blitz11
Well-Known Member
Funny. I used to carry an Airhead stator with me when I toured on my R80/7. I also carried carb diaphrams 'cause you never knew when those would fail.The four minimalist tools that go with me on bike trips to Europe are the Toolcheck Plus, a Leatherman Crunch (awesome), regular Leatherman (Wave or Supertool) and a small Nealy tire repair kit. I needed only the first two to swap the back footpeg to the front on a buddy's Multistrada on the side of Stelvio after he planted it and busted off his right front peg. That set can fix or straighten anything that's worth fixing on a rental bike. The BMW tire repair kits in Europe use these odd rubber donuts that don't work, but it's easy to find an air pump so no need to carry the extra weight. In the US, I add a small air pump and a small jumper battery. The first mainly so I can check and top up my tires every day. The latter kept a buddy's old R90 with a dead stator going for a critical 50 miles when we were in the middle of nowhere Idaho last summer.
Proper preparation prevents poor performance.