I keep a small kit of essential supplies and tools in case I break down while on the road with my Honda Pacific Coast PC800 motorcycle. So far I have never needed any of my kit while riding in over a decade of PC800 ownership and tens of thousands of logged miles but I have it just in case.
In the left side of my trunk, I have:
- A quart of Hondaline motorcycle oil
- A small bottle of emergency eye wash solution in case I get something in my eyes while riding (dust, sand, etc)
- A tire patch kit (the black bag and the gray box) with reinflation cartridges
- Fuses (in the ziploc bag)
- A set of metric allen wrenches
- A “Cramp Buster” for long rides when I need some relief
- A metal valve stem for the wheels in case one of mine breaks while I’m on a ride (they can be somewhat hard to find at a local motorcycle shop — this avoids having to wait a few days for one to arrive)
In the right side of my trunk I have:
- A nearly complete OEM Hondaline toolkit (brown bag)
- Leather work gloves – good for doing something messy or if my normal riding gloves go missing
- A few zip ties
- Hand wipes
- A plastic garbage bag (white, in the middle)
- Motorcycle jumper cables
- Toilet paper (ziploc bag) for emergencies
In the left front fairing pocket I also have a few other things:
- Digital tire pressure gauge (I try to check before every ride)
- A little red rubber motorcycle that Tim Davies gave me on his and Evan’s 2018 trip out west.
- Spare change in case I need a few quarters for a parking meter or a toll bridge
- Some ratty ear plugs in case I lose the normal ones I wear while I ride
- Not pictured: a cell phone charger — I have a charge port installed at the top of the compartment.
One other thing that I sometimes carry if I’m going on a particularly long multi-day ride is a replacement regulator/rectifier (R/R). They can *very* occasionally go bad and are a long lead-time item. It wasn’t in my trunk today when I took these photos which reminds me that I really should dig it out and throw it in the trunk again.