TOOLS & SPARES
Specifically for an old BMW R80GS
SUMMARY
The tools and spares listed here are considered overkill. However we where riding two up on one motorcycle through Africa with no support vehicle and no outside help. We wanted to make sure everything was 100%.
The fact that we are riding two up also forced us to “hide” tools in different locations around the bike. We couldn’t have an entire pannier dedicated to tools & spares, so we had to find some clever little ways of hiding our stuff.
Tools & Spares by location
- Beancan/Hallgeber, SWT sells a small set with all the bits in it. Strator, big and awkward but wrapped in foil fits under the tank.
- 2 spark plugs
- Ignition cable, not sure why but just had a feeling I may need it.
- Voltage regulator, if you get stranded without one you can use a cable with spade connectors to bypass it, it will kick out 14v all the time and will run overtime. OK for a short while.
- Ignition unit/regulator
- Diode board
- Fuel filters
- Suspension adjustment tool
- Clutch spring @ Gearbox
- Throttle adjustment screw
- Valve stems
- Rubber fairing holder
- Red mini 12v plug adapter
- Grease niple
- Gaskets (engine and gearbox)
- Relay horn/ignition Fuses
- Metal paste x3
- Metal saws
- Metal tube
- Spokes
- Oil cooler by pass kit (got stranded in France because I left this at home!)
- Super glue
- Elastic, electrical and duct tape
- 2KP Glue
- Dirko Gasket Maker
- BMW Drei bond Blue
- Loctite
- Oil filter kit
- Fire Lighter
- Voltmeter with batteries
- Metal wire
- Nuts and bolts
- Electrics kit (different gauge wires, crimp stuff, schrink rap, solder)
- Collapsible funnel, you can also use any small piece of plastic or one of those plastic magazines work well to make a funnel with
- Duct, electrical and rubber hose tape
- Jubilee clips
- 2KP glue
- lighter
- Engine oil screw
- Rotor
- Ignition Coil
- Soldering iron
- Fork Gasket
- Jump starter cables (for power bank)
- Carb gaskets set
- Standard tools
- Mini ratchet set 13mm super important, how else are you going to remove your valve covers?
- Reusable cable ties (attached to frame)
Assorted cable ties (attached to frame) - Metal cable tie (attached to frame)
- Tire irons (attached to frame on the bottom close to the break lever)
- Tubes front and back (attached with cable ties to the front and left fairing
- Hand pump (turns into one you can stand on) (attached to rear frame behind seat) Fuel line (attached to frame)
- Valve cover gasket (silicon, foldable), somewhere, think I lost it.
- Desert air filter (smuggled it into our medicine bag)
- 1l engine oil (attached to a bottle holder on the frame front right)
- 10 meter 250kg rope (wrapped around crash bars)
- Torque Wrench (cable tied in a tyre tube to the subframe)