Good ideas and handy hints

[cheshirecat]

Arrange your load appropriately when touring.

[Maha]

Wet Wipes...
Good to wipe your arse (instead of grass) visor/forehead on a hot day/forehead on anyday/head/neck/hands after toileting/the list is enless...
Wet Wipes......it all you will ever need.

[Mad-V2]

Well you'll also need some panniers to hold your puncture repair kit, first aid kit, wet wipes?, torch, tools, oil, plugs, fuses, tape, super-glue, spare bulbs, zip ties, news paper, anti fog, tyre foam, rubbish bag, ear plugs, $20 and ya might aswell chuck a fire extinguisher in there while your at it.

[ExpertoCrede]

don't ride at night without your lights on .....

....and don't ride during the day without your lights on ---

for visibility and safety

and to avoid being ticketed.

[The Pastor]

dont over take cops,

dont piss into the wind

when in doubt power out

[DrunkenMistake]

Well you'll also need some panniers to hold your puncture repair kit, first aid kit, wet wipes?, torch, tools, oil, plugs, fuses, tape, super-glue, spare bulbs, zip ties, news paper, anti fog, tyre foam, rubbish bag, ear plugs, $20 and ya might aswell chuck a fire extinguisher in there while your at it.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=405489700
I have some for cheap

[Winston001]

There is a thread on useful stuff to carry at all times: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ighlight=torch

• Vivid permanent marker
• Multitool
• Duct tape
• Panadol or stronger pain relief
• 2 supermarket plastic bags
• Small piece tube rubber as a firelighter
• Waterproof matches
• Lighter as alternative
• 3-4 metres Braided string/twine
• Small notebook or paper
• Biro
• Pen torch - LED best
• Short length candle
• Condoms - to carry water, protect stuff
• 300mm cable ties
• Small pack wetwipes in bank coin bag (to keep fresh)
• Iodine tablets or similar for sterilising water
• Credit card
• $60 cash in various notes
• Survival blanket

[scumdog]

Wet Wipes...
Good to wipe your arse (instead of grass) visor/forehead on a hot day/forehead on anyday/head/neck/hands after toileting/the list is enless...
Wet Wipes......it all you will ever need.

Ah, I guess it would be a Bad Idea(tm) to use the one Wet Wipe for all of the above tasks - particularly after using it for the first one you mentioned...

Oh, tips, riiigght..If you're handle-bar ends are easily removed you can stash $$, cable-ties etc in them.

And a short-but-thick lead from the + terminal on the battery to a convenient spot (and suitable covered at the exposed end) can make for a handy place to hook up jumper-leads without having to remove the seat/fairing whatever - and a place to hook up accessories via one of those 'cigarette-lighter sockets-with two alligator-clips' thingies.

[Gixxer peter]

Always remember to remove your disk lock.

Tie a brightly colour piece of string from your disklock to your trottle so you dont forget it.

[Winston001]

And this thread has plenty of good ideas too:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ht=tools+carry

[tigertim20]

There is a thread on useful stuff to carry at all times: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ighlight=torch

• Vivid permanent marker
• Multitool
• Duct tape
• Panadol or stronger pain relief
• camera
• restraints
• chloroform
• 3-4 metres Braided string/twine
• Small notebook or paper
• Biro
• Pen torch - LED best
• Short length candle
• Condoms - to carry water, protect stuff
• 300mm cable ties
• Small pack wetwipes in bank coin bag (to keep fresh)
  

fixed!

[thehovel]

3. Buy a handpump for $40.00 from Torpedo 7 and keep it in your shed. Before I go for a ride I check my tyres and pump them up at home which saves grovelling around on a gas station forecourt bending their attachment to fit.


Fitting right-angle tyre valves fixes this.

[Usarka]

A gonk. And a spare gonk.

[Oakie]

Everything I carry has been mentioned except
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a pair of latex gloves in a film canister (I know) in case I come across a person needing assistance and leaking body fluids.
What else do I carry under the seat?
tools
disk lock
emergency blanket
DUCT TAPE
small LED torch

Having read this thread I shall also add $20 cash. (Not much room under my seat)
Cheers to the OP.

[Old Steve]

I have made a decision that I don't drink alcohol if I'm riding my bike.

As a relative newcomer to motorbike riding, and as an older rider with slower reaction times, I think I need whatever I have left unimpaired to improve the chances of my survival.