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Tire repair kit! I also carry one of those cheap $10 socket sets from Auto Zone, and an Allen pack. Aside from a major breakdown, which you won't be able to fix yourself sitting alongside the road, your biggest concern will be just things working loose.
I carry an allen wrench set, various torx bits, an adjustable wrench, screwdrivers, and a pack of zip ties. Also a rag, flashlight, and some other odds and ends I am forgetting.
Tools for sure but take at least a spare main fuse with you. I learned that one the hard way. Picture below of me broken down because my fuse died in the middle of nowhere. Hot as a bastard out, covered in wasps because of the dead bugs all over the front of the bike, oh and there was a lot of bear sightings in the area recently... yeah that sucked
2 credit cards; in case one gets suspended for out of the ordinary spending habits, like out of state purchases, too may gas purchases in one day, etc.
It really depends on you skill, are you the person to repack the clutch dics or take the front wheel off and walk to the nearest town to get it fixed OR many people like me will just a towing company.
When my wife and I did our road trip from East coast to West coast on the sportie we only took a handfull of tools, tire presure gauge, a few wrenchs to double check the sissy/rack bolts, we also had 2 credit cards and some small cash.
had AAA towing and progressive insurance towing too.
Can never be to prepared but dont need the whole tool box either.
Been coast to coast and only ever took with me a Gerber multi tool (which I use for all kinds of stuff non-bike related as well) and a pocket knife.
CHarley is right on about the credit cards. Had one die on me in the middle of the desert because it just wouldn't swipe anymore. A big one for me is also to CARRY CASH with you. Doesn't need to be a ton, but enough to get a gas tank or two and some water/a meal with bills no larger than $20. Many small places can't change larger bills or won't accept them from out of towners. Somewhere in the middle of nowhere a local had crashed in to the internet box killing the gas stations ability to accept anything but cash. If I hadn't been able to pay cash for gas, I wouldn't have been going anywhere until the internet was back up for them.
On a bike as new as yours, if it's not something simple like replacing a fuse or a bulb, it's not going to get fixed on the side of the road anyways as 9/10 times you'll need more tools than is feasible to carry.
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