Bret's Adventure Motorcycle Tool Kit - The Basics - Don't Get Stranded - MOTO EDC
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- It's important to carry the proper tools on your bike everywhere you ride. Bret Tkacs shows you what he carries on his BMW 1200 GS and explains best practices that might keep you out of trouble on the roadside.
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also JB Weld, duct tape, cable ties (plastic and stainless ones), headtorch, sanitary pads (good to soak up oil/gas/blood), silicon tape, knipex pliers, leatherman crunch (has vice grips), Garmin Inreach, nitrile gloves, none of those wrenches except one specifically for chain tension adjustment, sockets instead of wrenches plus extension, hex adapter for socket drive then bits for hex, philips, torx, flat, right angle connector for tire pump, small length of wire. Instead of pouch I use a metal tin about the same size as his pouch in volume. You can use the open lid to put bolts, screws, sockets you are using on so you don't lose them. Great idea to tape your tools so they don't get mixed up with others, will do that. Cheers, happy trails.
+ some disposable gloves, so you don't have to put oily hands back in your riding gloves.
indeed
Great video Brett. I am almost 66 years old and have been riding since I was roughly 13-14. My toolkit has constantly evolved over that time. I will be adding a telescopic magnet and the bead breaking irons you have just shown. Thanks again and safe riding. (Aussie fan)
Amazing video, but some tips for people who want to go lighter:
I used combo mini wrenches isntead of single sized wrenches, 8/9, 10/12, 13/14 and 15/17.
Valve core removal tool is built into the valve stem cap on my bikes.
I carry some of the specific stuff on the bikes themselves but I'm vehemently against buying a platform that can't be fixed with metric tools or tools you can buy at a local store. I actually don't even support aftermarket companies that use standard bolts for their products that were only designed to be used on Japanese or foreign motorcycles (I remember trying to remove a vance and hines on a trail and it used standard bolts).
I carry what needs to get me home or to a store, not what lets me keep having fun that day and keep riding on the trail like nothing happened, those are two different tool packs.
I really like your idea about labeling the tools with stripes. Very helpful!
Wait. I take that back. Your tape measure comment is hilarious. I really look forward to upgrading to a different bike and taking your course.
Great tip about doing service with your travel kit. It’s way too easy to rely on your garage and not really know your travel kit will really work when you need it too.
Not sure why youtube took so long to suggest your videos to me, but I'm glad I finally found your channel. You have one of the most informative ADV channels on youtube!
Ran across this video literally a week after taking my bike measurements. Did the whole schtick of writing every size down for anything and everything on that bike. Glad to see i ain't crazy.
I used to carry my entire Stanley toolkit on long rides. This video helped me figure that 80% of the tools were unnecessary as they wouldn't fit my bike and also that some important tools were missing in the kit. Now my kit is complete and is less than half the weight and size! I'm ready for a world tour :-)
From 322 subs to 216K subs. I'd say you got to CZcams sensation!
Great to know that I am not the only biker to carry one of those magnet wands!! The number of times that I have retrieved a nut or washer from some inaccessible area on my bike is countless. Never leave home without it.
Fantastic advice coming from a lot of experience. Having recently had to be rescued for the first time in my riding career, I am now carrying a rechargeable head torch under the seat. My rides normally end before dark but when things start to go wrong it soon gets dark and the torch on your phone is pretty useless when trying to identify and fix a problem by the wayside. You need good light and you need 2 hands free. The head torch would have saved me a very long wait for a rescue truck.
Thanks for all the great videos. ☺
The marking of the tools, red strips, and white stripes, is brilliant. Very intelligent, Bret. Love it! This is why I watch your channel. Small little genius tips like this stop the chaos!
A great idea with the stripes on the tools. I like it!
I have done the same thing in a way, I lay my tools down on a sheet of cardboard, spread out the tools and hit them with a bright vibrant color of spay paint, I'm not gonna take the time to individually wrap tape one or two times around all of them, this way is soo much faster, they dry in 10 mins and back in the bag.
Clear, concise, and well thought out. Thank you!
Your channel has grown incredibly in the last 4 years. Way to go!
really appreciate the fact that you elaborate on the why in all your videos. thanks
Smart to color-code your tools. Firefighters have multiple companies training or scene of call. Thier tools are painted to designate the engine or station.
I’ve just started Enduro riding and your channel has been a godsend! So much great information and really well shot and produced. Your channel rocks! Thank you so much for all your hard work.
Even if I have better tools in my garage I try to do all my normal maintenance tasks, from mounting a new tire to an oil/filter change, with the tool kit I carry on my bike. It may be annoying at times but it gives me way more confidence that I can fix my or another riders bike on the side of the road if need be..I also always carry a spare tube or plug kit (depending on the type of wheel) and a a manual or electric air pump in case of a flat.
Excellent, Al!
Love the 'stripes' idea. Definitely going to adopt that!
Bret, cracking video. Building up my gear and skills and your vids are excellent. Thank you for making them.
Great job! Super thorough and easy to follow. I’m going to get my toolkit in order now.
I ride a 1200 GSA thanks for some great ideas I will put them to use. Great videos keep them coming love to watch them
Nice kit. I like the Knipex adjustable pliers wrench in 7 inch length. Leatherman Wave with all bits that fit my bike. Tape measure for chain tension adjustment for us slugs who ride chains. Love my cheap magnet wand. Oh wait...I thought if you've got tubeless tires you never would need a tube...LOL.
Great video! I would add a few things that different people already mentioned but I will list them together:
Duct tape (I roll a few feet of it onto one of my Allen wrenches), zip ties (large and small), small baby can or wd-40, latex gloves (not incredibly necessary but they are nice to have, they take no space and weight nothing), and a sm/md vise-grip...I think that's it...hope your video helps someone finish their ride with a smile some day!
WD40 to lube rim, chain lube to lube chain. One pint of oil.
Modern Japanese bikes have fuel injection. The ECU controls spark and fuel and cooling fan etc. If the engine needs anything it needs coolant, oil and a scan tool and probably some unique part. Fortuately they are very reliable. I carry some gasket cement to plug a crack in a casing or cover in an emergency. I carry metal zip ties- more robust than plastic and can be used on hot things like exhausts. A can of tyre inflator/sealant and some tubeless tyre repair inserts. Tubeless tyres are a bitch to break the bead on but the upside of that is they can be fixed without removal most of the time. When that wont fix it the tyre is needing replacement in which case riding it flat at walking pace will do no harm. Tubeless tyres stay on the bead so well I've seen people limp to the next town with the side walls in tatters but the tyre stayed on the rim. So tyre irons hammers and pumps are too much bulk and weight. Allen keys are light so replace bolts on things like front sproket covers with allen head bolts as it saves carrying deep 8mm sockets and socket tools etc. 250mls of oil in a narrow necked bottle is enough to top up somewhere on a trip to save buying oil which may not match the synthetic stuff you run. If you just can't keep the weight down and start carrying spare leathermans incase you loose your one on your belt then I guess you need to save up for a gs1200 to carry the weight.
I always keep a pack of baby wipes, for obvious reason, but mostly to clean up for various other reasons, oil or dirt on hands etc...
@mototrek your video finally encouraged me to get a tool I always wanted but procrastinate to purchase, so I used your link and bought the valve core remover. I hope it will serve me well. Thanks for your content.
Good time to for an update on what tools you carry now. Love the channel!
As usual great ideas very helpful. Thanks for sharing you wisdom
Back in the old days....BMW R1100GS....it came with a complete tool kit, all I had to add is a 30 mm socket and a 14 mm allen key and I could remove the gearbox to change the clutch, since the 1100 GS BMW have basically not provided tools for their motorcycles.
Good hint of using the same travel tool kit for servicing the bike at home that you take with you when you travel.
Thank you soo much. Thank you for taking the timw to make this video.
Much appreciated from 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
I just did the Dempster on my 1200GS and changed tires in the wild with the Motion Pro bead breaker like yours. You do the same as me by working on your bike with just the tools you carry. I had to replace an exhaust rocked on my KTM 690 in the Atacoma desert and had all the tools I needed.
Awesome informative video! Impressive how savvy you can be with such a compact tool kit. The telescopic magnet and color coding your tools are being added to mine right away. The few bits i've learned could also be useful are a few zip ties, small amount of duct tape and some JB weld. Thanks Bret!
Just discovered your site. Very good! Clear,clean and to the point. Love the Hi definition.
Thanks, Warren!
Very useful.... one thing to add is that I always carry spare clutch and brake levers as well as rear brake and gear selector levers. Thanks for a great channel....
Great tips! Thank's. I find your videos really of great help!
From 322 subscribers back then.... to 142,000 in 2020. Congratulations Bret.... and thanks for so many practical, interesting and informative video's.
He left Mototrek though for some reason. You should subscribe to his personal channel too if you didn't yet
Great video. I'm slowly building my toolkit for my vstrom
Hi Bret, this is the most entertaining and informative CZcams channel I ever seen; great job !!! I usually carry also metal wire, spare nuts and bolts, spare globes, electric wire and electric tape :)
Great video! Lots of great knowledge. Thanks a lot
Great subject matter that never gets old. I’ve sorted through and narrowed down my tool kit the as you have. My GSA is a 2011 and my tiny kit can take me just short of removing the frame and my pannier rack attached tool box isn’t compIetely full. I keep a Leatheman and GS 911 in my tank bag and I keep my air compressor, oil filter removal tool, oil cap tool and spark plug wire thing-a-ma-jig under my seat. I gotten so used to using my on the bike tools for everything I do that even while in the shop I seldom visit my tool box. Oddly enough when I am using my regular toolbox tools it’s become a strange and not so comfortable feeling.
Awesome video love it when people don’t mind sharing there experience
Love the colored tool stripe to locate the tools and owner. Great idea
Very good and helpful content overall!
I recently bought my first adventure bike. I chose a 2011 Suzuki V-Strom 1000. I won't be bush riding due to my age. (77) but I do intend to do some gravel roads. Your video was very helpful to me as regards building up my kit. I am especially impressed with the fact that you added the specialized tools below. Thank you. Yes, I did subscribe!
Very informative - thanks for sharing 👍
Again you nailed it with your great videos and easy way of explaining. By far the best ADV channel on youtube. Hope to se much more from you in the future :-D
I think you shouldn't remove the casing of the tire inflator.
Two things that haven't been mentioned: duct tape, and a Micro Start if your bike won't start.
Not in the same category, but I carry a Garmin inReach mini (for 2 way satellite texting, weather and SOS) , hand sanitizer and cash.
And a FN 40 shorty .
Great advice! Thanks!
I would really love to see how to put a tube into a tubeless tire with a sidewall tear or damaged rim. In the middle of nowhere - ofcourse!
i've been in that classroom! thanks for such great content, and instructing us newbies.
Alumni!
Going to the desert this weekend and have been cruising videos to build a repair kit, this vid was very well done and it helped add several items to my repair kit list
Glad it helped
I found this very well thought out
Thanks
I'm no mechanic but want to do some adventure riding / touring someday soon -- so this is very helpful. Thanks so much for listing everything in the notes. Awesome channel, by the way... Cheers.
Likewise, excellent information.
Love your videos. Very informative! Keep em coming!
I love the concept of using the tools on the bike to do services while at home. I have a Harley Streetglide, so I have plenty of room for a set of tools. The multimeter has NOW been added. Thanks
Excellent tips! We appreciate the insight
I bought a pump in phuket couple of months ago and 5000 kilometres later after much anxious deliberation you've convinced me to remove the largish plastic cover/housing... cheers!
Great idea on building a kit based on your bikes fastener sizing! Killer content and advice well done!
Hi Bret. Great advise, especially on a quality multi-tool and ratchet. Like others mention, I also have a small vise-grip pliers (they do replace a broken shift lever), and my small ratchet set has a pivoting head so it can be use a a screwdriver, and does include the needed Torx and allen long bits. We also carry lots of Zip-ties (they are cheap and light), and I do have a ClampTite tool & stainless wire (very useful). The majority of repairs we had was mostly related to tires, so we also have a small bead-holder. The best advice you gave is to match the tools to the bike, and use them at home to test it and find the shortcomings of the kit. Thanks for the great video!
Great series of videos, really useful.
Thanks, Greg!
really good set of tools and of course an education.
Awesome run through your tool kit. Thanks for posting 👍👏
Glad you enjoyed it, Hugh!
I love the style, service the bike using the tools on it, I changed the tires on my car using the kit in the trunk, good to know it can be done.
Congrats!! From 223 to 63K suscriptions!! Excellent videos, keep them coming...
I've ridden off road in Washington State in between Mt St Helens and Mt Adams for decades. Having the right tools and parts is the difference between getting back to camp before dark and spending the night out. Each rider carried some essentials, tubes, pump, tire irons etc so we all would be covered in case of problems. Pre ride maintenance is also the key. All of us took very good care of our mounts and we could rely on each other as we rode our 95 mile loops. Thanks for the great instructional video. I will now go out and try all my bike tools on my KTMs to make sure they fit and are necessary. Keep up the good work.
Good advice!
Love that area. Gifford Pinchot. Took my dual sport out there many times. Heading out again in a few weeks. Perhaps we'll see each other.
About spending the night - it sucks but happens and it gets really dark. Along with the lighter, light and other survival gear I carry a trauma pack and a gun for the worst case scenario. Also very helpful to have fixed all the stuff once before at least so you know what you're doing before you're doing it in the woods heading into sunset.
Thanks. I carry a simple tool kit On my bike. I like the idea of marking the tools. I also carry survival kit too. Mostly basic stuff. I carry a spare pair of glasses that fold into a small case. I don’t need them when I ride but if I broke my good pair I have something to get me by. I carry a bike pump that is double action. It’s surprisingly how quickly you can fill a motorcycle tire.
Bret, have you ever tried a regular small, fit in a back pack size...bicycle pump ( quality of course). I have one left over from my bike riding days. To test how it would work, I let out the air on my front and rear tires ( DR650) . I was able to pump up both very easily. I see no need for an electric air pump. Thoughts? Great video btw and thanks!
Thanks for this and all the other vídeos!! You're awesome!! :D
Great vid. I have the '07 and the factory tool kit was MIA.
Awesome and informative. And i am glad that the drums were silent while you was talking
Great advice! I like the instruction to do routine maintenance in my garage with the tools I carry with me on the road. I really like your cap too, I notice you wear it whenever you don't have a helmet on!
You should see him Switch between cap and helmet...perfected to an art ! 😉
That’s experiance for you ,you are very well organised thank you for the tips mate very help full
Well explained and very practice
...plus one subscriber...I just got into riding motorcycles and it is an absolute blast I was lucky enough to get set up with a dual sport for my first and I am enjoying both worlds! I was watching you video and saw that you said pudget sound safety It tripped me out because I live in Port orchard and went to pudget sound safety for my msf...at Cheney stadium...shout-out from Port orchard!!!
I'm new to your channel... but I like your style. And I think you have some SOLID points. Especially using your tool kit you service your bike. It will IMMEDIATELY let you know if you are carrying the right kit. Well done.
I'm new to riding. I've enjoyed & learned from many of your videos. As a long time mechanic, I have a different slant on tool use. The tool pack supplied with most machines is for emergency use only. Marginally better than the rocks & sticks you'd be using if there was no tool kit. In the shop, I use the best tool available. The supplied tools are often ill fitting, soft steel stampings. Many are open ended & thin in profile. With each use there is distortion & damage to the wrench & the fastener. Each use of those tools takes a toll. Routine jobs like oil & filter changes, tire or chain replacement can be done with no damage using good tools. And faster, with less aggravation. Working in the shop, I'd pull out the tool kit to confirm that it had what was needed, but I'd do the job with the better equipment. Respectfully.
Great information, thanks 👍🏽
I've been watching your videos for a little while now and I really appreciate the direct and straight forward information. Yesterday was a maintenance day on my bike and I can say I love the idea of having a fully stocked usable and compact tool kit on your bike. Is there a particular type or brand of tube you like to keep with you for those scenarios when you cut a tubeless tire? I experienced that scenario when practicing off road techniques in a pasture on my own property. I found a left over piece of a broken metal fence post that was buried about 1/4 under the soft soil and my back tire didn't stand a chance. So thankfully it wasn't a big deal to just walk it back to my garage.
Really good video!
Mole/vice grips. They can be a footpeg or a brake lever in a pinch.
I went on a tour of European Russia in 2019, took a whole bunch of tools with me, and did around 6000 miles in total from home in England and back. I used 1 tool the whole time. Vice grips. I dropped the bike in a gravel lay-by which bent the rear brake pedal and I straightened it out with the grips in about 5 minutes.
Great video! Very informative!
Good info and kit
great vid,...thank you!!!
Great videos! Thanks!
You're welcome!
Thank you for sharing. Great advice. Maybe you want to do a sequel in which you show everything up close. Great information but zooming in is quite helpful.
Great advice, as usual. Thanks Brett.
Great ideas & tool kit , in the past I`ve dropped small items in the dirt or grass , & while I can`t see it I get the magnet do the finding . Worked for me.
I lost the small key to my Shadow in the tall grass. Didn't have my spare with me. The magnet thingy found it. (HUGE sigh of relief)
@@aloisius4188 So So , glad you found it .
Great video, Bret! I wish I'd seen it while I was still in the US. Now that I'm back in Vietnam, it's going to be a challenge to source a couple things I want to add to my kit.
Good luck, John.
I love the stipes of electrical tape. Brilliant...keeps them from walking in a group effort tire change as well...
awesome video!
This is similar to the what is in a girl's purse video's. But with less make-up and more useful items.
One other trick I use on my KLR650 is that I bought a set of stainless steel allen screws for my bike on eBay (I think). Not that I am particularly interested in dressing up my bike with them, I mostly carry them because I have a pretty complete set of screws to replace any that I lose on the trail. Haven't needed it often, but when I have, it was good to have them.
Great tip. Very helpful..
Very useful - thank you.
You just cracked 10k subscribers, I predict you're going to get a lot more. Nice videos clearly and concisely explained.
Thanks!
One quick suggestion for cleaning up the clipped ends of zip-ties:
A concave nail clipper will leave a nice, skin-safe, mildly rounded end.
I use a larger Revlon clipper, as it’s gap between the blades is a bit larger.
I started carrying nail clippers when I was in Mexico where knives can be illegal to carry. I still have a knife packed away but nail clippers are handy in lots of situations.
Great review MOTOTREK. Around bend Oregon out!
Great tips. Thanks 👍