Removed my pannier bags and emptied the contents for an inventory Check,
I then got out the Honda Service Manual and went over my bike re-torquing all the bolts (A) as part of my 600 mile service (B) to confirm I have all the bits needed on trail.
So here's the inventory
- Cable Ties (Assorted for general fetishes and stop people running away)
- String (needed to hold calipers) or repairs or built a Blue Peter Boat
- Scissors (needed to cut hair and general stabby tasks)
- Steel Tie (no idea why, but seemed a good idea at the time)
- Rubber band (to flick at people)
- Steel Stick (to repair major hole damage), or make Plasticine "Morph" type characters to talk to when in remote locations
- Spanners 6mm, 8mm, 10mm, 12mm, 13mm, 14mm, 15mm. Fuck 11mm who ever needed an 11mm?
- Screw Driver, Flat, Cross, Hex, Ratchet attachment adaptor (to undo most continental cereal boxes)
- Sockets, 22mm (front axle), 27mm (rear axle), 12mm (front pinch bolts, fork yolks and most other things), 14mm (extended) caliper bolts, HW6, HW5
- Latex Gloves (so I don't leave finger prints when burying the bodies)
- Puncture repair kit (portable blow up wife maintenance)
- Pliers and Cutters (get into trespassing nicely through the fences)
- Allen Keys (no idea why)
- Torque Sockets (T7, T8, T9, T10)
- Rim Protectors (ahem... enough said already)
- Tyre Pressure Gauge
- Tyre Spoons x 3 (because 2 is not enough already)
- Ratchet 1/2 Inch, with 1/4 Inch adaptor (so i look semi-pro when this comes out)
- Trail Stand Adjustable (so you dont have to hang the bike from a lamp-post or hunt 3 hours for the perfect rock stand)
- Microfibre cloth (to mop my beaded brow)
- 21" Spare Tyre Tube (inflatable device to mark sunken bike when recovery helicopter turns up)
- Head Torch (because you have to pee in the dark)
- Super Glue (repairs cuts, lips and eyes)
- Baja 'No Pinch' tyre fitting tool. (I've been assured this is the dogs bollox, so it had better be)
- 20' tow strap (keeps the ladies in the same place I left them when seeking food and water)
Job done
All that lot its into those two small panniers at the front.