Hi!
A little while ago this message popped up on our Helpdesk...
Dear Fellows, hello once more.
As I mentioned in my previous email, I am a recent owner of 2nd-hand T700 Rally. So, I personally find the tool kit offered from Yamaha underneath the seat, quite incomplete. Anyhow, trusting your experience and expertise, I would like to ask for your suggestions for the extra tools you would consider as compulsory, for short, let's say beginners', adventure rides.
I thank you again in advance for the time and help, and I am looking forward to receiving your comments. Take care, and have a pleasant evening.
Best regards,
Stavros
It got me thinking.
Our team spend so much time looking forward, designing, testing and refining new gear, it's easy to forget that we are all at different stages of our adventure motorcycling journey.
It's lovely that Stavros felt that he could lean on us to share a little bit of our expertise. We've all been there, fixing our first puncture on the trail, un-drowning a hydro-locked piston, or just dealing with a loose chain.
There's no right or wrong tool kit, there's just your tool kit. And the chances are, it's constantly evolving.
I shared Stavros' question with the Adventure Spec team. Here's what they came up with...
🔧🙂
Greg Villalobos
P.S. You can watch the film of how we fixed my PR7 on the trail here.
Adam's Aprilia Tuareg toolkit
- Wera socket and bit set with mini ratchet
- Mini 3/8" breaker bar, hollow extension tube (from item 9 scrap), Front and Rear Axle key / socket.
- Ratchet strap (for towing and getting bike tyres off the ground) and spare Rok Strap.
- Assorted tin of electricals (fuses, emergency crimp connectors, wire) pot of nuts, bolts and fixings, JB Weld, Loctite, spare fuel tube, gloves etc.
- Clutch cable fix kit.
- Thin jaw adjustable spanner
- Tyre plug repair kit (the standard Tuareg has tubeless tyres)
- Pen wrapped in Gaffa Tape, Tyre pressure gauge, Swiss Army Knife
- DIY crutches Trail Stand
- Tyre inflator
Greg's KTM 450EXC toolkit
- Motion Pro Chain Tool / Spark plug socket / Spark plug / Spare fuses / Metal putty / Various socket / bolts
- Motion Pro tyre lever wrench in sizes for wheel axle
- Pump
- Engduro Double Trak tool
- Leatherman Crunch
- Spare wheel bearings
- Gorilla tape
- Giant Loop Pronghorn Strap
- Spare chain links
- Cam strap / tow rope
- Spare 21" inner tube
Steve's CB500X toolkit
- Topeak Mini ratchet with assorted Allen, torx and screwdriver bits
- Junior hacksaw blade
- Wire brush for spark plugs/electrical contacts
- Knife
- 8,10,11,13mm spanners (chain adjustments etc)
- 3/8 breaker bar (loosening wheels etc)
- Adjustable spanner
- Various 3/8" sockets
- Combination pliers
- Multi-bit screwdriver (fits Topeak bits and a pouch of various bits in pocket 16.
- 4 & 5mm Allen keys
- Wheel spindle key
- Various extensions, UJ and spark plug socket
- Basic circuit tester
- Topeak Allen set
- Insulated tape, Tessa Tape, duct tape, threadlock, small grease tube, electrical wire, solderless nipples, assortment of bits to be used with Topeak ratchet and multibit screwdriver, cable ties, jubilee clamp, spare nuts/bolts, fuses, tubeless tyre plug kit, chain quick-link.
Add tools to your Magadan Panniers using our molle pouches.
Simple. Versatile. Repairable.
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