Tools for Fools

[Flora_Max]

What do the official and organized R65 owners consider to be an essential items in a  tool kit to carry with you at all times.  

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

I like the factory tool roll, simply because the were the first high quality tools I had ever owned, and they were given to me just for buying this neat motorcycle!  Even after having the bike stolen and recovered, the tool kit was replaced by my insurance co.  About the least liked tool for me in it is the pliers.  I prefer a slip-joint style, or maybe a small pair of locking pliers.  But the real attraction to the FTR, is that it includes [almost] all of the tools required to perform most of the tasks in the riders manual.  And no extras!
It is also, of course somewhat expensive.  I believe the standard kit hovers around the $100 USD mark.
There is a larger tool kit for those with more money.  

[milkman]

Some cable ties of various sizes can get you out of sticky situations.
Mulit grips are versatile.

A couple of the "extras" you may not include as standard.

[SCJJR65]

I'm with Rob.... You can't go wrong with a pair of Vice-Grips!!  

[Justin B.]

In addition to the factory toolkit I toss in a set of feeler gages and one of the pencil style tire pressure gages.  Although not technically in the tool kit I also pack one of the cheapo $2.99 Harbor Freight DMMs, after being tested of course.  They are cheap and small enough that I'll probably get a few more next time they are on sale and toss 'em in the cages, too.

But, if we go on a trip, well, that's what the 22 liter top case is for!  It is all spares, portable air compressor, "real" tire irons, patch kits, spare parts, etc.

[seniorchiefSS]

Hey justin, what happened to my start a thread box? Am I on the ouyside looking in list now?  bruce

[thrang]

Although the beemer kit is pretty good I tend to keep a small torch, a couple of male and female wire connectors, a small roll of wire and a small pair of crimping pliers under the seat. Also feeler gages, tire pressure pen and a 13 & 10 ring spanners and some insulating & duct tape.  I've also usually got a selection of bulbs and fuses along with clutch cable (you can bodge use bits of the choke cable as a throttle cable to get you home), and a hand full of cable ties.

[Ed Miller]

Although the beemer kit is pretty good I tend to keep a small torch, <snip>

My fellow Americans, he means a flash light!  And man are they handy things to have!  I carry one in my tank bag all the time, along with a clever strap that goes around my head and holds the light for me if I want it to, hands free.  My torch is a mini-mag, but LED stuff is probably better now.  I use the flash light for my night legs when I run the Hood to Coast Relay.

I have a piece of straight wire that is 201mm in length.  

Also, some spark plug grounding tools made for me by Tom Cutter.  I doubt I'll need any of these on the road, but the bike seemed a good place to keep them.

A Gerber pocket tool, also in the tank bag.  My tank bag is my "man purse" and I carry it even when I drive the car.  In the car it sits on the passenger seat.  

[Flora_Max]

Thanks all.  Alas my bike does not have the original tools..  Does anybody have a photo of there roll or willing to catalog so that I may buy the tools.  The torch and triangles are a great idea.  those led headlamp type torches are a dime a dozen on ebay.
Thanks Again

[NC Steve]

Here's the Standard tool roll, $77.77 at Hammersley BMW, dba http://www.webparts.com/cycles/ficheframeset.cfm?tablename=R65_1
Full BMW retail is $102.

[NC Steve]

And the Deluxe/supplemental kit, 2 prices (?), $172.37 or $142.04. also at Hammersley.
And, they do ship overseas too.
BMW retail is $219 or $265, unsure what the 2 prices are about.

[SCJJR65]

Hard to believe something like that costs WAY over $100, huh?  It would be interesting to see how much it would cost to assemble a roll with the same kind of tools included that aren't BMW, and see what the difference would be!  

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

But these are Heycos, man!  Ya just don't go messing with the order of things...

[MrRiden]

You gotta have a pair of Knipex wrench pliers. Worth every penny.
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