Emergency Tool Kit...

[06gtpony]

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Just wondering if any of you folks ride with an emergency tool kit on hand in case anything happens on the road. If
so, what do you take with you?

I snapped a throttle cable a couple weeks back, and it was a darn good thing I had a set of vice grips and a screwdriver on me so I could get myself back home without calling a tow truck.

Since then I've added more items to my tool pack...but just curious what you guys bring along?

 

[jeffjones]

Zipties, Its like ductape for motorcycles

 

[coyo]

Zipties, Its like ductape for motorcycles

And I walk out to the garage to add something under the seat.

 

[jc100]

Bag of pork scratchings, 3 kumquats and a set of brass knuckles.

 

[mimico_polak]

I keep the tool kit that came with the bike, a bunch of zip ties, tire patch kit, and a small portable compressor. And the most important emergency items: phone and wallet.

 

[matthew]

credit card, cell phone, CAA+

 

[Emefef]

Bag of pork scratchings, 3 kumquats and a set of brass knuckles.

I left my kumquats under the seat for too long one season because I never needed them. I don't do that anymore.

Most of my riding is commuting - so I have some tape and zip ties and a Gerber multi-tool....and a phone and wallet.

 

[Apollo95]

Charger adaptor for my phone, so as to never be stranded with a Dead Phone Battery.

and certainly walllet/credit card are good to always have with you.

as for tools,
i keep what came with the bike (pretty much covers all fairing bolts, sprockets etc) + zip ties.

 

[Schneller]

Vice grips, duct tape, and bungie cords.

 

[Joots]

i always have my gerber on me, the bike's toolkit (which has pretty much everything in it), I usually have some length (like 50ft) of paracord in my bag, will prolly add some zipties too though. Only other thing i could of would be some kind of lube. then you got your kit of:

-if it don't move and it should; lube it
-if it moves and it shouldn't; zipties/paracord
-if it's loose and it should be tight, or vice-versa; wrench it.

 

[Mongrel]

I have the bike's original toolkit, as well as my entire regular toolkit with socket set, multiple wrenches, Allan keys, etc. etc. (it only takes up about 1/3rd of my topcase).

 

[CafeRay]

Bag of pork scratchings, 3 kumquats and a set of brass knuckles.

...and a jar of vaseline

 

[CafeRay]

keep a gold bar in case of collapse of the currency markets.

 

[TwistedKestrel]

When I'm on a trip, usually at minimum I am carrying bike toolkit*, mini vice-grips, LED flashlight, tire pressure gauge, and a small metric allen key set. So far, the tire pressure gauge has never been useful, but the allen key set is ALWAYS useful. Zip ties are a good idea, I think I will start carrying those as well.

*If your toolkit includes feeler gauges, it is generally safe to discard them or keep them in a drawer somewhere as a novelty.

 

[Mongrel]

Oh man, I used to carry a wind-up flashlight. It worked okay, but I was like "this is stupid". so picked up a nice little led flashlight. Only the ride vibrations keep making the batteries explode! Didn't figure that out until I went through the second set of batteries. Now I carry the batteries separately in the toolkit.

 

[hpvchewy]

In addition to the standard tools and zipties I either rock the full Slime emergency tire repair kit (the tire pump plugs right into my battery tender lead for power) or if space is tight I rock the Red Zeppelin tire inflater and the small/motorcycle tube of Slime.

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