What to take????

[Toolmaker Tim]

Safety stuff

Might be a good idea to have a couple of those chemical glow sticks and a good LED flashlight in case you get caught out after dark. If you battery goes flat the chem sticks might keep you from being hit by a cager.

[cywelchjr]

Oil in tires, do i need to check that, wheres the dip stick,

between the handlebars and the seat.

[planedick]

Ah yes

Clutch/brake levers, forgot about that. Got LED flashlight and a windup one too. I think one of my most valuable things is the AMA card with roadside assistance for just in case I forgot something....

[jwhughes3]

dipstick location

wheres the dip stick,

Everyone tells me its on my seat...but I can't find it!



John

[jwhughes3]

chem stix

Might be a good idea to have a couple of those chemical glow sticks and a good LED flashlight in case you get caught out after dark. If you battery goes flat the chem sticks might keep you from being hit by a cager.

Tim I keep one in my little toolbag just for that event.

John

[DGXSER]

Everyone tells me its on my seat...but I can't find it!



John

Hummm...magnifying glass required?? Sorry, I just had to.

[3Phase]

I think one of my most valuable things is the AMA card with roadside assistance for just in case I forgot something....

I need to sign up for one of those AMA cards but I keep forgetting. Have fun, it looks like you've got it covered for a good ride!

[FJ111200]

If you replace everything that you could need with new stuff, i.e. cables, filters, pads, plugs, etc, before you go, then you've got more room for bottles of booze and bags of weed for later.
Just think of Neil Young's song Thrasher.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t00MXZKbW0M

[cywelchjr]

If you replace everything that you could need with new stuff, i.e. cables, filters, pads, plugs, etc, before you go, then you've got more room for bottles of booze and bags of weed for later.
Just think of Neil Young's song Thrasher.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t00MXZKbW0M

The booze isn't too likely to cause a problem, but the bags of weed could well loose you the bike outside of Ca. Some/a lot of those states practice zero tolerance, especially on out of state vehicles. Even more so on those with Ca plates on them, they all think we're pot heads anyways. Even though some of us are, there are a lot of us who aren't.

[g15usmc]

Rain suit, cell phone, quality volt/ohm meter, good bankroll and credit cards too, Magellin GPS and a security system on the bike that only sets off my pager if anyone even so much as touches my bike. My trusty mini bat takes care of such foolhardies. Doing an oil change before leaving with filter and will do one on the east coast so don't need a filter as I only change it every other oil change. I do have a few nitrogen cylinders, but I've found it takes at least four to do the job and that's not really full. I prefer the compresser. As for roadside assistance, I'm an AMA member for many years and the free roadside assistance works. I have also made arrangements for a new tire in Ithaca, NY for the return trip as I only get around 4,000 miles per tire.

If your going to Ithaca make sure you hit up the Buttermilk Falls, some nice riding up that way, I love riding NY, I hate the winter!

[MaximPhil]

Clutch/brake levers, forgot about that. Got LED flashlight and a windup one too. I think one of my most valuable things is the AMA card with roadside assistance for just in case I forgot something....

Hi Planedick,
They do have stores in the eastern states you know for anything you left behind.
Phil

[DGXSER]

We have stores Phil, they just do not take that California money!

[planedick]

CA money

This Cantaffordya money goes over better than that Worsington bulls**t that the whole country has to deal with. Gonna do this trip because it's been on my "bucket list" for a long time and I figure I better do it while there's still a country worth seeing.....

[fredintoon]

FWIW, I carry the usual fixit kit but as always, the thing you need is the thing you don't have.
which in my case, took phoning my wife to bring the trailer a hundred miles to get the dead bike home because all I needed was a can of contact cleaner to get the ignition switch working again.

[planedick]

See

I've been telling you all along to join the AMA. FREE roadside assistance surely could have gotten me a can of cleaner. Only $39/year, magazine, etc.
I even explained how to get it for free every year....



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