Essential Tools For Bonneville

Allen keys, cable ties, fuses, small adjustable spanner has sorted most things.
Have seen similar thread here, so may be worth a search

 

Hi mate and welcome

 

I did buy a tyre repair kit this year for the longer rides.

 

A multitool is great, but probably best not to if you are in the UK, unless you can find one without a blade. There are some rules that either mean you can carry one as the bike is a reasonable use or you cannot. You are at the mercy of the enforcement officer even with a small blade.

Wish there were a decent motorcycle specific multi multitool like the ones for bicycles.

 

G36C. More street cred and far better ballistics unless ricochets are an issue in the favela
You are such a traditionalist.......

 

Leo from Rio.
Nothing again other than a mobile phone and a breakdown card. Welcome to the family by the way. And we need a picture of the steed to feed the inmates here in the asylum. So do hit the upload a file box here and let us see your steed. Nursey also recommends it as it quietens the inmates down as she dishes out our meds.
Regards & Ride Safe
Joe.

 

I did 11,300 odd klms on my tour to Darwin from Northam WA ! Didn't need a single tool !! Only work done on the Bike (09 America) was oiling the chain and a service in Darwin which consisted of oil and filter and a new drive chain. If your tyres are new and you watch where you are on the road , don't ride too closely to the roads edge , puncture's aren't a high risk. Stay alert , stay upright and stay the course !! Enjoy a good days ride without any stress the bike will survive . .

 

You are going to need smaller wrenches than that if you really have to take the bike apart. 8mm and 10mm. And on the modern Triumphs (I own two of them) the indispensable tools are ratcheting box end wrenches. I had to use 8mm, 10mm, 12mm, 13mm, and 14mm sizes to install a Meerkat crossover pipe on my Speed Twin. Apparently the blokes at Triumph like a wide variety of bolt heads.

Question is... what might go wrong? The modern Bonneville has tires with tubes. In order to fix a flat, you have to take the wheel entirely off, break the bead, fix or replace the tube, and put the whole thing back together again. If it’s the back tire that’s flat, you have to take the end cans off. So you are not doing that on the side of the road. I’d put the tire repair kit into a drawer and forget about it.

However, when the front wheel is taken off, it requires a 17mm hex drive. So get you one and carry that in case the shop doesn’t have one. Same idea for the back; the rear axle takes a 26mm (I vastly prefer the six point) socket so you should get one of those as well.

I converted my Bonneville to tubeless tires by sealing the inside of the spokes. The first time I get a flat it’s going to time well spent as the tire can be repaired without disassembling the bike.

Anyhow I apologize for the lengthy text but highly recommend ratcheting box end wrenches in the above sizes, a 26mm socket and a 17mm hex key socket.

And congratulations on the bike. It’s mega.

 

This looks like it could be useful as part of a kit, thinking of adding it to my Christmas list! Looks pretty compact, with most of the fastener types covered.

https://products.wera.de/en/zyklop_ratchets_and_accessories_zyklop_mini_tool-check_plus.html