YAY! I BROKE DOWN!!

Originally Posted by svrash

I fit all my tools in a bag a bit like a travel shower bag but half the size made by raleigh, i got it from the local bicycle shop for less then a fiver, it fits perfectly under the pillion seat and has several compartments and a hook to hang it from the bike

oooo good idea, : goes off to look @ cycle shop websites:

Originally Posted by northwind

"slow the bike down", my word. Do you honestly think you're going to notice even an extra kilo of tools? Or, for that matter, add a kilo of tools?

As for selling the bike, fair enough, but if you let an easily preventable, well-documented, minor fault on the bike put you off, you're going to spend a lot of time changing bikes.

northy have you seen the size of me ?? and it never crossed my mind to put some extra tools in, and to be honest i never even looked at the tools yestrday till i decided that i can be arsed waiting 2 hours , i didn't think i had the correct size for removing the rad but i did and i was really impressed .

my next bike will have a bigger underseat storage (i hope) so i will put some better tools with that.

i think £2500 is a fair price for my bike but you lot wont agree because of this thread! (your so mean some times )

[dirtydog]

Originally Posted by XVS2005

northy have you seen the size of me ?? and it never crossed my mind to put some extra tools in, and to be honest i never even looked at the tools yestrday till i decided that i can be arsed waiting 2 hours , i didn't think i had the correct size for removing the rad but i did and i was really impressed .

my next bike will have a bigger underseat storage (i hope) so i will put some better tools with that.

i think £2500 is a fair price for my bike but you lot wont agree because of this

thread! (your so mean some times )

There's your answewr lose a kilo of weight and carry the tools instead!!

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by XVS2005

i didn't think i had the correct size for removing the rad

Sorry if this is stating the obvious. You dont need to remove the rad though. If you are clever you can undo the bolt on the lower bracket of the rad and then pull the rad forward enough to get your hand into remove the plug lead.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Sorry if this is stating the obvious. You dont need to remove the rad though. If you are clever you can undo the bolt on the lower bracket of the rad and then pull the rad forward enough to get your hand into remove the plug lead.

but you still have to remove the bottom bolt (and i do them up fairly tight so you cant undo them by hand) also i have massive hands and need to drop it down.

As a roadside bodge, I never found it necessary to swing the rad forward.
Here's my procedure if I've forgotten the can of wd40 that I usually carry.
Go into shop, buy wd40.
Spray down onto plug, spray up into water drainage hole.
Hold upright and repeat.
Leave standing for a couple of minutes.
Repeat.
Start bike.
Repeat.
Smell evaporating wd40.
Notice that bike is now fine and leave it running for a couple of minutes to let it dry through.
Ride off and not have the problem again for another 10,000 miles, after I forget to put the grease on the plug cap again.

Happened to a guy on a tdm coming home from Brands. But nobody had any tools on them

Oops! Hope he's ok!