OUCH! what are you carrying in that thing??
Im glad you can repair yourself. Thanks for the heads up

 

I had been looking into a bag for that area to do the same thing. Thanks for the heads up, I currently store my tools in the leather saddle bag guard protector thingy. I just think I will leave them there.

Thanks again!

 

I've seen people mount small aux lighting between the forks with the same result. Amazing how much fork travel there actually is.

 

A few years ago, a group of us left Dallas for the Laughlin River Run. I was tail gunner at the time, when all of a sudden chunks of sh*t came raining out of the sky. I ducked down close to windshield to avoid getting hit in the head and then ran over something. The guys in front of me started pulling onto the shoulder of the interstate. One guy took a hard hit in his knee with a resulting good-size dent in his gas tank, another other guy had oil pouring out of his oil cooler. The guys in the front of group never looked back or stopped. I stuck with the disabled bike until until a tow was arranged to the nearest shop.

I started after the front of the group. Caught up with them a couple hours later. They had no idea what happened. I told them there was no way they could have missed the debris in the road. As we stood around scratching our heads, one rider looked down and noticed the tool kit that was slung low under his frame was missing. Yup, the tool kit strap broke, the rear tire tore it open and launched it's contents up into the air. Form then on the guy got the nickname, "Tool Man." (And he did pay for all repairs and doctor bills.)

 

I bought a 7 dollar Plano box and cut a few of the partitions so I can fit all of the standard tools plus a few others and a tire gauge and a shock pump and a hex driver for the tranny dip stick. I also added a few combo wrenches to toghten up things like the fairing bolts or mufflers etc. I did not like the cheap nylon tool bag that came with it. But I like to lock my bag up with my tools in it. No use tempting the weak.

 

I bought a Husky 45 Piece Stubby Set (similar to that one, mine has more allen/torx bits) from Home Depot a couple of years ago (found the link posted here when someone else recommended it), and keep it in my saddle bag.

The tool roll that comes with the bike is severely lacking, but this little kit has just about everything I'd need in a pinch.

 

Man I feel for you.

I mounted the bracket for the Escort radar detector head there. Lucky I didnt finish installing it otherwise the whole unit would have been crushed. The bracket put 2 big scratches in the front gaurd. Ouch.

Pulling the gaurd is a lot of fun too, I thought it would be just 4 bolts (like a Softail) but the wheel, both Brembos and the ABS sensor all need to go to get it off.

 

WOW.... Who would have thunk it. That sucks. Glad you can fix it yourself.

I keep my tools locked in the saddlebag.

 

Dayyuum!

 

Dude...that's a big ouch! Thanks for the heads up!

Ride Safe and repair quickly! Mike