Harley tool kit list of items
#31
01-18-2019 | 07:39 AM
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A better question might be what have you ever been able to fix roadside with the tools you carry. For me 45 years of riding my answer isI changed a fouled plug once. There is very little you'll be able to fix roadside and on the newer bikes newer than 2000 almost nothing that can happen will you be able to fix roadside. I carry those same tools I just don't know why I do.
#32
01-18-2019 | 09:41 AM
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I spent a couple afternoons tinkering or dinking around the bike and drinking beer. Made a list of what tools fit what. Plus I had a list from a Sportster forum years ago showing what size wrench/socket fit what. So I just wandered around the bike looking at different things, what I may need to fix/adjust/repair and checked sizes. Then I went through my tool box looking for duplicate tools and extras. I bought the tool bags Skratch shows in his post and loaded them up. Also a little wire, tie wraps, tape, fuses and that should cover. I have had to do some minor repairs and adjustments on the road, and it sure is nice to have a proper tool to do that.
Understand (or not!) I was a certified auto mechanic back in the 70's and used to race bikes. So I have plenty of tools to make up a second set. Plus I have this nasty bad fetish for tools!! So I tend to get good tools for whatever I need. I don't believe you need much. just some basics, enough for the simple systems. The worst breakdown was losing the front wheel bearing on the highway. I had an app on my phone to locate Harley dealers and (thank God, you could not plan this any better) there was one couple miles from us. Then a Virginia State Trooper came along, was a rider, knew the shop, and led us there. No way I could have done that on the road! But it's nice knowing you can cover the simple things.
Understand (or not!) I was a certified auto mechanic back in the 70's and used to race bikes. So I have plenty of tools to make up a second set. Plus I have this nasty bad fetish for tools!! So I tend to get good tools for whatever I need. I don't believe you need much. just some basics, enough for the simple systems. The worst breakdown was losing the front wheel bearing on the highway. I had an app on my phone to locate Harley dealers and (thank God, you could not plan this any better) there was one couple miles from us. Then a Virginia State Trooper came along, was a rider, knew the shop, and led us there. No way I could have done that on the road! But it's nice knowing you can cover the simple things.
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01-18-2019 | 11:13 AM
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01-18-2019 | 09:41 PM
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I spent a couple afternoons tinkering or dinking around the bike and drinking beer. Made a list of what tools fit what. Plus I had a list from a Sportster forum years ago showing what size wrench/socket fit what. So I just wandered around the bike looking at different things, what I may need to fix/adjust/repair and checked sizes. Then I went through my tool box looking for duplicate tools and extras. I bought the tool bags Skratch shows in his post and loaded them up. Also a little wire, tie wraps, tape, fuses and that should cover. I have had to do some minor repairs and adjustments on the road, and it sure is nice to have a proper tool to do that.
Understand (or not!) I was a certified auto mechanic back in the 70's and used to race bikes. So I have plenty of tools to make up a second set. Plus I have this nasty bad fetish for tools!! So I tend to get good tools for whatever I need. I don't believe you need much. just some basics, enough for the simple systems. The worst breakdown was losing the front wheel bearing on the highway. I had an app on my phone to locate Harley dealers and (thank God, you could not plan this any better) there was one couple miles from us. Then a Virginia State Trooper came along, was a rider, knew the shop, and led us there. No way I could have done that on the road! But it's nice knowing you can cover the simple things.
Understand (or not!) I was a certified auto mechanic back in the 70's and used to race bikes. So I have plenty of tools to make up a second set. Plus I have this nasty bad fetish for tools!! So I tend to get good tools for whatever I need. I don't believe you need much. just some basics, enough for the simple systems. The worst breakdown was losing the front wheel bearing on the highway. I had an app on my phone to locate Harley dealers and (thank God, you could not plan this any better) there was one couple miles from us. Then a Virginia State Trooper came along, was a rider, knew the shop, and led us there. No way I could have done that on the road! But it's nice knowing you can cover the simple things.
I didn't have the saddlebags locked at the time, but if I had would it have required my key or just a blank like the gas cap cover?
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#35
05-18-2020 | 10:00 PM
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I've looked at the Cruz ands other "emergency" kits and concluded it's better to build your own. With really good quality tools. Cheap ones are going to round bolts off just when you really need them not to.
Also - you seem to pay too much good money for cheap things like wire, loctite and cable ties.
Here's where I am right now. None of this stuff is cheap, but it is all the best possible quality, compact and extremely versatile. The two items below will get you 90% of the way there. You need to add a 10mm 12pt socket, and the above mentioned wire, cable ties, tape and Loctite.
Add a good (small) air pressure gauge, a tyre plug kit and a Motopressor micro compressor and you are at 95%!
Facom 12pt micro ratchet kit with 12pt sockets, screwdriver, tore etc...
Pretty much all the 12pt sockets you will need, plus the main Torx (including T27), Philips and Flathead screwdrivers. "Set includes: Sockets 7/32, 1/4, 9/32, 5/16, 11/32, 3/8, 13/32, 7/16, 1/2 and 9/16; Phillips drivers 1, 2 and 3; hex 1/4, 1/8, 3/16, 5/32 and 7/32; Pozidriv 1, 2 and 3; slotted 4.5mm and 6.5mm; Torx® 10, 15, 20, 25, 27, 30 and 40." Maybe add a T45 bit as well.
Wera Joker wrenches - general info
These are just the best wrenches. Ratcheting, super high quality and a really useful ability to hold nuts in place in tight spaces. (SnapOn probably has something similar)
I like this set the best for emergency toolkits, but you can get other sizes as well
Wera Joker 4 piece imperial set
If you can't fix something with this toolkit, it probably does need to go to the shop to get fixed.
Also - you seem to pay too much good money for cheap things like wire, loctite and cable ties.
Here's where I am right now. None of this stuff is cheap, but it is all the best possible quality, compact and extremely versatile. The two items below will get you 90% of the way there. You need to add a 10mm 12pt socket, and the above mentioned wire, cable ties, tape and Loctite.
Add a good (small) air pressure gauge, a tyre plug kit and a Motopressor micro compressor and you are at 95%!
Facom 12pt micro ratchet kit with 12pt sockets, screwdriver, tore etc...
Pretty much all the 12pt sockets you will need, plus the main Torx (including T27), Philips and Flathead screwdrivers. "Set includes: Sockets 7/32, 1/4, 9/32, 5/16, 11/32, 3/8, 13/32, 7/16, 1/2 and 9/16; Phillips drivers 1, 2 and 3; hex 1/4, 1/8, 3/16, 5/32 and 7/32; Pozidriv 1, 2 and 3; slotted 4.5mm and 6.5mm; Torx® 10, 15, 20, 25, 27, 30 and 40." Maybe add a T45 bit as well.
Wera Joker wrenches - general info
These are just the best wrenches. Ratcheting, super high quality and a really useful ability to hold nuts in place in tight spaces. (SnapOn probably has something similar)
I like this set the best for emergency toolkits, but you can get other sizes as well
Wera Joker 4 piece imperial set
If you can't fix something with this toolkit, it probably does need to go to the shop to get fixed.
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05-19-2020 | 05:49 AM
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05-20-2020 | 12:27 AM
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#38
05-20-2020 | 02:26 AM
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my '06 UC has the factory kit + a .30 cal plastic ammo box packed w/tools......but the bottled air & mini jump i'd not thought of........thanks !!
Edit: also an Army covered canteen of water, fresh roll of TP, and a GOOD First Aid kit.........yes, i'm an old Boy Scout......"Be Prepared"
Edit: also an Army covered canteen of water, fresh roll of TP, and a GOOD First Aid kit.........yes, i'm an old Boy Scout......"Be Prepared"
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#39
05-20-2020 | 02:32 AM
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Damn it.....should I be worried if it was a right decision to bring home a Harley
? One day I've read the thread about how many thousand trouble free miles some people done with just a regular maintenance and now you discussing here all those "Must have" tools. I've had 14 years Yamaha R6, 2 1/2 years BMW GS800, 8 years and still counting KTM 990 Adventure, never needed to carry anything extra than the toolbox supplied with the bike (except the BMW-that bike was a cheaply made bitch, never left me stranded but it was the only bike with issues, the toolbox was a complete crap, somebody in the factory got a brilliant idea to stuff it with an allen keys and the bolts on the bike were mainly torx's. The tools in other two bikes I never used for anything else than replacing burned bulb, wheel removal when I got a puncture or a chain adjustment..
? One day I've read the thread about how many thousand trouble free miles some people done with just a regular maintenance and now you discussing here all those "Must have" tools. I've had 14 years Yamaha R6, 2 1/2 years BMW GS800, 8 years and still counting KTM 990 Adventure, never needed to carry anything extra than the toolbox supplied with the bike (except the BMW-that bike was a cheaply made bitch, never left me stranded but it was the only bike with issues, the toolbox was a complete crap, somebody in the factory got a brilliant idea to stuff it with an allen keys and the bolts on the bike were mainly torx's. The tools in other two bikes I never used for anything else than replacing burned bulb, wheel removal when I got a puncture or a chain adjustment..Last edited by RadoR6; 05-20-2020 at 02:48 AM.
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05-20-2020 | 03:48 AM
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This is the contents of the tool bag on my front forks. In the saddlebag I'm carrying a tire kit w/ air pump, flashlight, Micro-jump starter, a few spare parts, (coil, solenoid, Everything that makes up the "throwout bearing area" including the infamous "clutch shift finger" part that lives under the right side Transmission cover, voltmeter, field expedient clutch cable, Piece of clear Tygon tubing for transffering gas, Coupla shop rags. I've ridden this bike (1985 FXRS) 300,000 documented miles. The stuff I'm carrying has been useful for myself, or someone I was riding with, or stopped to help on the side of the road.