Dump the tank bag on the floor!

[PAULBACH]

Calling Mr. First Aid

Good Observation:

I picture another needed article and that is, what is needed in a good first aid kit?. The life you save may be your own!

If anyone wants to start contributions for a good first aid kit Touring Tips will start collecting them and setting them aside until enough material collects to put together an article. Maybe this distinguished colleague could put it together or offer some thoughts.

 

[kamewadave]

What I got

After many trips from New Orleans to Big Bend, TX and points West and North:

Sunglasses
Rubber gloves
MP3 player (w/spare batteries)
Allan wrenches
Tire pressure gage
Chapstick
Maps
AAA handbook of Texas, NM, Arizona
Gum
Lighter and smokes
Mini maglight
Chemical lightsticks (when the mag light doesn't)
Fleece cloth (for cleaning windshield and face shield, can of plastic cleaner is in top box)
insurance card (so they know who to bill)
contact info card (so they know where to send the body)
motrin
Tums (for those truck stop lunches)
wad of TP/baby wipes (for those truck stop lunches)
Pad of paper
3 ballpoint pens (two are sure not to work)
wallet/money clip/credit cards
handgun and clip


Magnolia TX, thanks to Katrina
'96 ST1100
'05 K1200GT
'06 CRF250F

 

[Voni]

In my tank bag:

San Antonio BMW Riders hat
Red Umbrella for shade anywhere
name tag
helmet lock
Red wire ties
Red circuit tester
hair ties
pen
spoon
fingernail clipper
emery board
sidestand puck
earplugs
air checker
water in gas checker/wine glass
Red duct tape
spare change
brush with mirror handle for checking oil sight glass
nuts
dried fruit
spare gloves
Red rain suit
Red backpack/rain cover
Red knife
platypus and drink tube with retractable cord
heat troller
Red towel
spray cleaner
toothpick
sun block

Voni
sMiling

 

[mrich12000]

Motorcycle Tank Bagged

All The Time Stuff:
Cables and helmet speakers for the iPod
Lunch (when riding to work)
Gum
Smokes
Lighter
Ear Plugs + Spares
A square piece of metal for my sidestand
Change
Chapstick
Sunglasses
Bits of paper
Gas Receipts
Pen
Notepad
Tire Pressure Gauge
Bits of Things That Fell Off My Bike (such as the remnants of my power connector)
Alarm and it's remote control
Couple of small screwdrivers
Lens cleaner
Spare keys for house and bike
I store my gloves in there while at work or off the bike
Balacava in cold weather if I don't need it
Bandana
A couple of unknown straps
Sunblock that has been in there only God Knows how long
Bottle of Pain Killers (aspirin and Aleve)
Cell Phone when I am riding (I don't trust most holsters)
Cramp Buster
Cramp Buster Gasket
Flashlight & extra batteries
Dust Bunnies
Gum Wrappers
Wadded up empty ciggy pack

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When on a trip I add:
Wallet (hate sitting on it all day)
Maps
iPod
Checkbook
Extra smokes
More earplugs
Water bottle

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Thats not a tank bag It's a trailer