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steam

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Can anyone help with a list of the original contents for a 78 Mirage tool kit please. I am guessing I wont be able to buy one, so thought it a good idea to make up a kit to carry on trips.

Also happy for suggestions of what might be useful to carry as well (additions), but I would like to know what should be in there from the factory

Thanks
 
I think Wolfgang sells a tool roll. Not original, but a close copy.
 
In addition to the tools, I always carry a tiny bottle of WD40, red cloth tape to repair Levos bike, zip ties, spare clutch cable (not on the RGS of course), electrical tape, little multimeter, little LED head torch, rags, some electrical wire and wirecutters, spare head and tail light bulbs and of course fuses. On longer trips I'll add water, sparkplugs, tiewire although it's available on most fences throughout OZ, scotch and a small gas soldering kit. There's a walloper in the camping stuff I take for minor adjustments.

Will be adding a 21mm spanner also for Levo's float bowl cleaning.
 
Hey Drikko,

Sounds like you have everything to make it to the North Pole :P
Good advice, I carry a lot of that stuff as well. Aquired a small Leatherman years ago, wouldn't want to be without it anymore.
Folding allen wrench set is another must have.

Gerald
 
What is it Murphy said about the spare parts to carry?
Steam, are you thinking of tools for major long distance travel where you either fix it or hide it and walk, or general everyday riding. The original factory kits were brilliant and always got me going again as I?ve never had major problems. Replace some of the essential small spanners with rings and have good screwdrivers and necessary allen-heads (unbrako). If you do your own servicing you must have an idea what you need. Some good tape, cable ties, a small LED torch in your pocket. Tubeless repair kit is popular here. There is no point carrying shit loads of stuff as you will always need something else.
And don?t forget the mobile phone.
 
Hi Thanks for the replys. I know all the get you fixed on the road side stuff.

What I am trying to find out is what a 78 Mirage had in the toolkit when it was new.

Also - who is Wolfgang?
 
Open-end metric spanners: 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 20-22 and single end 24 with tapered handle for the axle nuts,

6mm and 10mm allen keys with a small tube 14mm O.D x 150mm long, a 150mm x 8mm flat blade screwdriver,

a double ended box/tube sparkplug spanner with which you used the screwdriver for the outside plugs and a spanner for the centre plug and a 100ml oil bottle with a long spout all in a white tool pouch.

Jacko.
 
Wolfgang Haerter
laverda@lightspeed.ca
The most comprehensive source of Laverda spares on the planet, reasonably priced and an easy guy to deal with. Based in western Canada but no problem doing business with us mob in Europe or elsewhere for that matter.
 
The only tools I cary with me is the key for the bike and the ADAC club card that provides free of charge collection of me and my bike. Has worked for the past 20 years with limited exceptions  :D
 
Steam - say hello and tell us a bit about you and your bike(s).

From 1977 magazine road test....
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Lothar, you have a lot of faith in ADAC (RAC, AAA service in Germany) :o

and IIRC you had tools along when the carbs on your 1000SFC started acting up????


Gerald :D
 
Gerald said:
Lothar, you have a lot of faith in ADAC (RAC, AAA service in Germany) :o

and IIRC you had tools along when the carbs on your 1000SFC started acting up????


Gerald :D
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Hi Gerald,

well - that was 1 of two times one of my bikes broke down during a meeting (and all MY fault, not the bikes...). The only tool I needed at that time were two different allen keys and a screw driver along with some cables to hold the suckers in place, all provided from others around me, just to find out just the next day that no tools at all will fix the problem (the rubber mounts of the carbs had softened in a way they could not hold the carbs, no matter what I did...). ADAC was the service and they brought the bike and me home.

The other time the Jota broke down due to a welded ball in the hydraulic clutch slave cylinder. Was fixed during the meeting - that's it basically. 2 brake downs in 20 years - why should I take so many tools with me? But to be fair, I typically have a set of allen keys with me along with a kind of leatherman, but almost never used it.
 
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