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16 Nov 2007
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Storage tube!
Hi alexpezzi, How did you mount it in front of the bash plate? cable tyes? ali clamps?  cracking idea 
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Hex screw is good idea, but then you need a tool to get it out. My cap came off once and now I have a saftey wire attached (small hole drilled). Also, be sure you can remove cap by hand after a good length of time closed. Mine became "stuck" and without tools I wouldn't have been able to open it. Backup your tie system to the bash plate. If it falls off when you're in a lean you're probably going down as the rear tire hits it. Don't trust just one method. Stainless steel hose clamps will wear and break eventually (mine did w/ rough roads); I inspect mine regularly and now back them up with heavy duty black nylon cable ties.
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28 Nov 2007
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lid stopper
Just made this, it's a lid stopper for the tool tube, those who are in the computer field will recognise the strip of metal: it's one of the masks that cover the empty pci slots at the back of the computer case.
I drilled a hole on the lid only and made a thread (4mm), it doesnt look like is going to come off easily.
Some pics:
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all the little things
A small bag of nuts, bolts, washers and safety wire.
Pliers
Vise grips (the small ones with the long nose)
5 min. epoxy
Small file
Box end wrenches and sockets for the nuts and and bolts on your bike (not the whole set)
Not tools but more use full
some rope and/or string
A tarp (never ending uses for a tarp)
Things you may want to take
A small pipe to add a little more help getting nuts and bolts off
Some Never-Seze for any bolt that gets hot or rusts or is bolted in to any thing not a nut (there buggers to get out some times)
A small tube of silicon selent
A small tube of grease
small can of penetrating oil, like 3 in 1
To save some space rewind the duct tape on a cut down pencil or on some part of the bike looks too funny
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