Mon, 30 Mar 1998 09:41:13 +0200
- Message No. 2442
From: "Matz Bjurström"
Subject: Re: Tool kit
Errr. I bought my RD04 second hand and there were (naturally :-) no toolkit
at all.
Could anybody specify what tools are in the original toolkit and maybe I
have the same tools anyway at home to 'recreate' the toolkit.
Thanks
Matz
-----Original Message-----
From: Phoebus Katsanos
To: xrv@normans.isd.uni-stuttgart.de
Date: den 28 mars 1998 22:29
Subject: Re: (XRV) 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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