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K1600GT Tool Kit suggestions?
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collinsbrianm
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AAA card with RV coverage and a credit card
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2bikers1collie
I ride with DOG
Happy owner of a 2012 GT. The tool kit is a bit anemic.
Just wondering what you guys are carrying.
A 3/8" ratchet with a full complement of Torx ratchet heads (good quality ones), Tire repair kit, and a BMW MOA roadside assistance with tire and wheel coverage.
touring tool kit
For touring, we carry a cruz-tools basic tool kit and GS-911 with wifi which pairs with samsung tablet or smart phone. Both fit in tank bag. Tool kit contains all needed sockets and bits (even includes electrical tape and zip ties). It has even become my go-to tools for modifications and service at home in my garage. I have not had to use GS-911 on my bike but was able to help MOA member broken down on the way to Billings Rally to ID failed fuel pump. It is really necessary for knowing what is going on beneath all that Tupperware.
Happy owner of a 2012 GT. The tool kit is a bit anemic.
Just wondering what you guys are carrying.
For touring, we carry a cruz-tools basic tool kit and GS-911 with wifi which pairs with samsung tablet or smart phone. Both fit in tank bag. Tool kit contains all needed sockets and bits (even includes electrical tape and zip ties). It has even become my go-to tools for modifications and service at home in my garage. I have not had to use GS-911 on my bike but was able to help MOA member broken down on the way to Billings Rally to ID failed fuel pump. It is really necessary for knowing what is going on beneath all that Tupperware.
61996
IBA# 5819
Thanks Doc.
I made up a kit from bits and pieces I had been carrying over the years. I need to pare it down a bit.
Cruz Tools plus
Wow. Your kit looks amazingly like the one I put together. I'm paranoid so if I'm going any kind of distance, I pack that kit in one bag and my Cruz Tools in the other. Oh yeah, and my credit card, enough cash for the "Deliverance" - types who won't take a card, and my BMW Roadside Assistance Card as well as my Good Sam's Roadside Assistance card.
Many of my co-riders just believe in the cards.
Wow. Your kit looks amazingly like the one I put together. I'm paranoid so if I'm going any kind of distance, I pack that kit in one bag and my Cruz Tools in the other. Oh yeah, and my credit card, enough cash for the "Deliverance" - types who won't take a card, and my BMW Roadside Assistance Card as well as my Good Sam's Roadside Assistance card.
Many of my co-riders just believe in the cards.
61996
IBA# 5819
Wow. Your kit looks amazingly like the one I put together. I'm paranoid so if I'm going any kind of distance, I pack that kit in one bag and my Cruz Tools in the other. Oh yeah, and my credit card, enough cash for the "Deliverance" - types who won't take a card, and my BMW Roadside Assistance Card as well as my Good Sam's Roadside Assistance card.
Many of my co-riders just believe in the cards.
I need to look into the Good Sam plan.
I've already cut some tools out.
My philosophy is that I don't want to get stranded just because I didn't have a pair of pliers (or screwdriver, or torx driver)
Rinty
New member
Happy owner of a 2012 GT. The tool kit is a bit anemic.
Just wondering what you guys are carrying.
Cruz Tools.
http://www.touratech-usa.com/Store/PN-070-2101/Cruz-Tools-Roadtech-B1-On-Bike-Toolkit-for-BMW-RTB1
Great looking kit.
The one thing you have that I am lacking is a suitable breaker bar. I think I would be in trouble with a stubborn bolt or screw. I also have a first-aid kit which attaches to bottom of seat (in the straps for the owner's manual).
The one thing you have that I am lacking is a suitable breaker bar. I think I would be in trouble with a stubborn bolt or screw. I also have a first-aid kit which attaches to bottom of seat (in the straps for the owner's manual).
Dmftoy1
Member
I agree, if you had to take off rear wheel with that torx wrench it could be tough - wonder if you could use one of the larger box end wrenches as a cheater on that?
61996
IBA# 5819
Its a 3/8" breaker bar I carry specifically if the rear wheel has to come off for some strange reason.
61996
IBA# 5819
I've already cut back on a few tools. The breaker bar will stay. I need to update my First Aid kit to something a bit more compact.
bill310
New member
I carry a tire plugging kit (sticky worms and rubber cement), a Best Rest Cycle Pump, a good pocket knife, a little tool kit to do very basic things , black tape, my MOA Book, AAA Card and Paul Glaves's phone number. This has worked for me for 600K KM's.
When I was riding the IBR it was during the BMW reliability carnage era of 2003-2009. I bought and rode a Goldwing for two rallies and finished them both. There was simply too much much time and money at stake in riding the IBR to risk a likely DNF due to a foreseeable mechanical issue.
This has worked for me for 600K KM's. When I was riding the IBR it was during the BMW reliability carnage era of 2003-2009. I bought and rode a Goldwing for two rallies and finished them both. There was simply too much much time and money at stake in riding the IBR to risk a likely DNF due to a foreseeable mechanical issue.
