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Noob Question - Guest - 08-03-2009
Maybe this has already being mentioned but has everyone got a GB or Irl sticker for their bike.
Noob Question - sidestand - 08-03-2009
<!--quoteo(post=113381:date=Sun 8th Mar 2009, 09:00 PM:name=TDMick)-->QUOTE(TDMick @ Sun 8th Mar 2009, 09:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->How well do those mini pumps work off the bike battery?
Sorry to be a total thicky but what about tools, spark plugs etc. etc.
joypump for petrol siphoning [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img] that wasn't the end of the sentence I was expecting.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Mini FOOT pump is more reliable for bike use : http://www.busters-accessories.co.uk/produ...catRef=MMPMP003
Joypump link here - sorry it's not what you were hoping for [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] : http://www.hondahornet.co.uk/joypump.html
Noob Question - tdm850rider - 08-03-2009
<!--quoteo(post=113379:date=Sun 8th Mar 2009, 04:52 PM:name=sidestand)-->QUOTE(sidestand @ Sun 8th Mar 2009, 04:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I always hide a couple of 20 euro notes in a freezer bag in the toolkit for emergencies<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Hmmmm [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/doubtfull.gif[/img]
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Noob Question - TDMick - 09-03-2009
<!--quoteo(post=113385:date=Sun 8th Mar 2009, 09:53 PM:name=sidestand)-->QUOTE(sidestand @ Sun 8th Mar 2009, 09:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Joypump link here - sorry it's not what you were hoping for [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] : http://www.hondahornet.co.uk/joypump.html<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'll live [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blush.gif[/img]
Noob Question - dandywarhol - 09-03-2009
<!--quoteo(post=113400:date=Sun 8th Mar 2009, 11:54 PM:name=tdm850rider)-->QUOTE(tdm850rider @ Sun 8th Mar 2009, 11:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Handy when you cross the border from Germany to CZ ...................................... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wub.gif[/img]
Noob Question - Guest - 09-03-2009
How unreliable is your bike? I wouldn't bother with spare plugs, it's not like its an old triumph where you run the risk of flooding the engine (and it would be quicker to wait for it to dry than try and change the plugs anyway!!!)
The main things of TDMs that I can see is battery (mini jump leads), coils getting damp...but there's not much you can do about that other than water displacer. Then I would just take the standard things bulbs, cable ties and gaffer tape, and some self amalgamating hose repair (but only if your pipes are getting old). You might want to consider chain adjustment, depending on how many miles you intend doing, I just took the sockets, and a couple o 12mm spanners, with the view that someone somewhere would lend me a ratchet...but I never used them)
I would however take pliers, hex keys (for lose fairing panels etc), I also had a leatherman...but really not much else IMHO.
Noob Question - TDMick - 09-03-2009
<!--quoteo(post=113470:date=Mon 9th Mar 2009, 06:21 PM:name=E.T.)-->QUOTE(E.T. @ Mon 9th Mar 2009, 06:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->How unreliable is your bike? I wouldn't bother with spare plugs, it's not like its an old triumph where you run the risk of flooding the engine (and it would be quicker to wait for it to dry than try and change the plugs anyway!!!)
The main things of TDMs that I can see is battery (mini jump leads), coils getting damp...but there's not much you can do about that other than water displacer. Then I would just take the standard things bulbs, cable ties and gaffer tape, and some self amalgamating hose repair (but only if your pipes are getting old). You might want to consider chain adjustment, depending on how many miles you intend doing, I just took the sockets, and a couple o 12mm spanners, with the view that someone somewhere would lend me a ratchet...but I never used them)
I would however take pliers, hex keys (for lose fairing panels etc), I also had a leatherman...but really not much else IMHO.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
tools and spark plugs, my grey hair is showing [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img]