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Get yourself one of these:
The picture isn’t far off the actual size of the tool set!
With a few sockets added and a small terminal screwdriver for your air screw there is nothing you can’t do on the bike. I’ve had mine for 3 years and have used it so many times I can’t remember for my bike and to help others.
It’s also light, stupidly compact and when packed with a small shifter and 2 tyre levers it’s all you’ll ever need on the trail.
Another thing to get is a oil bottle with graduations on the side, I just gave mine away but it’s very helpful when adding and carrying oil to some back country servo.
Ultra Heavy Duty Tubes – the stock ones are thin and will puncture easily. UHD’s are heavier but are much more puncture resistant and allow you to run lower tyre pressure without drama’s.
Knee Guards – Even the basic $60 dollar ones covering your knee caps will save you in a fall.
A decent set of safety glasses for when it’s raining and your goggles become useless.
or one of these.
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On special at http://www.dirtbikedeals.com.au
moto wrote:Get yourself one of these:With a few sockets added and a small terminal screwdriver for your air screw there is nothing you can’t do on the bike. I’ve had mine for 3 years and have used it so many times I can’t remember for my bike and to help others.
It’s also light, stupidly compact and when packed with a small shifter and 2 tyre levers it’s all you’ll ever need on the trail.
They are a good thing, when added with a bum bag like Chris posted you will be unstoppable
Other threads here
There was another thread but I cant find it.
Toolkits take years to get together, odds and ends that save someone on the trail dont come together overnight
TB
I carry that tool pack, a small 6 inch shifter, tyre levers (not now I’m on mousses), and 4 small spanners 8mm, 10mm, 12mm & a 13mm for adjusting the rear axle blocks, used to have a digital tyre pressure guage, some zip ties, a foldable knife and one of those foldable plier/knife/mini saw things.
The bum bag is a good idea but I fin it adds alot of bulk and weight to items that can be carried in your camelback that you need to carry anyway.
The good thing with bumbag is that if you’re a toolaholic you can carry more stuff and the weight isn’t all on your shoulders. It’s very much an each to their own thing I suppose and as you say, it takes time to find out what you need and want to carry.
Another handy tip for the coming summer months is to 1/3 fill your camel back the night before th ride and put in the freezer, then fill the rest on the morning of the ride. Icy cool drink all day long. Put too much drink in before freezing though and you’ll be thirsty as all day long with a block of ice strapped to your back!
I bolted a wolfman fender bag to my rear guard to carry some stuff in, mainly ciggies and a lighter I hate carrying a bumbag it cramps my style
Thanks everyone … all fantastic advice.
Both Moto’s Motion Pro kit and Chris’s Kinchrome actually compliment each other, best of both worlds … so both are on the shopping list for today.
Plus a whole heap of other stuff mentioned, including the esky for the beer (I actually don’t own one)
Razzle just give me your credit card number and I’ll go shopping for you, I need a few things too
chris72a wrote:I bolted a wolfman fender bag to my rear guard to carry some stuff in, mainly ciggies and a lighter I hate carrying a bumbag it cramps my styleI’ve seen your ‘style’ and that’s hard to believe
moto wrote:chris72a wrote:I bolted a wolfman fender bag to my rear guard to carry some stuff in, mainly ciggies and a lighter I hate carrying a bumbag it cramps my styleI’ve seen your ‘style’ and that’s hard to believe
ha ha it’s more my gut gets in the way and makes it uncomfortable to move around on the bike !
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