Sat, 28 Mar 1998 22:03:13 +0200 - Message No. 2432
From: Phoebus Katsanos

Subject: Re: Tool kit


Philip Herzog wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> You wrote:
> > Is there anything essential missing in the original tool kit
> > supplied by Honda?
> 
> Besides the things that you need for repairing a puncture everything's
> there...
> 
> > Anything that should be replaced by better quality tools
> > for traveling long distances?
> 
> Err, yes. Everything.
> 
> Gruss, Phil

Well, if you are looking for quality tools to do quality work on your
free time Phill is right.
However, for on the spot minor repairs the toolkit is mor or less ok,
with a few exceptions:

1 You need better wrenches for the rear and fron tyre removal.

2 It is very importand to have with you a strong piece of flat iron to
be able to remove the tyre from the wheel, something like the once the
pros use for this work, only you can find a smaller one and strap it
below the seat.

3 A set of tubes for those tyres, and if you are a patient guy or don't
want to use all the space below the seat, a tube repair kit and
ofcourse, a kit for inflating the tyre after you put it back. You can
get such a kit from motorcycle accessories shops, and it contains 4
canisters of compressed gass like the once used on the air pistols.

A guy had all theese in one of our trips as a club here and we changed
the tyre in something like 15minutes and everything was fine again.
Ofcourse we had to go to a gas station afterwards to check the air
pressure, but this was the least of our problems, and those things are
relatively easy to carry under the seat.

4 Also, a very usefull thing is a small chain lub spray. TM makes one
wich you can refill each time from a bigger one, and it is quit small
and handy, not just for the chain.

5 A "chain clip", (I don't know how to say this...), the thing that you
use to fix the drive chain when it is broken, or when you change from
the original to an "open one" (somebody help me here!), it is like a
very small part of the chain... very small, and ofcourse easy to carry.

6 A small flash light.

7 Finally, everyone should keep under their seats a set of medical
gloves (picking up someone who is bleeding without gloves can be very
dangerous theese days) and a few things for an emergency, like a couple
of band aids, a couple of aspirins, and some condoms ; )

All those are very usefull and quite easy to keep with you at all times


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