Tools for the trail

[foxr]

What do you guys carry in your backpack or anything when you go out on the trails?

im going out this weekend with my quad for the first time bymyself and want to take some tools and stuff incase i break down or crash but i dont know where to start.

:scary:

[EXevan91]

cell phone if u got one

[foxr]

thats it? haha

i got one but sadly it wont work in the mountians, stops working 15 mins on the highway before i get to the unloading spot.

[BlasterEaten250]

Rachet with main sizes (8mm, 10mm, 12mm) Tow rope, Tire repair kit, first aid kit, plyers, and zip ties. Thats what we bring in 2 backpacks when we go on long trail rides. And if you want, you can bungi cord the backpack to the seat if you dont feel like carrying a big load on your back. If you do it right, it doesnt get in your way while riding and doesnt fall off.

[Rip_Tear]

Basicly what BlasterEaten250 said, any main sockets you may need, a cell phone does wonders even if it doesn't work everywhere... Tire repair kit, tow rope, a friend would be good, and I hope your on a Honda, they do wonders :p

Hope you don't have any problems. There are always a few things you wish you had brought when you do break down, just try and remember them for next time.

[400eXr1d3rZ]

extra spark plugs, cell-u-phone, and a tire reparing kit

[wilkin250r]

Don't think it terms of "tools". Think in terms of "what can go wrong", and then in terms of "of all these things that can go wrong, which ones can I fix easily, and what tools do I need?"

Flat tires are common, bring a tire plug and a way to pump up your tire.

Loose nuts and bolts, especially lug nuts. You don't need a complete tire iron, but find some small, easy method to tighten your lugs. Also bring something for miscellaneous bolts, swingarm bolts tend to be common for working themselves loose.

Chain adjustment tools, usually an allen wrench and a screwdriver.

Extra spark plugs, and a way to remove/tighten them.

This is why the stock toolkit is great. It has a socket for sparkplugs, and a socket for lug nuts. Their cheap, and will break easily, so you don't want to use them except in an emergency. But they're small and lightweight.

[TravEX]

My fanny pack for the R and S consists of:
Little wad of baling wire, little duct tape, Y wrench with 8,10,12mm, small cresent wrench, extra spark plug, shop rag, zip ties, phillips and flat head screwdrivers, tire plug kit.

For the EX:
extra spark plug and wrench, zip ties, tire plug kit.

I carry a cell phone, GPS, and Charmin everywhere I go, usually in a tightly sealed ziplock bag.

[aviator4]

I run with a cruz tools pack call the "dirtmetrix" with some added stuff, here's what it's got in it (and I've used almost everything at one time or another). We used this pack EXTENSIVLEY while riding in the mountains of Ouray, Colorado last summer. 6 dirt bikes and 3 quads and well all needed something from my little bag of tricks. (Except the DS-650... that thing was a tank)

6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17MM sockets (6mm is for jets) 3/8 to 1/4 adapter, 3/8 extension and ratchet

10mm, 12mm, 14mm wrenches

interchangeable screwdriver (#1 & #2 phillips, large and small flat-head)

tire pressure gauge

electrical tape

spark plug gapper

2 plugs for the 400 (1 hot and 1 cold) and a plug for the DS-650

zip ties

small set of vice grips

small length of "mechanics" wire

set of allen wrenches

small packet of WD-40 (INVALUABLE!!)

Small packet of Thread Locker (blue)

Tire plugs, installer and Reamer

400EX Spark Plug tool

full set of jets

Leatherman Multi-tool

Pocket Knife (SHARP)

CO2 tire inflator (I think a hand pump would be better though)

several "wet naps" and a shop towel (that ended up doubling as a makeshift air filter for a Honda 250 dirtbike we needed to get off the mountain LOL)

It sounds like a lot, but it all fits into a standard size "fanny" pack. Kinda cool, it sits low on your back so that when you're riding, it's actually sitting on the seat behind you and not stressing your back. I forgot it was there a few times. Couldn't even feel it.