Trail tool kit

[ucrtwf]

Hi Guys,
I've been riding for years, but just recently thought about which tools I should be carrying with me on the trail. Sometimes (as in out west, mountains) it really comes in handy. I was just wondering what you guys thought. Here's my list, carried in the stock gg pouch rolled up and stuck in my camelback-
1/4", 6,8,10,12,13,14mm sockets saftey wired together
#1, 2, and 3 phillips bits (for 1/4" socket)
tee handle 1/4 inch drive
gg triangle wrench (8-10-12mm)
metric allen wrench set (foldable)
4,5,6mm loose allen
small needle nose pliers with wire cutter
small wire cutter
6", 8", 12" zip ties
roll of electrical tape
small and med std screw driver
snap ring pliers
GG open end wrenches 8, 10, 12, 13
Front brake lever
Shift lever, bolt, snap ring
small roll of saftey wire
extra plug
GG plug wrench
small piece of 150g sandpaper
$20 cash
small hand pump

I'm looking for a way to carry some 2 stroke oil (for roadside or emergency fueling. Anybody have any ideas to carry maybe a couple separate-one gallon worth oil?

Any other ideas?

Thanks as always,
Tim

 

[desertgasser300]

A baby bottle for your oil, they are small and marked in ounces.

 

[Jakobi]

A baby bottle for your oil, they are small and marked in ounces.

+1 This is what I use. Its a deadly boys one with a blue cap and pictures of cars on it!! I usually throw 200ml in it (enough for 10L at 50:1 - a tank worth), but it will hold closer to 300ml if filled.

I also carry similar tool set to you. Assorted tapes, wires, spanners, sockets, breaker bars, allen keys, pliers, spare plug, 21" tube and 3 tyre irons. My tool bum bag is a kelly enduro one. Built tough as nails. I really need to give it a cull. I have enough tools to just about do a top end on the trails. It weighs a bit!

 

[ucrtwf]

A baby bottle for your oil, they are small and marked in ounces.

Good thinking. Any noticed effects in the plastic from the oil? Or just fill it up each ride?

Thanks!

 

[Jakobi]

Good thinking. Any noticed effects in the plastic from the oil? Or just fill it up each ride?

Thanks!

Mines never been washed out so always has some residue in it. I try to ride more often then not so I try to keep oil in it. LOL

No ill effects to my bottle. I guess they are constructed to be microwave safe, withstand boiling water, hold milk and all that.. Gotta be a better construction than a juice bottle!

 

[bukwheat]

+1 This is what I use. Its a deadly boys one with a blue cap and pictures of cars on it!! I usually throw 200ml in it (enough for 10L at 50:1 - a tank worth), but it will hold closer to 300ml if filled.

I also carry similar tool set to you. Assorted tapes, wires, spanners, sockets, breaker bars, allen keys, pliers, spare plug, 21" tube and 3 tyre irons. My tool bum bag is a kelly enduro one. Built tough as nails. I really need to give it a cull. I have enough tools to just about do a top end on the trails. It weighs a bit!

Holy cow, Jak! That tool kit must weigh 15 pounds! I try to minimize the tools in my fanny pack. I have got a T-handle with 8,10,and 12mm sockets on it (made by MotionPro), a small pair of needle nose vice grips, combo wrenches (8mm/10, 12mm/14), 4,5,6mm allens. Spark plug,wrench and master link. Thats it. I very seldom have to dip in to the tool kit on the trail....usually for someone else who needs a tool.

As far as tire irons and tube....if I have a flat, I will ride back to the truck and load it up and go home. Around here, the fartherest we are from the trucks is about 15 to 20 miles and I will ride that far on a flat....then I will take the wheel off at home and take it to the shop and let them fix it. I have had my share of fixin' flats and changing tires and in my old age, I pay to have it done now.

 

[Jakobi]

Its well heavy and I'd love to be able to cull it down some but we usually go 70-100km between fuel stops and a decent round trip including a bit of time on black stuff. Its easier to change a flat than it is to limp home in my case

You are right in saying that most efforts into the tool kit are for others though!

 

[2whlrcr]

You're riding a GG now. Your list doesn't have to be nearly as long, as the Orange guy's list.

 

[swazi_matt]

Pack a small amount of resourcefulnes and a bit of determination I managed to undrown a bike once with a pair of longnose pliers and a flat screwdriver ... and the thought of a 20km walk home at the back of my mind to a worried wife also helped formulate the solution

Please not I am by no means saying that those are the only tools you need, my bumbag is a lot heavier since that day!!

 

[swazi_matt]

Pack a small amount of resourcefulnes and a bit of determination I managed to undrown a bike once with a pair of longnose pliers and a flat screwdriver ... and the thought of a 20km walk home at the back of my mind to a worried wife also helped formulate the solution

Please not I am by no means saying that those are the only tools you need, my bumbag is a lot heavier since that day!!

 

[MattR]

For oil, you can use a bottle from empty sta-bil gas. Or you can pick up a small bottle of premix oil at Lowe's in the lawn mower/chainsaw aisle. These usually hold enough oil for 3 gallons of gas.

For tools, you don't need to carry the large sockets. 6,8,10,12 only. 6 is for the main jet in your carb. Use combo open wrenches up to size 14. A combo axle nut and spark plug is good. Needle nose pliers with side cut. Needle nose locking pliers/vise grip. Duct tape wrapped around a wrench. A few zip-ties and some safety wire. Folding Allen wrenches and screwdriver combo. Tip: Buy your trail tools at Harbor Freight since they are seldom used. If you should loose them, then you only lost a little bit of money.

 

[gasgasman]

I also pack about a 1 1/2 feet of fuel line.
When a bike runs out of fuel, hook up both petcocks (mothership and empty bike) and let the fuel equalize between the tanks.

 

[3beejay3]

I also pack about a 1 1/2 feet of fuel line.
When a bike runs out of fuel, hook up both petcocks (mothership and empty bike) and let the fuel equalize between the tanks.

+10 !

Fuel line weighs next to nothing and can be squeezed into all kinds of odd places for storage til needed.

 

[Leo]

Here my stuff.
Somethings go on the Camelback, somethings on the fanny pack.

The thing i tread on spark plug can be made on an lathe and the wrench on botton (rear wheel and spark plug) cut in laser machine. If someone want, i send the .dwg drawing.

 

[300ec]

Leo, in the bottom left of the picture - it is a flint?)
I take with me Zippo lighter, and oil in a 3 or 4 small flat bottles of 50 ml. can be decomposed into backpack
as well as a small file

 

[Clay]

Wow! You guys are prepared!
Last fall one of the Dirt Rider guys wanted to borrow a bike from us to ride at the last National Enduro in Indiana. I should have told him that the GG has a crankcase drain for dumping water out of the bike but did not think he would need that bit of information. I was wrong.
I have not had to use that particuar feature. Anyone have experience with it and how well it works as opposed to turning the bike over and pumping the water out of the spark plug hole?
Clay

 

[Fred1956]

Wow! You guys are prepared!
Last fall one of the Dirt Rider guys wanted to borrow a bike from us to ride at the last National Enduro in Indiana. I should have told him that the GG has a crankcase drain for dumping water out of the bike but did not think he would need that bit of information. I was wrong.
I have not had to use that particuar feature. Anyone have experience with it and how well it works as opposed to turning the bike over and pumping the water out of the spark plug hole?
Clay

Clay, I've never had to use it but check this thread..... http://www.gasgasrider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=12361&highlight=drain

 

[super_rat]

I've used it. Works great. Drain the water, kick twice, put the plug back in. Started in another 6-7 kicks.

 

[Leo]

I have 5 years in GasGas experience. This is all in Brazilian trails. So, trust me.

The drain bolt is awesome! I belive that when the bike is upside down, always will be water inside the piston.

BUT!

If you flood the bike in an mud hole, is always best tow to home and open the engine to wash prior to kick.

 

[Jakobi]

Much easier to drop the bash plate and undo a bolt than trying to wrestle a bike too! Still need to stand it up to drain the pipe.. Good call on the piston Leo.