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Tools on the FJR: What additional ones do you carry?
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<blockquote data-quote="ionbeam" data-source="post: 1112931" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>What I carry for tools is dependent on where I'm riding, how long I'm going to be gone and who I'm riding with.</p><p></p><p>If you are riding with a group like NERDS, with the tools we carry I have seen tires fixed, wrecked FJRs rebuilt, brakes unstuck and all manor of repairs and tweaks. Charlie Hoss and I have pulled a wrecked sport bike from a ravine, patched it up and sent the guy on his 120 mile trip home with the tools and mending materials we had with us.</p><p></p><p>If I'm riding in populated places I balance tools against what repairs I would do beside the road vs the cell phone with the number of a tow company. I have ridden in places in the west where you <em>really</em> need to be self dependent for most repairs because it could be days before someone would come along. It gets even more dicey when it isn't your FJR you are riding and you don't know the maintenance or condition of the bike. <span style="color: #d3d3d3">South of Tucson, about 10 miles from the Mexican border: </span></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d168/ionbeam/1Sm_zpsd94c6d67.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>With the condition of my FJR it won't take many tools or patch kits to get going again from common problems, if something were to fail it would probably be beyond what I could fix beside the road. I do carry tools beyond the tool kit that would make wheel removal easier. I also carry a small DMM that I have used on other people's motorcycles but haven't had the need on mine.</p><p></p><p>In the end a properly maintained FJR is quite reliable, with few weaknesses that would need a field fix other than tires and failed farkles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ionbeam, post: 1112931, member: 277"] What I carry for tools is dependent on where I'm riding, how long I'm going to be gone and who I'm riding with. If you are riding with a group like NERDS, with the tools we carry I have seen tires fixed, wrecked FJRs rebuilt, brakes unstuck and all manor of repairs and tweaks. Charlie Hoss and I have pulled a wrecked sport bike from a ravine, patched it up and sent the guy on his 120 mile trip home with the tools and mending materials we had with us. If I'm riding in populated places I balance tools against what repairs I would do beside the road vs the cell phone with the number of a tow company. I have ridden in places in the west where you [I]really[/I] need to be self dependent for most repairs because it could be days before someone would come along. It gets even more dicey when it isn't your FJR you are riding and you don't know the maintenance or condition of the bike. [COLOR=#d3d3d3]South of Tucson, about 10 miles from the Mexican border: [/COLOR] [IMG]https://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d168/ionbeam/1Sm_zpsd94c6d67.jpg[/IMG] With the condition of my FJR it won't take many tools or patch kits to get going again from common problems, if something were to fail it would probably be beyond what I could fix beside the road. I do carry tools beyond the tool kit that would make wheel removal easier. I also carry a small DMM that I have used on other people's motorcycles but haven't had the need on mine. In the end a properly maintained FJR is quite reliable, with few weaknesses that would need a field fix other than tires and failed farkles. [/QUOTE]
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