New 850 Ride. Big Road Trip

[Dogma]

Very nice looking 850. Are those Canadian spec decals?

[RobertGS]

The PO says the decals are "original Euro style from England".

bccap, great tool suggestion. Probably one I wouldn't forget though.

[bccap]

I always carry one of those tubeless tire repair kits and whatever they put in those canisters to fill them. You'll be covering a lot of kilometers......

[azr]

The front tire will have a tube, not 100% sure on the rear, so the tire repair kit might half work. Garth, GREAT tool kit!!

[earlfor]

Electrical tape
3' of #16 wire
spare fuses
1 dozen wire ties
Spare headlight bulb

[azr]

I almost forgot to mention a super important tool, a tube of gasket maker. Something that is high heat, oil resistant. If it is useable quickly that's a bonus. After loosing a valve cover gasket in Montana a couple of years ago I never travel without one now. I use a product called "therightstuff", the black stuff. Did 4000kms after that blow out and it held perfectly.

[RobertGS]

Great thanks earlfor and azr for the additions. I'll put together the final list of suggestions in one place and post.

Have the sylvania. silverstar h4 spare bulb, got a headlamp flashlight and a small powerful led lantern for setting up camp in the dark. Need to find my "net" bungee, found that useful for wrapping the pile of gear I'm likely to have behind me (tent, sleeping bag, tarp and such).

[azr]

I put my tent, sleeping bag and tarp into a wet bag I picked up at the local outdoor shop.



it can also come in handy to help support this

[rustybronco]

What am I missing?

Spare points and condensers. Feeler gauge for same. Possibly a 12 volt light bulb to check/set the timing with. (bulb is not critical)

[azr]

He's got a brand new electronic ignition from Dyna Dales got a point about a tester. I picked up a palm size Multimeter from Canadian tire that I take on my trips, haven't had a need for it yet but it's comforting to have.

http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/mastercraft-digital-multimeter-0520728p.html#.U43tHSi6lRY

[rustybronco]

He's got a brand new electronic ignition from Dyna

Well now, if that doesn't take the fun out of it...

[850 Combat]

That '79 didn't come with a Halogen headlight. I would make sure about that too.

[bccap]

Hmmm..... I was going to take the new tires over to the shop in my car and come back for the bike. Maybe not now.....

[azr]

That '79 didn't come with a Halogen headlight. I would make sure about that too.

That's one of the few things that hasn't been upgraded yet. There is no H4 headlight in there yet. It's a very good point, don't plan on doing any night riding till you get an H4 in there

[RobertGS]

Ok thanks,

Have a new H4 so I'll put it in there if the PO hasn't done that already. I remember coming down out of the mountains into Vancouver at night, in hard rain with a big truck behind me and couldn't see squat with the headlight.

I"m convinced.