Bridging Gaps – Adventure Motorcycling

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Tools and Spare Parts

Tools will become your best friend..

You will soon realise when you are missing something, or you will learn to do everything with what you have.. Watch the locals in isolated areas… Masters!

The best advice here is to do as much work to the bike as possible before departure and take the tools you used… Remembering that there are many ways to skin a cat, the fewer the tools the better your ride will be.

At one stage this is what we were carrying… By the time Adam reached Alaska he had used every spare part and some…


Tools Include:

    Pliers
    Screwdrivers
    Allen Keys
    Sockets
    Shifters
    Electric air pump
    Multimetre
    Spark plug tool
    Suspension spring compressors
    Breaker bar

Parts Include:

    Brake and clutch leavers
    Brake and clutch cables
    Sparkplugs and filters
    Ballancer chain springs and doohickys
    Tyre tubes and patches
    Bulbs, fuses and wires
    Brake pads
    Rear suspension spring
    Fork seals
    Greese and oil
    Airfilter fluid
    Locktight
    Gasgets
    Nuts and bolts
    Cable ties
    Hose clamps
    Wire and Fuses

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