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Egrafx

What should I include in my toolkit for a 1968 Triumph TR6R? The tools fit inside a pretty good sized storage compartment within the left side cover.

So far I'm thinking to include:

• Some wrenches and aCrescent wrench
• Spark plugs
• Fuses
• Screwdrivers
• Plyers
• Headlamp lightbulb
• Cables?

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1968 Triumph TR6R
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DAGAD

Sounds good to me. I just have the breakdown / recovery club card in my wallet! If it plays up, I just threaten it........................ Seriously though, most break downs are small but some like chain breaking, con rod or crankshaft breaking, you aren't gonna fix at the side of the road and recovery insurance is a must, IMHO.
Roy.

NHOJ from Maine

good start..
i'd ad wire, leatherman, spare set of points/condenser, zip-ties, and a small flashlight, needle-nose vicegrips...

oh, the best tool: cellphone.

Woolly

It doesn't matter what you take with you, the only tools/spares you'll need are the ones left in your garage - I just take mobile phone, recovery card and debit card. On the LT, I've been all over Europe, Africa and Asia and thats all I've taken with me.

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Monty

Also, tie your spare cables to the ones they're going to replace, ie, throttle, clutch, brake cables with tie-wraps/zip-ties etc.

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panda

Do a full service. set aside to take with you ALL the tools you need for this. Plus the tools needed to change both wheels, fix a puncture and replace a split link in your chain. Carry a set of bulbs. Install new cables, plugs, points, condenser and chain and keep teh old ones as spares. That way you get to ride with all new consumables and will probably never need teh spares, but they will fit and work for a while if you do.
plus pliers, some wire, insulating and gaffer tape. jubilee clips. probably worth having a plug lead with endcap long enough for either plug (and to swap from coil to coil). Dont forget a split link and 1 1/2 link spare.

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quagmire

Smart list Panda, but where are you supposed to put all that stuff? I didn't think there was that much room in the side cover

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panda

Wrap it up like a tool roll and you will be amazed at what you can stuff under a seat
leaswise on my t100. Also things you never need can be attached with said jubilee clips in teh oddest of places... sadly they usually very oily when you want them and not so easy to find or remember where you put them. I once 'lost' a wheel nut spanner for nearly six months it was so well camouflaged
I also had a full touring fairing and that had many little places where stuff could vibrate and rattle about.

I have to confess I vaguely remember using a plastic bag inside a holdall that was my luggage strapped to teh rear carrier. These days it all lives in teh bottom of one of my panniers.

When I replied to this first, I was thinking of a touring trip, fully loaded, not a trip to the shops

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NHOJ from Maine

a neat place if you are careful, for storing a couple extra cables, is coiled inside the headlight bucket.

quagmire

Boy you guys are pretty crafty!

Wonder what else you could hide?

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