Hey all. Saw this in my perusing of the wonderful New Enough motorcycle site. Heard about them from Bluesmudge, it's a site that buys out last year's inventory from places. While not all their stuff is great deals, if you sign up for their newsletter you can get some screaming deals. But I happened across this...
http://www.motorcyclegear.com/parts/track_and_garage/tools_and_hardware/wind_zone/great_escape_motorcycle_tool_kit.html
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Thoughts?
Not as a full toolkit for touring, but very compact and can take care of most mechanical problems around town.
Not a bad idea. Although I'm sure you could put together a cheaper kit to carry around. That wouldn't even fit under the seat either, would it?
Not sure, no sizing info on the case is provided. But just to throw in a tank bag it wouldn't be much. It's made to be carried on your belt.
Quote from: jmill on April 17, 2012, 04:01:22 PM
Not sure, no sizing info on the case is provided. But just to throw in a tank bag it wouldn't be much. It's made to be carried on your belt.
Yeah, that would work great if you have a tank bag. Would be fantastic if it fit under the seat. Be the guinea pig! :cheers:
Looks like it has a lot of tools that would be useless for working on the GS.
Best way to make a travel tool kit, is to make it bike specific and actually use it for some of your routine maintenance so you know what works and what doesn't. Slowly trim the fluff until you have everything you need and nothing you don't.
I apologize in advance for the fact that you will probably read this entire tool kit thread:
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=262998
I caught myself 5 pages in and realized I was doing exactly what was expected. Great thread. I had a toolkit for my GN that came into existence because I was tired of getting out and putting away the same tools all the time. I'll probably take my rusted up toolkit and cannabalize that when I get a new one. But I don't think I'll be getting this multitool set. It's a nice compact variety of tools, but so many of them fit nothing on the GS.
8, 10, 12, 14, 17 & 19mm combination wrenches, pliers with wire cutters and a standard and phillips screwdriver would be my starting point then see how much room is left. If you have the space I'd add a socket set. Look around and you can find something that will hold all that and still fit under the seat. Try a soft CD case. See what you can find at a Goodwill, sometimes they have bags from medical equipment and small electronics that are decent for holding tools. Good luck!
-Jessie