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TECHNICAL MOTOBRICK WRENCHING In Remembrance of Inge K. => The Motobrick Workshop => Topic started by: TimTyler on April 12, 2016, 01:45:26 PM
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I've always carried a lot of tools on the bike. Too many. Whenever I'm doing maintenance, if I use a tool that's not part of the on-board kit, I'll add it to the kit. In some ways this is nice since I know I can adjust or repair just about anything no matter where I am, a comforting feeling when I'm in the middle of nowhere a thousand miles from home. In retrospect I find that 95% of time all I need on the road is a set of hex keys and something to snip cable ties.
Today I decided to remove about half of the tools from the kit. This reduced the weight by ten pounds.
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Trying to remember, I think the most major thing I've had to do on the road is plug flats and change bulbs. But I've probably got about as many tools on both my bikes.
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what about spares? I just carry plugs, clutch cable and bulbs.
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thats whack...
i only carry oem tool roll plus a 11mm open end for brakes... and of course that big allen and big open end for the final drive...
why... well... why carry a spare final drive and driveshaft if you aints gotts the tools to replace them...
j o
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For spares I have fuses, crush washers, oil filter & O-ring, fuel filter, some hose clamps and the one radiator hose I have yet to replace.
All my bulbs are LED now and my plugs are Iridium XS4164. (I should carry a spare plug though.)
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I'd like to know what they made radiator hoses out of. ALL mine are original and still looking good
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I'd like to know what they made radiator hoses out of. ALL mine are original and still looking good
I'm pretty sure that when I changed my radiator fan I saw some '86 date stamps on the hoses. I thought about looking into replacing them but then they still look good and don't have that mushy feeling when you squeeze them why replace them
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I replaced the radiator hoses as part of the "rubber gets old" regime but i think BMW radiator hoses are made of unicorn skin. This last hose had to be sourced from Germany so I wonder if they'll be discontinued soon.
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the only hose failure i have had on a motobrick is the output hose on my power bong... really wasnt a failure... just clogged shut... i sourced a new hose at the aquearium supply store...