toolkit for brick

[DRxBMW]

Okay every brickhead needs a proper toolkit for roadside assistance.

Your mission if you choose to accept it:

1. Toolkit, bag itself. What brand, make and model....box, bag, wrap, you name it and tell us why.

2. What essential tools? Include spare wrenches, sockets, tire irons, extras, etc. What brand, make, model and size?

JUMP RIGHT IN HERE MOTOBRICKERS:

I kickstart the thread:

* OEM BMW tool roll
* 3/8 ratchet
* extension bar
* metric Allen sockets
* roll of silicone rescue tape
* quality reversible screwdriver  (one in the OEM toolkit sucks)
* spare fuses tip: have more than one 7.5 available
* mini air compressor (gutted out for space)
* tire repair  (plugs, insertion tool,reamer)
* spare clutch cable routed along the OEM
* H4 bulb packaged in a fancy protective plastic protector to prevent transit damage
* Nitrile gloves for the dirty work (double for first aid duty)
* orange hand cleaner wipes

Every tour maniac should tote along the tool pictured below.  Works like charm for bribing motorists to stop and help. Or, if the issue is truly UN-fixable,provides entertainment while impatiently waiting for the tow truck to arrive at the scene. 


 

[wmax351]

Add in a few other things:

Copy of Registration, Insurance, Drivers License, and 50 bucks in 10's and 20's. Also, emergency numbers, etc.

Water: For the bike or for you. Very important, especially for desert touring.

First aid kit: Sterile Gauze, Tape, burn pads, disinfectants, etc.

Gorilla tape! Cut out the cardboard center of the roll, and then step on it, run it over, or put it in a vice. Gets nice and flat.

Zip ties, Bungee cords, rope.

Some Spare wire. Worst comes to worse, you can hot-wire the ignition, and bypass unneeded stuff.

[Chaos]

a good roll up tool pouch, love my little lcd flashlite, couple extra plugs, vicegrips, fix-a-flat

[CrashBar]

12MM Allen Wrench, 30MM socket, 24MM socket, 3/8 Breaker Bar, small container of spline lube grease, and a spare drive shaft with both u-joints.   It all packs away in a zip lock bag inside my tail piece, and is enought to field strip the final drive and swing arm.     The only time I didn't complete a trip in 85K miles was due to an exploding u-joint - this is just peace of mind, I figure I can fix it in 4 hours on the side of the road rather than shipping the bike back home.

I keep a bunch of other critical spares (including a good final drive I bought used) boxed and ready to ship at work, if I'm going to be 3000 miles from home on a 20 year old bike I want to be prepared..

[frankenduck]

i carry frankenducks cell number and paypal addresss...

j o

Or he takes frankenduck with him....

[billday]

and a spare drive shaft with both u-joints.   It all packs away in a zip lock bag inside my tail piece,

You can fit a drive shaft under your seat? Can't picture it.

[billday]

On my cross-country (NY-AZ-NY) trip in October, I carried:

• BMW tool roll
• Spare clutch and throttle cables
• Foot operated air pump
• Patch kit
• Needle nose Vice-Grips
• Extra Allen keys
• Extra screwdrivers
• Tire pressure gauge
• Flashlight
• Altitude plug (put it on when I got to New Mexico)
• Electrical tape
• Spare fuses

[DRxBMW]

and a spare drive shaft with both u-joints.   It all packs away in a zip lock bag inside my tail piece,

You can fit a drive shaft under your seat? Can't picture it.

Proof is in a picture ! NO Cheating or photoshop majiK allowed.   :hehehe

[CrashBar]

Just the driveshaft, not the whole swingarm. :lol:

Take the one u-joint out (the other is attached) and it fits in the tail section.  Easy Peasy.

Oh yea, if you are real paranoid, a spare final drive will fit in the bottom section of the standard K11 tank bag (DAMHIK).

[johnny]

[DRxBMW]

JO can you say wire fire ?

Keep using those blue scotch lock taps and you will probably find out what those words mean up close up and personal.

Posi taps and locks are they way to go.

http://www.posi-lock.com/





PS: plan on zip tying fairing sections together after a get off ? LOL

[johnny]

rodger that doc... thanks for looking out for me...

everything on the burd is soldered or posi taped or posi locked... no crimps no scotchlocks...

now if i can getts my catz azzure white headlight bulb back i will be good...

j o

[DRxBMW]

rodger that doc... thanks for looking out for me...

everything on the burd is soldered or posi taped or posi locked... no crimps no scotchlocks...

now if i can getts my catz azzure white headlight bulb back i will be good...

j o

For the record, a quality crimp done right is stronger than a soldered connection.

Hopefully, this pdf will attach.

read up _________________.

[Rick G]

Any aircraft or marine wiring done to survey standard has to be crimped and not soldered.  Soldered connectoins will break off at the end of the soldered section a long time before a crimp joint will fail.

[johnny]

yawl...

im using special motobricko grade solder... i will put my special motobricko soldered units up against the dissenters crimped units any day...

j o

[frankenduck]

I intersplice the strands in a clever macrame pattern.  Learned it back in 72.

[DRxBMW]

yawl...

im using special motobricko grade solder... i will put my special motobricko soldered units up against the dissenters crimped units any day...

j o

The bet is on, how about a brand spankin new K 1600 for the winner ?

Seriously, if you google solder joint/terminal failure, crimps do far better. (NASA abstract)  Granted, K bikes are NOT rocket science but damn close. 

Secret of crimping is using quality tools, terminals & technique.

Sorry,pliers or $1.99 crimping tools do NOT cut the mustard. Pic of a bad crimp imbedded below which has started to smolder.



Tip: if you do solder,hit the joint/terminal with some kind of de-oxidizing cleaner/enhancer. Especially if the bricK live outdoors or ridden in the rain on a regular basis. The main grounds underneath the left side of the tank will thank you LOUDLY in improved conductivity.



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[Roy S.]

A spare key

[wmax351]

A spare key

I spent two hours digging through garbage at a rest stop once... I though I dropped my keys in with my hot chocolate/mocha cup, but turned out they were stuck in my florescent vest. Ooops. Certainly didn't help that I was really chilled from the cold air, fog, and wind in the I5 grapevine/Angeles national Forrest area.

[frankenduck]

I left my keys on my tray at a KFC buffet in Sedona once.  Dumped them in the trash after my meal.  Realized it when I got out to the bike.  At the buffet KFCs people always throw away a lot of uneaten food so finding them in a full garbage can was rather distasteful  I did have a spare key on the bike but since I was sure they were in there it was worth it.

[wmax351]

I left my keys on my tray at a KFC buffet in Sedona once.  Dumped them in the trash after my meal.  Realized it when I got out to the bike.  At the buffet KFCs people always throw away a lot of uneaten food so finding them in a full garbage can was rather distasteful  I did have a spare key on the bike but since I was sure they were in there it was worth it.

There are KFC buffets? I have lost all hope in America.