| Author | Message | ||
     Rocketman |
As promised, here's a minimal tool kit for the S1. Note the size of those panniers !  Rocket in England | ||
| Rocketman |
And now for what's in 'em........  Rocket in England | ||
| Aaron |
What, no spanners? | ||
| Rocketman |
Well actually, the whole lot is slightly contrived. I almost never carry tools anywhere. From the above items, for my trip to the South of France and Croix earlier this year, all I took was the knife, tissue, asprin and pen and paper. I bought the puncture repair stuff in St Tropez, after I caught a wood screw stuck through the middle of the rear tyre. It was an emergency back-up incase the patch failed. It was a fairly large hole that really needed plugging, but in St Tropez, in a hurry ? Anyway, carrying tools always invites their required use, but I'm rethinking my strategy on this one for future long distancing when abroad. As for spanners, what the hell are they ? Rocket in England | ||
| Loki |
Rocket, Let me take a guess at the uses... Mag-Lite: in the event of a headlight failure Paper Roll: no explaining required "that last corner was way to awesome" Aspirin: a requirement after a good long trek Swiss Army Knife: Only needed for opening a good bottle of wine Multi-Tool: can fix anything, even the kitchen sink Multi-Screrwdriver: useful for removing any sign with "BUELL" on it Fix-a Flat: after that last bump "I lost a wheel weight, It'll help balance the tire till I get home" Snap-On tool: Looks to righteous to leave home without it Pad and Pen: last will and testement, getting a birds' number, grocery list, reminder that I must return home.... Loki Wait a minute, your married aint you. Got any spare numbers? ;} | ||
| Blake |
WHAT!??? No Leatherman!?? Sacriledge!!!  In the voice of Crocodile Dundee... That's not a tool kit... THIS is a tool kit!   Belt carried Leatherman multi-tool not shown. Blake (wondering what I'm missing) | ||
| Henrik |
Full face helmets: a nice, long, deep scuff mark on my chin bar reminds me of why a full face helmet is not a bad thing. If you go down, you've got a 1-in-4 chance (or would that be risk ;-() of going down face first ... Henrik (big believer in "full" protective gear) | ||
| Blake |
Lea-ther-man!   Ergonomically speaking, it's very comfortable in its belt mounted leather sheath. In plier and blade/file mode the handles are very comfortable. Ergonomically, ahem, speaking, ahem...  | ||
| Seeeu911 |
Blake, here are a couple of my emergency tools.  | ||
| Spike |
Anyone with an M2L (or just the seat) ever do any long touring? After Ccryder's post a couple days ago I'm suddenly aware of how high I sit on my '99 M2 and I'm looking for ways to "get down." Just for kicks I've sat on the bike without the seat on it and I really like the feeling of sitting more "in" the bike. Also, with a lower seat it'd be easier to teach my girlfriend to ride.  TIA Spike '99 M2 | ||
| Az_M2 |
Spike, I have the M2L seat on my M2 Standard. I've done a few 500 mile days and it has been comfortable for me. I don't think it's going to do much to make you feel more "in" the bike though. Chris | ||
| Buelliedan |
Blake, have you ever had to use that hand pump? I have thought of carrying one of those but I wasn't sure if it would even work. They are a bitch to pump up bike tires much less motorcycle skins. Can you give us a real world opinion? | ||
| Mikej |
Blake asked: "(wondering what I'm missing)" I thought you carried a green sofa as well.  ===== Dan, Bicycle tires (road bicycle tires anyway) need to get up to 100psi or so, motorcycle tires only need to get between 30-40psi. Takes forever with a mini-pump, but doable. I currently carry a mini-pump with me, and in my cross-country kit I'll be carrying a large CO2 pump if I can find one to fit the Schrader valves (my CO2 for the bicycle kit is for Presta valves) to help with the initial fill. There is a CrankBros mini bicycle pump with a dual-valve head and a built in pressure gauge that I use on my MTB. For the Buell I have a standard mini pump without the pressure gauge because it was slightly smaller. | ||
| Road_Thing |
Damn, Blake, I don't think I have that many tools in my garage! rt | ||
| Rocketman |
LOKI : We need to travel together BLAKE : Ye of little faith DONN : We need to travel together Rocket in England | ||
| Rippin |
Kevin, Just wondered what ever became of your seat situation? Hadn't heard from you in a while. Ryan | ||
| Blake |
Dan: Thankfully never on the Cyclone. I've used it on bicycle tires. Works well on them. I always figured that if I had to use it and could get the bead to seal, I'd pump the tire up to 15 lbs and limp to a service station. | ||
| Buellgrrrl |
M2L seat= no problem! Before it got cold here in MN I put in a 400 mile 2 lane day on my new M2L. Was just as comfortable as my BMW's, and the deeper "notch" does seem to position me better. | ||
| Blake |
Donn: I think I get it. Rather than fuss with roadside repair, you'll just put the beast out of it's misery? LOL, reminds me of a scene in Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man where Don Johnson (or maybe it was Mickey Roark?) puts a good portion of a clip of 50 cal. desert eagle rounds into the engine of an old sputtering Kawi. Mike: Green sofa.. yeah, but I don't carry it in my tool kit! RT: Blake LIKE tools. Tools GOOOOD, tools MANLY, tools help ward off Mr. Murphy. | ||
| Road_Thing |
Blake: RT likes tools, too, but FOUR Crescent wrenches?? A really manly one would have hair on the handle! And where's your BFH? According to my good Road King riding buddy, THIS is the ultimate toolkit:  (He never rides when the shops are closed...) rt | ||
| Blake |
RT: The 12" handles the rear axle, of the two smaller wrenches, one is SAE, the other is metric. (sheepishly)... what's a BFH?... Got it!... Big Flocking Hammer? Dang I'm good with acronyms! Cell phone/911 sure saved me from additional trauma a few years back. | ||
| Mikej |
Uh, Blake? Do I understand that you have a "metric" Crescent wrench, and an "SAE" Crescent wrench? Man do I have a lot to learn.  | ||
| Loki |
Rocket, Would love to make a jump across the pond again. Spent quite some time around Ipswitch, Cambridge and others. Off and on for some eight years, in and out of RAF Mildenhall. Although I am looking at the 130 club next time around. Would like to do it with both the bikes. My not even close to stock '82 GPz R1 and the somewhat close M2. The z has a good story to it.... I caught a guy one day just staring at it for about 15 minutes or so. I walked and asked him what was wrong. "Something just isn't quite right with it" was his response. I shot back "you know what, you're right". It could be the '83 front wheel, or even the rear from the '84 1100GPz. Might even be the swingarm from the '83 750 A1. Just kinda walked away muttering to himself. Loki | ||
| V2win |
Rocket....Switch to this type of paper.  | ||
| Rocketman |
I'd just like to point out, the paper isn't for my arse, it's for wiping the oil off the cases after you've pulled the clutch plates in the middle of nowhere !!!! As for my arse, I wash it ! I've never been a fan of smudging shit up my arse crack, like most folks do. When travelling, Wet Wipes are about the only thing that comes close as an alternative to water. Rocket in England | ||
| Chuck |
good...Sean...very good . . . thanks so much for "sharing" | ||
| Blake |
Note to self: Hide the good wash cloths when Sean comes to visit. Leave generous supply of Wet Wipes conspicuously located in the wc. Blake (didenjoytheheatedbidetsinJapanhotels) | ||
| Orion |
Anyone had this happen? On a road trip to Montana this summer I hit some construction and went to downshift. I missed a few shifts and finally looked down to see what was going on.  So after a stop at a local hardware store things looked like this (with lots of lock-tight)  Then I remembered I had some electrical tape in my bag  and I've been riding it like that ever since. | ||
| Reepicheep |
As a matter of fact I did. Went to pick up my 2000 M2 Cyclone down at Fort Knox Kentucky. Seller is a great guy, bike is in great shape, never dropped. We ink the deal, sign over the check, and get ready to load up the truck. I'm lowering the ramp backwards... and... CRUNCH! My brand new (to me) bike is laying on its left side. Much swearing from seller. He had parked it on an incline, high winds blew it over. He was good about it. He offered to give me the check back and undo the deal. Good character, that one. No big deal. I estimate the damage at about $80 (shifter peg, mirror, clutch lever, front signal) and we split it... he gives me two twenties and I am on my way. Kind of a relief actually, got that first drop out of the way and can honestly say it was not my fault. I used almost the exact same solution, but I used a bunch of nuts on the bolt and no electrical tape. It's all sparkeley that way | ||
| Bullitt |
Ryan - I'm still trying to decide how I can do this. Minimum turnaround time with Sargent's I'm told is 3 wks right now. Trouble is, I ride every day! However, Orlando Buell has the accessory seat, sitting on the shelf. I'm thinking that maybe I should go ahead and buy it, put it on and try it out. If we end up not liking it, then I won't lose use of my bike while I send the other one off to Sargent. Your seat definetly looks a lot nicer than than Buell's to my eye. |
