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Salisbury, NC | I carry a toolbag in the left saddlebag and a full face helmet with rain suit in the trunk. Pistol and misc junk in the rigth saddlebag. 65000 miles and helped many with the toolkit. ET |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | etspastimes - 2012-02-03 9:28 PM I carry a toolbag in the left saddlebag and a full face helmet with rain suit in the trunk. Pistol and misc junk in the rigth saddlebag. 65000 miles and helped many with the toolkit. ET And how many did you help with the 'Pistol' ??? Sorry - this is a Canadian question ..... |
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| I carry a mini compressor, tire plug kit, Vic tools, three folding torx/allen head tools, first aid kit, extra clear glasses (cheap safety glasses), and bottle H2O. Of course I always have my cell with me as well as my Allstate motorclub card. I change the riding gear depending on time of year. Never thought I'd need the first aid kit until last year. The wife was riding behind me when suddenly she slowed down and beeping. I stopped and she came rolling up to me hunched over and with a grimace on her face. A bee had found it's way under her shirt and down her back. Stung her three times. Luckily I had an Afterbite stick in the kit. |
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Central Maryland | Ah yea, it definitely sucks when a bee gets you while your at speed. A wasp got me last summer right on the stomach; it sure got my attention quick once it hit me. |
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| Assorted tools, mini tire pump and plugs, bungies and bungie net, paperwork, lite rain gear and extra eye protedtion, the pistol is on my belt. And yes, legally with permit. Yes, I have used the tools and tire repair equipment, not just for me but others too. A matter of pride for me to be able to maintain my equipment even on the road. I guess some folks just need someone else to take care of them. The pistol, I pray I never have a need for. |
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Iron Butt
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Orlando, FL | Wow, you guys carry a lot of shitz. I'm with donetracey on this one. Here's what I keep on my bike at all times. My ass, my credit card, my cell phone, and my tow ins card. If I need something fixed, someone else can fix it while I have a beer, listen to my tunes and watch~!
Yea baby, life is good~
Edited by MaddMAx2u 2012-02-10 7:36 PM
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Puddle Jumper
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Southeast Missouri | Rain gear. Often maps, flashlight, hex wrenches, and leather man. |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Rode my SPCSHP yesterday - still has 6th Gear
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Iron Butt
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Southeast Iowa | I always have a basic tool kit with fuses in the bike. I've found myself needing to tighten my right cruising peg in Kentucky one afternoon and once in Wyoming I needed the electrical tape to secure my wifes boot when the zipper broke. Sounds odd but we used that tape for 2 days before we found a new pair of boots. I also keep a First Aid Kit which has been used twice, once when we rode up on an accident and once when my buddy hit a deer at 60 mph! All your credit cards and cell phones won't do you a damn bit of good when your sitting on the side of the road bleeding waiting for the ambulance to show up. I also always have rain gear, paperwork, shock pump, tie down straps, sun screen, and an extra set of glasses at all times. I occasionaly throw in the 380 auto depending on the trip. |
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Iron Butt
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Orlando, FL | Wow, you guys have me convinced. I'm gonna get a 4 ft X 12 ft. trailer to carry all the extra stuff I need to carry ......... "just in case"! Do ya think adding a howitzer and an ambulance is a good idea? Or would that be considered overkill?
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New Bohemia, VA | I work with a guy who rides a 2003 Gold Wing and always pulls a trailer, a matching color '32 Ford Coupe. It is his rig, and there are others that do the same thing. He always carries a compliment of tools, air compressor, patch or repair kits for tires, etc, etc. He's got a little cooler too that he keeps latched to, always ready. |
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Indianapolis, IN | donetracey - 2012-02-04 2:26 AM etspastimes - 2012-02-03 9:28 PM I carry a toolbag in the left saddlebag and a full face helmet with rain suit in the trunk. Pistol and misc junk in the rigth saddlebag. 65000 miles and helped many with the toolkit. ET And how many did you help with the 'Pistol' ??? Of course in this situation he has never helped someone with his pistol.
I think this is funny, as though a Canadian thug would never resort to a weapon of any kind to do harm to another person in exchange for their money. The criminal mind has been in existence in every society in every time frame throughout history. In Canada every criminal knows his victim is disarmed. (I say "disarmed" because that is what your government has done to its law abiding citizens).
As for helping someone out with my pistol, ( in my country I'm allowed ), I have never had the privilege to date. But there are innumerable accounts of folks both in the US and in many other countries around the world where those faced with eminent life threatening situations by thugs were able to save themselves and or others threatened around them because they were trained, armed and prepared to properly use their firearm with lethal force.
Remember that the police are really only good for one thing in this type of situation: that is collecting evidence at the crime scene after the fact.
A few weeks ago on Christmas night a well trained and prepared grocery store manager in Indianapolis was surprised by a robber that entered the store office with a gun in the back of another store employee with his arm around her neck in a choke hold. When he got inside and demanded cash from the safe or he would kill them both the manager immediately pulled his concealed pistol and shot the robber in the chest and face. Several minutes later the cops arrived as would be expected and gathered evidence as usual. The manager is looked upon as a local hero by most in the community now (no charges were filed). Good thing he didn't follow company policy which forbids employees from carrying weapons of any kind, or the police would probably have been gathering the other kind of evidence once again.
I will say one thing regarding the folks who have indicated they keep a gun in their bike. Leave it at home!!! If you are not willing to be trained in the proper use and means of carrying a gun for self deference do not carry one ever. I say this for two reasons:1. Crimes committed with firearms occur 95% of the time with stolen guns, many of which are stolen from vehicles. A gun left in a vehicle and discovered by a thief will always be stolen, and will very likely be used in multiple crimes before it is recovered by police. You don't want to be responsible for that. 2. By the time you realize your life is at stake and you will not survive without the use of deadly force, that gun may as well be on the other side of the earth. And because you are not used to carrying it you would probably fumble around with it even if you could get to it. By that time you would only have caused the whole situation to escalate much worse than if you had just not had it at all.
As for being prepared out on the road, there are any number of ways and definitions. The original question implied a desire to know what everybody else is doing more or less than he listed in his opening entry in the thread. I personally like to cover the basics on my own as many have listed in their replies. And I think most of the items folks have listed could be useful. I think that self sufficiency is a great American trait that many of us riders possess, and we gain a great deal of satisfaction and personal reward from being able to “save the day” if you will. But I do carry the means to contact others for help if it does get a little more complicated, and I’m guessing very few if any of us leave the house without our phones any more.
Oh and regarding the handgun, since I have the right, and have thoroughly prepared myself to properly use it, I fully intend to be the boy-scout that is prepared for the time that my wife, friends or fellow citizens are faced with a deadly threat that cannot be stopped by any other means. In my book there is only one thing worse than a murderer, and that’s an able bodied man that is prepared in his mind to allow one to kill innocent, helpless people.
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Sometimes I wonder how I reached 68 years young with 50 years riding - All across Canada AND the U.S. - without EVER needing most of this stuff - including a phone which wasn't invented yet. And I have NEVER met anyone who can tell me a story about NEEDING a gun. Or using one. Amazing that Canada survives - with a much lower crime rate .... just lucky, I guess.
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New Bohemia, VA | ...yeah Don, I wonder too? Why hasn't someone come up there and whooped up on you yet, eh???   |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | varyder - 2012-02-11 7:06 PM ...yeah Don, I wonder too? Why hasn't someone come up there and whooped up on you yet, eh??? Americans tried a couple of times - and got their ASS whipped (s'true - check your history books). They found out we make better Friends, than Enemies .... |
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New Bohemia, VA | donetracey - 2012-02-11 10:24 PM varyder - 2012-02-11 7:06 PM ...yeah Don, I wonder too? Why hasn't someone come up there and whooped up on you yet, eh??? Americans tried a couple of times - and got their ASS whipped (s'true - check your history books). They found out we make better Friends, than Enemies .... I know it's true, and you all haven't been messed with since... |
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Oregon. | First aid kit, tire repair kit, sunscreen and a road atlas. I try to keep it simple.
Edited by Brian G 2012-02-11 10:14 PM
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Iron Butt
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, FL United States | Rain gear,cell phone,owner's manual and rescue inhaler (for my COPD). |
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Cruiser
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| donetracey - 2012-02-11 6:23 PM
Amazing that Canada survives - with a much lower crime rate .... just lucky, I guess.
Actually, Canada has a MUCH higher property crime rate than the US, the US has a MUCH higher violent crime rate than Canada.
So Canadians like to steal shit, and Americans like to beat the shit out of others.
Both are wrong eh. |
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what gear never leaves YOUR bike?
