Topic: Ultimate carry tool kit

[Vhonda]

Okay, I want to put together a small portable tool kit. Please help me put one together.

1. 10,12,14mm wrench
2. 6-inch screwdriver flat/Phillips
3. portable jump starter
4.......

[newday777]

A couple of questions for you...
Local rides or long distance touring? Under the seat tool kit replacement tools?

Local riding I just carry the stock tool kit and have the bike ready at all times to ride. And have towing on my insurance in case needed......

For long distance touring on my cross country riding in the 70s, replacement tire tubes and portable 12v pump.(back in the 70s I carried, and used, a sparkplug tire pump for roadside flat repair of a rear tire flat at 70mph going to Daytona from the Bay area)
The Honda tool kit sparkplug wrench.
Stubby or right angle slotted screwdriver to replace carb jets for altitude rejet when you hit the Rockies, and an assortment of jets. Or you can also add a couple ounces of 2 stoke oil to the gas to slow the burn.
17mm wrench/socket and ratchet for oil changes.
JIS screwdriver not Philips.
Axle nut wrench? A 10" adjustable works.
Rear suspension preload adjustment hook.
A flexible fine points file. Clean white business cards to clean the points after filing.
A 12v test bulb with alligator clips to set timing.
There's probably some other tools I've forgotten......

[Sw1ssdude]

I find pliers to be really handy. Sometimes you need to apply lots of force in a small area (screw-on nipple of a ripped throttle cable for example), so i recommend packing one of those. Maybe even a small vise grip?

Wrap some electrical tape around one of your screwdriver handles, it might come in handy.

Before i go on a longer trip, i usually service my bike with tool kit tools only (or try at least). This way you will see quick which extra tools are needed.  Your meter-long torque wrench will tighten down your axle nut way more than your tool kit wrench ever could, so fixing a flat tire on the roadside will be very difficult. So fixing your bike in your shop with roadside tools will make sure you'll be able to fix it on the roadside too.

And remember:
Every tool is also a hammer. Except screwdrivers, those are chisels.

[BenelliSEI]

Fuses, zip ties, and a small wrap of “mechanics wire”.

[Vhonda]

List them all I say Newday777. That is great information, thanks.

I don't want to max out my AAA benefits. For the first few days, I carried with me a battery starter charger, flathead screwdriver, and bottle of air duster.

Outside of fuel, that is what I needed to start my bike.

[Don R]

 There are Crescent wrenches that have an oversize head, like a 6" wrench opens as far as a standard 8" wrench, I like those.
 I bought a gs1100 a while back and found a factory tool kit for it on ebay. It has some room left in the bag so I'm taking notes here. The factory kits are pretty good.
 

[Vhonda]

I like the electrical tape around the screwdriver hack.

I found this crescent wrench with a pass through socket end. I might add it to my kit.

[newday777]

I like the electrical tape around the screwdriver hack.

I found this crescent wrench with a pass through socket end. I might add it to my kit.

You need to use 6 point sockets to prevent ruining the nuts and bolts.

[Bodi]

How long a trip, and in any remote areas?
For normal close to home, not much is needed and the basic tools are fine. I carry a shock key, gap gauge, 10, 14, 17mm combo wrenches, a crescent wrench, the Honda screwdriver kit (flat handle and 3 drivers), hammer impact driver and its tips, plug wrench, slipjoint pliers (smallish, from some old Toyota tool kit), small tire gauge, and probably other little tools that all fit in the underseat case (400F). And as I have an oil pressure gauge fed from the right gallery plug I carry a 1/8 NPT plug in case the tubing to the gauge breaks. And Allen keys for that plug and various engine screws I've swapped to SS Allen ones. And spare fuses, both sizes. It all fits in the case (no roll). Plus I have a signal bulb in a 35mm Kodak film can (remember those?) taped to a frame tube. Tail/stop bulb is a LED that shouldn't burn out (hope!). Tools in the tray have to be placed just so to fit, that impact handle is large but I think it's maybe the most important tool to have.
I have pods (no hate!) so I've capped the filter box hole and have a spare H4 35/35 bulb, small chain breaker, a few links and half link, 4 plugs in a candy tin they just fit in, a foot or two of duct tape rolled up, the owners manual with papers tucked into it in a ziplock bag, some bandaids and alcohol wipes, probably more odd crap in there.
Longer trips (rare for me now at 71!) I take a bicycle pump, tube patch kit, tire valve wrench and spare Schrader core, 2 sweet little tire irons I forget the brand of, a few bungies. All in a small "purse" bungied to the back of the seat.
Yes the 35/35 bulb isn't very bright but my battery actually will fully charge from an hour or so on the highway.
Yes filling a tire with a hand pump is slow and tiring but usually it only needs to be pressure enough get me slowly to the nearest place with air. Flats are pretty rare so it isn't much of an issue.
If you've never had a flat, it feels super weird but will never be forgotten. Like you're sinking into quicksand amd weaving in an odd uncontrollable way.
I have never used a boost pack but not a bad idea. How often could it be useful though?

[jonda500]

After one time having to abandon my 400-4 with a flat rear in the eighties and then upon return, finding it had been vandalised, I also like the idea of carrying tyre levers, puncture repair patches & glue -(not fun, but I have done several roadside puncture repairs - including one in the pouring rain!).
Aside from that, just the original tool kit, my glasses, my phone and a piece of hand wiping rag -being careful it cannot/doesn't end up blocking the air intake  .
John
edit - obviously a bicycle pump too

[grcamna2]

The Honda factory toolkits sometimes have single sided box wrenches(Japan's RK tools,many come in 80's Suzuki GS kits)which can be useful as an emergency tire lever(not long enough for much leverage)and I carry two of these sizes of toolkit box wrenches in my bike's toolkit along with carrying my small pair of Motion Pro #08-051 tire lever 2-pack in my luggage.
I have stepped down(or pushed w/ my knees)onto these two box wrenches to keep the tire bead held-in while I used the Motion Pro levers to install the last part of the bead;a bit of oil from the engine is handy to lube the tire beads.

[grcamna2]

After one time having to abandon my 400-4 with a flat rear in the eighties and then upon return, finding it had been vandalised, I also like the idea of carrying tyre levers, puncture repair patches & glue -(not fun, but I have done several roadside puncture repairs - including one in the pouring rain!).
Aside from that, just the original tool kit, my glasses, my phone and a piece of hand wiping rag -being careful it cannot/doesn't end up blocking the air intake  .
John
edit - obviously a bicycle pump too

   They make small(around 8")bicycle tire pumps(Pocket Rocket)that will fit in the luggage easily.

[Sw1ssdude]

if you want to go even smaller, get yourself one of those jiffy pumps.
https://prismmotorcycles.com/products/jiffy-pump

pumping up a flat tire with one of those is a breeze, and having a pressurized stoichiometric mixture of gas and air in your front tire makes the driving experience extra exciting.
(you could run the carbs dry before pumping up a tire, but by then the engine's hot again)

On my last motorcycle trip (moped trip) i drove my 1973 Honda ST50 from the slovenian alps through croatia to the adriatic sea (1300km, or almost 800 miles). along with a couple of germans with east germanys finest mopeds (Simsons, MZ, Jawas). While the DDR-mopeds frequently broke down spectacularly (collapse of 13 spokes in a 36 spoke wheel, seized pistons, broken-off points, multiple flats, snapped chains etc etc), the only thing my trusty honda needed was a new spark plug on the way home, 15 kilometers from home.

Dont forget spark plugs. At least one single plug.

[rotortiller]

Cell phone. lol