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Offline Sabie

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What Safety Gear do you Carry on your ST
« on: November 03, 2012, 05:21:02 PM »
List the Safety or Break Down gear you carry on your ST
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Re: What Safety Gear do you Carry on your ST
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2012, 05:22:27 PM »
* Torch
* First Aid Kit
* Puncture Repair Kit
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2004 Honda ST1300 Blue (Current)
2007 Yamaha VStar XVS 650 Classic (Current)
2011 Suzuki Boulevard C50T VL 800
2007 Yamaha XV 250 Virago
1980 CX500 Red
1980 CX500 Black
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1981 Honda XL 500s
1982 Yamaha XZ 550
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Re: What Safety Gear do you Carry on your ST
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2012, 05:24:07 PM »
* Torch
* First Aid Kit
* Puncture Repair Kit

What he said plus a small toolkit and of course my phone to call for help......  :thumb
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Re: What Safety Gear do you Carry on your ST
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2012, 06:56:38 PM »
* First Aid Kit
* Puncture Repair Kit, includes compressor
* Honda standard tool kit
* Jumper Leads
* Wet weather gear in winter
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Re: What Safety Gear do you Carry on your ST
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2012, 07:35:04 PM »
I carry...

Additional tool kit, (allen keys, ratched ring spanners, small socket set, screw drivers),
Spare fairing screws and fixers, (both metal and plastic)
masking and gaffer tape,
Air Compressor,
Tyre plugger, and
Jumpstarter battery (connects through a 12v cigarette lighter socket I installed in the RH fairing pocket hard wired to the battery).

All have been used, mostly on other bikes...

And with the UHF and FM radios, 7" tablet, helmet POV camera, iPod, iPhone, etc you can see how I got my nickname GoGo - as in GoGo Gadget!!

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Re: What Safety Gear do you Carry on your ST
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2012, 08:14:34 PM »
Tool kit
Small basic digital multimeter
Spare bulbs/fuses
Slime mini compressor
Puncture repair kit
First aid kit
Light duty jumper leads
Electrical tape
100mph tape
Cable ties
Phone
Rain jacket and pants in summer
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Re: What Safety Gear do you Carry on your ST
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2012, 12:36:51 AM »
Not that much really.

Standard Honda tool kit
Added first aid kit earlier this year.
Wet weather gear for two

Phone (also doubles as music machine but rarely needed)
K-Mart version of the Slime pump (needs more slime (stowed in trailer when touring))
Digital Solar air pressure gauge
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Re: What Safety Gear do you Carry on your ST
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2012, 02:28:22 AM »
First aid crash box
Leardahl mask
Space blanket
Tyre repair kit
Compressor
Co2 bottle inflation kit
Flashing red triangle
Bicycle rear led lights
Multitools
Torches
Spare AA battery powered phone
Marine Strobe light
Knives
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Re: What Safety Gear do you Carry on your ST
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2012, 09:25:10 AM »
 :wht11 py

Geez with everything  that people have I was expecting to read at the bottom of some one's list,

grenade launcher
AK47        :crackup

Anyway my list
First Aid Kit with extra bandages
Compressor
puncture kit
Phone
UHF
Spanners
Allen keys
Sockets and Tbar
Test light
ohm meter
fuses
Extended jump lead connection
Elect tape & Duct Tape
Fine wire for Biggles.
now looking for place to fit min rocket launcher.   :grin

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Re: What Safety Gear do you Carry on your ST
« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2012, 08:06:40 PM »
Safety stuff: - UHF
                   - Phone
                   - SPOT2
                   - First Aid and medications for on the road
                   - Can of Coke (fire extinguisher)
                   - Cyclume sticks
                   - Torch
                   - lots of reflective stuff on us and the scooter


Tools:          - Compressor
                   - Tyre gauge
                   - Tyre plugs
                   - Gerber multi tool
                   - Allen keys
                   - 6" shifter
                   - Test light
                   
Stuff:           - Tapes
                   -  Zip ties
                   -  Fuses
                   -  Screen/Visor cleaner
                   -  Ear plugs
                   -  Chamois
                   -  Water bottle
                   -  AND A OZSTOC BEER COOLER WITH OZSTOC CARDS............

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Re: What Safety Gear do you Carry on your ST
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2012, 10:15:19 PM »
Thanks everyone for your posts, it's given me some ideas of what to include in my gear.

Some of will need to avoid the scalies.  :cop  If you have problems pulling up under brakes .. Um.. It's cause your carrying 10 tonne of gear and farkles.  >:()

But seriously, thanks for the ideas.

Cheers

Sabie  :)
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Re: What Safety Gear do you Carry on your ST
« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2012, 01:38:45 AM »
Thanks everyone for your posts, it's given me some ideas of what to include in my gear.

Some of will need to avoid the scalies.  :cop  If you have problems pulling up under brakes .. Um.. It's cause your carrying 10 tonne of gear and farkles.  >:()

But seriously, thanks for the ideas.

Cheers

Sabie  :)

Even riding two-up with fully loaded trailer, spare fuel in side cases and the top case loaded with assorted at hand stuff the 1100 will still pull up rather quickly if the need arises.
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Re: What Safety Gear do you Carry on your ST
« Reply #12 on: November 05, 2012, 01:02:37 PM »
Sorry Alan, it was meant as a tonque in cheek joke.

My apologies.

Cheers

Sab
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Re: What Safety Gear do you Carry on your ST
« Reply #13 on: November 05, 2012, 03:40:59 PM »
Sorry Alan, it was meant as a tonque in cheek joke.

My apologies.

Cheers

Sab

Sorry, my brain somehow refuses to see humor at 1am...... which is about the time I was on here.


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