The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: raygun on August 19, 2007, 03:28:21 PM
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My son and I are going to the Bavarian Mtn. weekend Rally Near Taos NM. from Kansas. What Id like to know is what tools you'd take for such a trip for the R65?
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Your factory tool kit should suffice........Dew.
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I'd bring the factory kit, plus my "usual" add-ons for trips over ~150 miles from home:
1) Decent size needle nose pliers
2) small roll of duct tape and/or electrical tape
3) moderate size (8-10") adjustable crescent wrench, in case you need an extra wrench or
need a larger size than what you've got in the kit
4) smallish pair of side cutters
5) a SMALL flat blade screwdriver
6) a half dozen plastic zip-ties
7) tire/tube patch kit and some CO2 inflators and/or a spare tube - a tube to fit the front
wheel is OK, as it will fit the front without pinching, and can expand sufficiently to work in
the rear wheel.
8) small flashlight (I like those cheap "shake lights" as you never have to worry about batteries...
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You'll have to describe what is in the factory kit. The bike came without one when we bought it used.
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I'll second the adjustable wrench. The nut that holds the petcock on to the tank is larger than anything in the tool kit.
I found a nice one at Lowes this is less than 8" long, with a padded handle. It opens to just over 25mm, or 1". It fits in the tool tray with the tool roll.
(https://bmwr65.org/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbase.com%2Ftomfarr%2Fimage%2F84177149.jpg&hash=e766b01fb1a5c088078ab99b2b1dbf2074c266de) (http://www.amazon.com/OXO-1066940-8-Inch-Adjustable-Wrench/dp/B000HSZBRC)
click for more info
Cell phone. Good towing insurance if you don't know how to change a tire on the side of the road. (I do not. But I do carry a spare tube in case I run into someone that does!)
Take a spare clutch cable. Also check both ends of the cable that is on the bike(s) for proper lubrication. Also check for fraying, especially at the top. When the lever is pulled, the barrel needs to be able to rotate in the hole. If you have never done it, take it apart (you get to adjust your clutch while you are at it! Not a bad thing.) and clean it out real good. Take the barrel off of the cable nipple and clean everything. Then put it back together with a nice bath of clean grease (any kind, as long as it is automotive). The bottom end should receive the same treatment.
Some folks run their spare cable alongside their working cable. If it ever should break, you can fix it in 5 minutes! But with proper maintenance, it should never break. You should look at it at least once a year, and that will probably catch any problems. Throw in a check before any overnight trips, and you are covered.
It's hard to go if a throttle cable breaks, but they are generally less stressed. But if you have the single cable from the control to the splitter to two cables, that splitter needs maintenance every 5-10 years. It can get nasty in there and hang up. Sue needs to write up a procedure for that from her experience!
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"ou'll have to describe what is in the factory kit. The bike came without one when we bought it used."
http://www.w6rec.com/duane/bmw/toolkit/index.htm
Bookmark this guy's website if you have not already.
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GLUE. A bit of epoxy resin can save the day. Years ago, holidaying in the Swiss alps my R65 sprang a leak at the rear of the petrol tank where the seat pan had rubbed through the seat cover and worn a hole into the tank. I think this was contributed to by carrying a pillion and maybe hot weather softening the vinyl. Any road up. petrol was leaking onto my leathers all of a sudden so that night the tank came off and the leaks covered with epoxy. Problem solved and stayed that way for the rest of the holiday.
'Superglue' that cyanocryolate stuff, I don't know what you call it in the States, is indespensible too. A holiday in the South of France was interupted when I had to go searching for a replacement carb diaphragm to replace a torn one on my R100RS, couple of days wasted. When I got home a bit of experimenting showed that superglue fixed the torn diaphragm just fine and I then rode a couple of thousand miles on it trouble free.
Plus a thousand and one other uses.
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Thanks everyone. I have compiled a list of tools from here and Duanes site along with the super glue and J-B weld. I'll collect them from the toolbox now and find room on the bike. Leaving in the morning for the rally.
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Have fun, Ray !
Rise safe, and if you have a small digital camera, take photos so that we can share in your big adventure
afterwards !
I think that you're going to be 'hooked' on going to bike rallies after this - at least we hope so !
:)