On the trail tool bag

[Pricecheck]

Even the most meticulously prepped machine can have a failure of some part. Be prepared. It's good to carry a small length of chain(a half a dozen links) along with two masters in case a section gets twisted beyond where it will stay on the sprockets. Your extra clutch cable can be zip tied to the one on the bike.

My question is how do you take that chunk of chain out? I've had to use my cutoff wheel to do so and I don't carry that with me at all. I do carry extra links though. Extra exhaust springs ,bailing wire, exhaust orings and the awesome tlr exhaust seal stuff. I just don't know how you utilize the extra links.

By the way... Perfect location on the clutch cable!

[ytman]

My question is how do you take that chunk of chain out?

a small chain breaker

[switchrider]

what about first aid kits? any of you guys carry these on your person while riding? and what do you guys put in them?

[Pricecheck]

For first aid, if I carried one id only have gauze in it. I can just tie it if manual pressure doesn't work (if it's bleeding). If it's serious you could use a stick for a tourniquet torsion device!

Army talk!!! Side note, in real life a 7 year old fell from a tree in Afghanistan and snapped his femur. I assisted in a traction splint. This is where we pulled his bottom part of the leg down and lined up the bone. Very odd feeling as the bones grinder against one another.

Back to the first aid. I'm one who, while in the garage, gets a cut and just wraps it in a paper towel piece and tapes it with electrical tape.

[croat1]

good stuff here fellas!!  I use to carry a back pack full of stuff (as mentioned in this thread) but as I'm getting older I feel too cramped to use one anymore.  what I do for items I need to take is I make up a "emergency kit/tool holder" out of  4" pvc tubing, caps and plugs.  I mount it behind the front bumper. I mount them with a split clamp bolted to the bumper  that I machined (like a 2 piece brake line clamp but obviously bigger).  I will post up a mounted picture when I can get to the bikes.  this is one I am making right now.........

[croat1]

bring a cell phone and hope it works.  I've ridden trails in both Ohio and West Virginia and needed to use the phone in an emergency.  this is from a few years back on one of my riding trips to West Virginia...4th gear pinned into a tree resulted in a ambulance ride for my bud.  one extinct raptor............insured but it was a total loss :

[Pricecheck]

I normally don't carry tools when riding. But if I was going on a long trip to a national park or something i'd take:

zip ties, leatherman, small vise grips.

I like the Camelbak backpacks that are a backbak and liquid reservoir all in one

Also I found these:

http://eartheasy.com/lifestraw

I have a Motherlode for sell!  I thought it was brand new but I only used it once.  Just the other day I pulled my kevlar plates out of it.

Croat1, I always have a cell on me.  Well, I guess not with the riding jersey and pants.  Guess it's more of a reason to make one.  That PVC idea is pretty cool.  I've always liked organization though.  I like the elastic straps to hold things in.  I think it's time to pull out the toughbox full of misc military bags and accessories!

Edit:  Come to think of it, I've gotta buy pvc to store my wifes photography backdrops.

[Tbone07]

good stuff here fellas!!  I use to carry a back pack full of stuff (as mentioned in this thread) but as I'm getting older I feel too cramped to use one anymore.  what I do for items I need to take is I make up a "emergency kit/tool holder" out of  4" pvc tubing, caps and plugs.  I mount it behind the front bumper. I mount them with a split clamp bolted to the bumper  that I machined (like a 2 piece brake line clamp but obviously bigger).  I will post up a mounted picture when I can get to the bikes.  this is one I am making right now.........

That's a great idea Joe.....i'm making one of those for sure

[ytman]

I don't like carrying too much weight on my body, except my belly, so I use a patrol pack. They stopped making these a long time ago(plus they weren't very strong) so I took one to a guy and he made a pattern and copied it out of some heavy duty stuff. For long events I made a bumper that can hold a motorcycle fender bag for the front. A bent tie rod can ruin your day so I hose clamped one to the grab bar

[Pricecheck]

Well, I went to ****'s yesterday and picked up a sweet fanny pack A.K.A. "fag-bag" for $16.  It's going to hold a reasonable amount of stuff in a small space.  While at home depot today I stumbled across a clearance area and got some Husky brand allen wrenches (metric and SAE) for $2 a set!

I'll have to post pics of my bag setup and what it contains but here is what I did today among many other things...

Here's what I started with.  A crap wrench, a 17mm socket and a 13/16 socket.


Here's after I cut down the wrench and smoothed it out and cut down the sockets to be used on either end.  Also provided space for the spark plug to slide through.


Here it is welded up.


I have used it.  I actually used it today while doing plug chops!  Works flawlessly.

[switchrider]

im curious to see how much you can get in a little fanny pack and what all you put in there.

[Pricecheck]

Here's my fanny pack.  Lacking co2 air inflator and correct sockets but you'll get the idea on size and what you can fit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFU3owR-yH8

[croat1]

another option of what to use to carry items:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TRX250R-HONDA-UTILITY-STORAGE-RACK-GRAB-BAR-1986-1987-FOURTRAX-STORAGE-RACK-/301177719500?pt=Motors_ATV_Parts_Accessories&hash=item461f974acc&vxp=mtr

[F-Red]

Joe, good one! You need the vitals! :victorious: