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Real world toolkit use examples - capz65_imp - 04-18-2022
I'd like to hear examples of the under seat toolkit fixing something during a ride and got you and the CB home.
Edit. Examples of how it could get you home also welcome, cause I know there's more than what I can think up.
Real world toolkit use examples - mvk24_imp - 04-18-2022
I've used zip ties in other people bikes multiple times.
Once to hold the distributer on a chopper into the bike long enough to get home.
Once to hold a broken fairing onto a bike
Leatherman/multi tool multiple times.
I used electrical tape to keep a broken shift lever together long enough to get home.
Have also used the electrical tape to strap down something to my rear rack when I didnt bring bungee cords.
2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca
RE: Real world toolkit use examples - SportsterDoc - 04-19-2022
I think I put 12,500 miles on my CB in 10 months and never needed a tool...perhaps a benefit of post & pre ride checks. My toolkit did aid fellow riders. I think it was my Moto Guzi and Yamaha XT250 that had mirrors bumped by curious wild horses and having the right size open end wrenches to re-tighten was a benefit.
RE: Real world toolkit use examples - mvk24_imp - 04-19-2022
(04-19-2022, 10:09 AM)SportsterDoc_imp Wrote: I think I put 12,500 miles on my CB in 10 months and never needed a tool...perhaps a benefit of post & pre ride checks. My toolkit did aid fellow riders. I think it was my Moto Guzi and Yamaha XT250 that had mirrors bumped by curious wild horses and having the right size open end wrenches to re-tighten was a benefit.Yes luckily the tool kit is always for the other riders/bikes but the Honda just keeps on going lol
2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca
RE: Real world toolkit use examples - GoldOxide_imp - 04-19-2022
(04-19-2022, 10:09 AM)SportsterDoc_imp Wrote: I think I put 12,500 miles on my CB in 10 months and never needed a tool...perhaps a benefit of post & pre ride checks. My toolkit did aid fellow riders. I think it was my Moto Guzi and Yamaha XT250 that had mirrors bumped by curious wild horses and having the right size open end wrenches to re-tighten was a benefit.
I think the last time I had to use a tool from under the saddle to fix a motorcycle problem was back in 1985 when I got a rear flat tire on Victoria Park Avenue in Toronto, Canada.
RE: Real world toolkit use examples - the Ferret - 04-19-2022
9 years 64,000 miles. This thing has a tool kit? I haven't even had the seat off in 3 years I don't think.
RE: Real world toolkit use examples - Cormanus - 04-19-2022
Used the screwdriver once to change a headlight bulb on someone else's bike.
RE: Real world toolkit use examples - jtopiso_imp - 04-19-2022
Adjusting the rear preload counts as a fix?
RE: Real world toolkit use examples - Tev62 - 04-19-2022
(04-19-2022, 04:44 PM)jtopiso_imp Wrote: Adjusting the rear preload counts as a fix?
That has been my usage too, rear preload with/without a pillion. I would call it an essential adjustment.
RE: Real world toolkit use examples - emptysea - 04-20-2022
Tire repair kit, the included "tool kit", a 10mm socket, channel-lock pliers, a couple of shop rags, and the Progressive Roadside Assistance number.