Tool kits, remember them?

[CaptCF]

Oh how times have changed as my '06 1150 GSA came with a complete toolkit as well.
In order to deal with the lack of tools on our wethead's, my brother and I both got these.... https://www.beemershop.com/product/sbvtools-bmw-motorcycle-tool-set.html

They are high quality and fairly lightweight and very complete to do all the maintenance on our GSA's.. YMMV

I carry the same SBV BMW kit on every ride along with some extra stuff thrown in (a couple different types of tire plugs, multitool, tape, paracord, GS911, pump and a bunch of other stuff I forget and am too lazy to go down and look at to list). I have been pretty happy with the toolkit so far although I tend to forget about it and use what's in my garage when I am doing work at home. It's a shame that now you have to go spend a few hundred bucks to get a decent tool kit and then go dig up a black-market PDF service manual, but I guess that's where we're at these days.

 

[Omega Man]

Some more information with links- https://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?93651-Rider-s-Tools

OM

 

[akbeemer]

No need to buy a complete tool kit that is ostensibly designed for your model of bike. For far less money a toolkit can be compiled with the tools you need and want. Dare I say, Harbor Freight or Walmart tools will do the job for an onboard toolkit.

 

[52184]

This is one tool I like to add to any motorcycle toolkit.
Yes, they are spendy but the German pedigree and mfg goes well with your BMW. And, the 10:1 leverage makes for an impressive grip.



Best,
DeVern

 

[kbasa]

This is one tool I like to add to any motorcycle toolkit.
Yes, they are spendy but the German pedigree and mfg goes well with your BMW. And, the 10:1 leverage makes for an impressive grip.

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Best,
DeVern

I have a set of their spring clip pliers for automotive work. Never gonna use Channellocks again for those. They're fantastic and now I spend more time than I should looking at their tools.

 

[CaptCF]

I have a set of their spring clip pliers for automotive work. Never gonna use Channellocks again for those. They're fantastic and now I spend more time than I should looking at their tools.

I have a few sets of these in different sizes. Big fan here too..

 

[riderr1150gsadv]

No need to buy a complete tool kit that is ostensibly designed for your model of bike. For far less money a toolkit can be compiled with the tools you need and want. Dare I say, Harbor Freight or Walmart tools will do the job for an onboard toolkit.

I weighed my cobbled together, from various sources over the years, toolkit and compared that to the weight of the SVB kit my brother bought first (he had no tools), and that weight difference was substantial.
So I sprung for the SVB kit as well and it has more tools than my cobbled kit had...... YMMV

 

[riderr1150gsadv]

I have a set of their spring clip pliers for automotive work. Never gonna use Channellocks again for those. They're fantastic and now I spend more time than I should looking at their tools.

So true!

 

[The_Veg]

I've had my VFR for almost 25 years now and my RT for 18 and I've never had to lay a tool on them by the side of the road ever.

Reminds me of some exchanges I had online in this forum and elsewhere back around 20 years ago when I was a new rider on a K100. All these old guys on airheads who were jus too afraid that the 'black boxes' would fail in the middle of nowhere, and took the effort to express how they felt that it was different to the black boxes in cars being so reliable due to the environment in which they operated. The record speaks for itself and I wonder how many of these guys still haven't opened their minds about it.