What Emergency Tools And Equipment Do You Carry

[xman]

What do you guys carry with you on short and long rides. I was looking for a tire plugs,  compressor, or tire inflator. Tools, etc.

Tom

[ShiftHappens]

I picked up the stop n go kit last month at a motorcycle show for $60 including tax. It looks really good. I  watched the guy put one in a sample tire. It looks like it would work great. Nice small package that includes a compressor that will hook up to my battery tender SAE plug.

I hope I never need it.

http://www.stopngo.com/products/TUBELESS-PUNCTURE-PILOT.html

[macdoesit]

I carry

small 12v inflater
small manual inflater
slime
all replacement fuses and bulbs
home made jump cables
tire plugs with tools
sockets,rachet, screw driver,allen to fit all
xtra rad. hoses
1 1/2 gallon coolant in rubber bag
elect. tape
2- 6' wire with alligator clips
one gallon gas
first aid kit
flash light
flares elect.
florescent hazard signs, fold out
windshield cleaner,
rags
duct tape

[larswlvs]

woodwizard, you forgot  extra oil

[macdoesit]

woodwizard, you forgot  extra oil

Figure if I loose oil time to call AAA.

[OverdueBill]

12v inflator and tire plugs/plug tools.  Cell phone and credit card.

[macdoesit]

12v inflator and tire plugs/plug tools.  Cell phone and credit card.

What if you can't get cell signal?

[Hoser]

I carry

small 12v inflater
small manual inflater
slime
all replacement fuses and bulbs
home made jump cables
tire plugs with tools
sockets,rachet, screw driver,allen to fit all
xtra rad. hoses
1 1/2 gallon coolant in rubber bag
elect. tape
2- 6' wire with alligator clips
one gallon gas
first aid kit
flash light
flares elect.
florescent hazard signs, fold out
windshield cleaner,
rags
duct tape

Pulling a trailer?    Hoser
Just kidding. Maybe.       

[macdoesit]

I carry

small 12v inflater
small manual inflater
slime
all replacement fuses and bulbs
home made jump cables
tire plugs with tools
sockets,rachet, screw driver,allen to fit all
xtra rad. hoses
1 1/2 gallon coolant in rubber bag
elect. tape
2- 6' wire with alligator clips
one gallon gas
first aid kit
flash light
flares elect.
florescent hazard signs, fold out
windshield cleaner,
rags
duct tape

Pulling a trailer?    Hoser
Just kidding. Maybe.       

Sounds like I would need a trailor but all fits in 1 saddlebag in vacum sealed bags except for gas and collant. Vacum bags are great for clothing manual pump will re vac the bags.

[fudgie]

I carry a small tool bag full of tools and spare parts. Way to much to list.  I can barly fit it in the saddle bag! A battery operated soldering tool and a tester are good to have.

[macdoesit]

I carry a small tool bag full of tools and spare parts. Way to much to list.  I can barly fit it in the saddle bag! A battery operated soldering tool and a tester are good to have.

Was going to get a soldering tool but figured the wire with alligator clips would work and take up less space. First time I break down will probably need what I don't have LOL.

[F6BANGER]

After seeing a broken down bike on the way to Tucumcari (we turned around and went back to try to help..he didnt want any), I was talking to Hotglue. He suggested something I never would have thought of. While I always carry an extra bottle of water just in case, he mentioned an umbrella. If I had one I would have given it to the guy sitting there in the sun waiting on his buddies. Most of our riding is done in the summer while it is hot out. You break down in the middle of the day, you need shade and water. Hope that helps.

[Jess from VA]

To add to the above.

Large and small zip ties.

The LED light on a headband. (cause I don't like the taste of flashlight after a while, and I start slobbering)

A big folding Buck knife (though there's always a folding fighter in my pocket, it costs too much to be used for tough jobs)

Raingear, water, J-frame Smith, a boonie hat (not an umbrella)

[BF]

I carry

small 12v inflater
small manual inflater
slime
all replacement fuses and bulbs
home made jump cables
tire plugs with tools
sockets,rachet, screw driver,allen to fit all
xtra rad. hoses
1 1/2 gallon coolant in rubber bag
elect. tape
2- 6' wire with alligator clips
one gallon gas
first aid kit
flash light
flares elect.
florescent hazard signs, fold out
windshield cleaner,
rags
duct tape

Sounds like all I'd need to take with me is Woodwizard......and an umbrella while he works on my bike.   

[macdoesit]

I carry

small 12v inflater
small manual inflater
slime
all replacement fuses and bulbs
home made jump cables
tire plugs with tools
sockets,rachet, screw driver,allen to fit all
xtra rad. hoses
1 1/2 gallon coolant in rubber bag
elect. tape
2- 6' wire with alligator clips
one gallon gas
first aid kit
flash light
flares elect.
florescent hazard signs, fold out
windshield cleaner,
rags
duct tape

Sounds like all I'd need to take with me is Woodwizard......and an umbrella while he works on my bike.  

Now that is funny, don't care who you are. Come to Oklahoma city, I'll go ride with you.

That was good BF

[john]

" Cell phone and credit card '               
                         works for me  ....     

[R J]

In all the miles I have on MGM, all I carried was a tire repair kit and a little compressor, along with a umbrella.

Outside of flat tires, I've never broke down on a trip.

If ya quit muckin with it and just ride it, ya no need and thing else.  Anyway, that has been my case.   When I rode Yama Hoppers and Harley's, I almost needed my 7 drawer tool box with me.

Every bike I have ever had, outside of the Valkyrie, has let me down somewhere, usually close to a town, but once in Death Valley and a trailer on my Yamaha Hopper, it decided to go bloop and die.

[fudgie]

I do have a small 3x5 blue tarp to. I can use it for shade or to crawl around on.

[fudgie]

I carry a small tool bag full of tools and spare parts. Way to much to list.  I can barly fit it in the saddle bag! A battery operated soldering tool and a tester are good to have.

Was going to get a soldering tool but figured the wire with alligator clips would work and take up less space. First time I break down will probably need what I don't have LOL.

Mine looks like a screw driver. The alligator clip ones I found where not long enough to reach the front of the bike.

[BF]

Probably about the most important thing you could carry would probably be a phone with internet....so you could put out a call for help here on the vrcc. 

[BradValk48237]

2 $100 bills.... somewhere on the bike...

 They are also my good luck charm..... they have been on every road bike I have had.... since 1984.

Advice from my Dad from the day I got caught doin' Rockford's in the High School Parking lot( after he took my keys away and made me HAND POLISH our 32' motorhome... including the roof!!:

"If yer gonna drive like that, you'd better have a couple of hunnerd' dollars in the glove compartment!"

And since I have always driven like that.... i always keep $200 cash in the car and on the bike....
But that was 1982 and that $200 won't fix what it would back then.....

Only had to use it on the car once for a tow truck(wouldn't take credit card)....... never on the bike.....

Other than that I have an tool/extra part bags that go in the left saddle bag with all necessary gear and room for my leather.... always in the bike..... Its been on this bike and last wing for 20 years so, I'm not really sure what's in there , because its been added to or used to many times....

Brad

[olddog1946]

I always carry my cell phone..locally that's all (within 50 miles)
For longer trips I have a small electric compressor, tire patch kit, spare headlight bulb, brake light bulb, turn signal bulb. Also have a set of Black wrenches that match the bike, lol. Frog togs, two small canister of gas.

[Chattanooga Mark]

Stop-N-Go plug kit, small inflater to connect to the battery, a cell phone, small flashlight and a credit card. I also have the factory tool kit and a small assortment of sockets and a pair of pliers. Never needed any of them on any of my Hondas.

Really great idea about the umbrella and I'll be sure to keep a small one on the bike from now on.

Mark

[Jess from VA]

There have been a couple times, stopped at a long light, or worse in jammed traffic, when the heavens opened up and it poured cats and dogs; just a roaring toad strangler.  And you're just sitting there.  And even though I'm wearing raingear and a helmet, it would have been so nice to just pop open one of those mini umbrellas to keep the worst off me, my face and glasses, down my neck, and flooding seat.  It would be the funniest thing ever seen, but effective.  The problem is, when the light changes, how to ride away with one hand.  


And while thinking about it, I remembered a small bit of obscure information.  Only one branch of military service allowed you to use an umbrella while in uniform.  (Mine)   

[PhredValk]

Metric socket set, metric allen wrenches, vice grips, screw driver (multi), tire plugs, 12 volt compressor, electrical tester/wire/connectors, tape, and crimper, razor knife, gallon of gas, quart of oil, rain gear, oil filter wrench, extra sheepskin, OEM brake and clutch levers, fuses, fusable links, headlight and signal bulbs, sidestand bolts, plastic tarp. Also a roadside emergency kit with all the fixins including simple first aid kit. Tech manual, owner's manual, GWRRA Gold Book, AMA card, cell phone, 2 credit cards and debit card.

Never needed any of it on the road, except the gallon of gas for a guy stranded on the road on a GL1200
Fred.