Favourite / most important tool
Favourite / most important tool
I guess we all have very extensive tool kits that we have collected over the years and I am no exception. Since owning my RT I have come to the conclusion that all I need is a couple of torx keys to keep me happy.
Does anyone else have a favourite tool that they cannot do without ?
As a treat I bought myself a collection of long reach torx keys but only need 2 !!
Does anyone else have a favourite tool that they cannot do without ?
As a treat I bought myself a collection of long reach torx keys but only need 2 !!
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Love tools. My Beta Mini tool kit I carry on the bike for emergency use. Useful in the garage too.
http://www.beta-tools.com/beta/focus/900_C39_en.html
http://www.beta-tools.com/beta/focus/900_C39_en.html
Last edited by Levisp on Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Best to carry a `Puncture repair Kit', takes 10-15 minutes to fix at road side - alternatively wait 2 hours +, for a recovery assistance. Buy a Kit with a substantive air valve, not with a flimsy plastic one that will snap off or leak under pressure from the CO2 rendering the kit useless. Kit should include `surgical' type gloves ( protection from the glue unless you intend to ride without your MC gloves on now ) Blade to trim `plug' repair.
Carry small lightweight pair of pliers in tool roll, to pull `cause' from tyre. Remember these DIY kits are designed as a `get you home' - service area -workshop, so max speed `suggested' is 30mph,
although someone in a local club rode at 90 + with a DIY repair across France !! :whistle: and then continued to ride with this repair until he eventually changed his tyres months later.
Of course some punctures /rips / damage just cannot be sorted at the roadside and may mean a recovery/ call out for new tyres ect ( hope not ).
Best to carry a `Puncture repair Kit', takes 10-15 minutes to fix at road side - alternatively wait 2 hours +, for a recovery assistance. Buy a Kit with a substantive air valve, not with a flimsy plastic one that will snap off or leak under pressure from the CO2 rendering the kit useless. Kit should include `surgical' type gloves ( protection from the glue unless you intend to ride without your MC gloves on now ) Blade to trim `plug' repair.
Carry small lightweight pair of pliers in tool roll, to pull `cause' from tyre. Remember these DIY kits are designed as a `get you home' - service area -workshop, so max speed `suggested' is 30mph,
although someone in a local club rode at 90 + with a DIY repair across France !! :whistle: and then continued to ride with this repair until he eventually changed his tyres months later.
Of course some punctures /rips / damage just cannot be sorted at the roadside and may mean a recovery/ call out for new tyres ect ( hope not ).
Last edited by stelyn on Sat Mar 14, 2015 3:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Favourite / most important tool
The C02'S are 15 gr, sufficient to inflate a tyre and can easily be replaced ordering online as with spare `plugs' and adhesive. This Kit was just £18.95 a good investment, especially if touring abroad.......
Search Ebay item 231196949129
Search Ebay item 231196949129
Last edited by stelyn on Sat Mar 14, 2015 3:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Perhaps I should add that I take no tools with me when riding except for the OEM comprehensive tool kit and my breakdown membership card, touch wood I have never needed either.
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Exactly what I carried until last August Bank Holiday in France, when my mate had a rear puncture. 3.5 hr wait for roadside assistance, hence now carry a kit...... ::)beemerbaz wrote: Perhaps I should add that I take no tools with me when riding except for the OEM comprehensive tool kit and my breakdown membership card, touch wood I have never needed either.
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Yes, I've used the Airpro Kit, http://www.motohaus.com/acatalog/Airpro ... n-Kit.html, to good effect.
I don't have the CO2 Cartridges, but carry a mini compressor.
http://slime.com/226/products/power-sport-40001/
I don't have the CO2 Cartridges, but carry a mini compressor.
http://slime.com/226/products/power-sport-40001/
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Spencert231 wrote: does anyone use the Airpro Puncture repair Kit?
Sorry no but do have this one
http://www.stopngo.com/pocket-tire-plug ... ess-tires/
Very good kit. So far used it 3 times. Last time coming home from Sedan to ferry, fixed a rear puncture and was back on the road in 30 mins. Beats the hell out of waiting hours for recovery. Used with Slime compressor.
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The best tools i have in the workshop is the kettel & the portaloo. It save me getting told off by the wife coming in the house dirty.
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The best tool i have is RAC full European recovery & breakdown
Trust me I am a retired Doctor and lecturer at Oxford University of Structural and Mechanical/Electrical engineering.
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