Real world toolkit use examples

[capz65_imp]

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.

[mvk24_imp]

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

[SportsterDoc]

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.

[mvk24_imp]

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

[GoldOxide_imp]

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.

[the Ferret]

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.

[Cormanus]

Used the screwdriver once to change a headlight bulb on someone else's bike.

[jtopiso_imp]

Adjusting the rear preload counts as a fix?

[Tev62]

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.

[emptysea]

Tire repair kit, the included "tool kit", a 10mm socket, channel-lock pliers, a couple of shop rags, and the Progressive Roadside Assistance number.