What to put in a toolkit for your Concours <<< Brian Cooper here again, I gust got a 94 Connie and noticed the tool kit is a joke. Can anyone send me a list of recommended tools/sizes to bring on long trips? Im looking for the essentials here. >>> Considering the "lowest bidder approach" to what's in the factory tool kit, starting from scratch isn't so bad. Just costs money..... For a tool kit, consider what *YOU* can actually repair on the road - there's no point in having a multi-meter and a schematic if you've never used either one, they'd be a waste of good luggage space. OTOH, maybe your travelling buddy does know how to use one - then you might want to have one with you. My own approach is "What is most likely to fail that I can actually fix?" Then I also consider how far I'm going, and then I pack for that. A trip for a month would require more tools (to maybe do some maintenance somewhere) than what a trip to Daytona would. For myself, packing for what I can actually repair means: repairing a flat tire replacing a bad spark plug changing a control cable tracing out an electrical flaw tightening a mirror or misc. loose screw checking rear-end lube in ring and pinion I will not be changing wheel bearings, adjusting valves, or rebuilding carbs alongside the road, so I don't pack for those repairs. Maybe I would pack for some of them if I had the summer off and were going to put 20k miles on the bike on a trip, but otherwise.... The other thing about my approach is that I don't leave for a trip with any questionable components that I know are near the end of their lives - replace the nearly worn-out stuff first. Do a pre-trip inspection a couple weeks prior to leaving, and do the work or have it done at least a week ahead of time. That way, if there's a problem with the work you'll find it at home instead of 600 miles from home. My kit starts with a tire repair kit, consisting of a BMW tire repair kit and then various other plugs. Tire repair is a thread unto itself, so I'll just leave it here noting that this is what *I* use - others use and like other stuff. So be it. Then, bear in mind that you can buy individual Kawasaki tools from the dealer - buy the spark-plug wrench since I've never seen one quite like it anywhere else. Then a Leatherman tool, a good tire pressure gauge that can actually fit in to measure pressures on the back wheel, front wheel, and rear shock.... and forks, if an early Conc. These items go up in one of the fairing pockets, and in the other one goes stuff to keep my helmet face shield clear and scratch-free. Common wrenches: 10 mm 12 mm 13 mm 14 mm 17 mm A good quality cresncent wrench, just in case you need a second 10 or 12 or 13 or.... Then there are some large sizes you'd want, for tire removal front and rear. I don't carry them, I probably should, but don't. If I *did* carry them, I'd carry them as sockets and a ratchet and an extension because in wrench form they'd be pretty darn big. Then various sized Allen wrenches, including the ones for the front wheel. I don't have the sizes off top of my head, sorry. You could measure them yourself with calipers, or somebody else on here that knows the Conc better than me will pipe up with them. Various Phillips and flatblade screwdrivers. Good quality pliers (remember that you have the Leatherman, up in the dash, but your regular tools tend to be buried elsewhere). Spare bulbs (h/l, t/l, t/s) and spark plugs. Depending on trip length, maybe spare cables - throttle and speedo. My 2000 Conc the choke could be actuated manually without a cable by pushing or pulling the choke control in or out on the carbs, so I'd probably never carry a spare choke cable. Spare fuses. Spare bits of wire and heat-shrink tubing. That's about it. Your mileage and tool preferences may vary. Best, Doug Grosjean Gr.8 Designs Pemberville, Ohio http://www.gr8designs.com Trip Reports, go to: http://www.gr8designs.com/Trips/TripReports.html