probably half my tool bag girth is from "helpitis" or improbable "what ifs". There are other tools that are just hard to get rid of because of....tradition?....or rather I've always had one...and I feel better knowing it's in the bag. Such a tool in my case is the spark plug socket. It makes sense in my DR650 tool bag, and especially in my two stroke bike's tool bag, but I just don't see when I'd ever use it on my Concours 14 on the side of the road. I still don't seem to be able to get rid of it though. Too much history there to let go, not all experience is helpful I guess.


--- Quote from: touringman on October 08, 2015, 12:19:17 PM ---If you're interested, Bike is running an impressive sale right now. The link is below:
http://www.bikebandit.com/bikemaster-manuals-tools/v00ck94?p=2

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  Syd, you are not helping my "helpitis" problem.  ;D

I'm looking forward to the review of the RRR tool kit and hopefully any other discussion that I hope develops here on what tools others think are essential for their bike.

Brick:
Marty you bring up a great point. For instance the spark plug tool. I will finally have 3 nested spark plug sockets that will also hold the spark plug while going in or coming out of the deep wells now used. There is no way in hell that I will ever try to get to the spark plugs on my Tenere' on the side of the road. It was a lot of work in my garage to check the valves on my 2012 Tenere.

PYG RYDR:
The best MC Toolkit is to ride with friends, who are fully stocked with tools! ;)

touringman:
Sorry Pyg rider, but I've ridden with you, and I know you have tubes, tools, and perhaps a little beer to keep you rolling! That's the way it should be! :D

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