Above, This is the “electrical section” of my tools and parts. The top starts with a spare rotor and diode board, along with a pair of brushes in a bag. Next is a set of motorcycle jumper cables. There’s a bag of crimp on and other connectors and a bag of fuses. The two pill containers hold a spare headlamp bulb and other lamps for my bike. Starting again from the left: A circuit breaker with test leads, my soldering iron and a bit of
solder.Then a 95 watt inverter, a BMW to cigarette lighter adapter. There’s lighter plug in with a volt meter plugged into it. My volt-ohm meter with a set of jumper wires is at the right end. Above that is my BMW test lamp along with another one that I made up.
Pictured Bottom, This is the final pile of additional parts and tools. Everything on the left side fits into the green M-16 rifle cleaning kit pouch. The 1/2” breaker bar works with the turned down 1&1/16” socket to fit the swing arm pivot lock nuts. I NEEDED this when I removed Susanna’s gearbox on our honeymoon trip in 1996, after she broke off one of the throw out “ears” on the back. Because I had it, it was no big deal during our week at the Pyrotechnic Guide Convention for me to affect the repair. The other piece fits the exhaust nuts on airhead engines. When we had the diesel mishap a number of years ago, I tore the top end of a Slash Five down twice, in the in-laws’ driveway, before I figured out what had happened. A handy little addition to the tools. descending in the row, an acid brush, good for dressing up drive and clutch splines. Next to it is a Snap-On “magnet on a stick” with a spring loaded holder for starting screws. A VERY handy tool - I like it enough that it is a duplicate of what is in the toolbox at home. Next are the appropriate feeler gauges for the various gaps and clearances on an airhead BMW. Two different versions of tools to remove the alternator rotor. The odd piece next to them is the cam lobe part of an advance unit. I use this item to set the points gap accurately. Next to it is a small set of feeler gauges. The last thing is that row is a “Pac-Lite”, a tiny but useful flashlight. A lot of stuff to jam into the green cloth pouch. In the back is a length of spare fuel line and a locking bike cable. The three containers in the middle hold parts
for the CV carbs. Rubber
diaphragms, floats, cork gaskets and o-rings all can go bad on the road. The last time this stuff came out was in front of the Castillo display in the Mexican town of Tultepec as I arrived for the Fiesta that evening. I was able to stop a serious drip on the right-hand carb easily because I had this stuff. The right corner has a cut up additive bottle, perfect for adding oil to the engine. Next to it is a small pill container. In that is a collection of small odds and ends; cable end barrels, tire stem caps, the device used to repair my broken front brake cable in Turkey in 1993. the coils include some bailing wire, a spare clutch and throttle cable. Both are for high bars even though I’m running low bars - that way I can help out another ride who has the higher USA bars. The last coil is of insulated wire for electrical fixes. Many of these items will be wrapped in plastic bags as they are packed into saddlebags or other gear. Missing is a small roll of duct-tape; the list of what it can be used for is endless! Also missing; a set of cut down spokes for balancing the carbs as the final part of a tune up. I carry four of them because the bike is dual-plugged.
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