What do you keep in your trunk?

Me? I always have my rear/front axle socket because in an emergency nobody else has a 55mm socket lol.
LED flashlight and tire plug kit as a last resort (glue below toolbag in pocket)...don't want to get stranded, gotta make it home.
My "papers" fit on top all that in a ziplock bag and when I wear my full leathers my phone even fits in there....nice size trunk for a race beast huh

All I can say is wow, you certainly are preapred! I keep my DP Alarm, not room for much else.

A kickstand puck, my papers, and a visor...since a full size hat won't fit

Trauma said:

All I can say is wow, you certainly are preapred! I keep my DP Alarm, not room for much else.

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Certainly prepared. I guess I shouldn't worry too much since we have Ducati Roadside Assistance right? Yeah right lol.

I've used Ducati Roadside Assistance twice, both times for my GT1000, and they were extremely helpful, responsive and fast. Granted, I was in Seattle, so the distance to the dealer was 5 miles at most.

roadster said:

I've used Ducati Roadside Assistance twice, both times for my GT1000, and they were extremely helpful, responsive and fast. Granted, I was in Seattle, so the distance to the dealer was 5 miles at most.

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Good for you man, I like to here that.

Unfortunately I live here in SC, Charleston to be exact and its not quite a Ducati state much less City so...I wouldn't have high expectations if I ever needed them.

I'd expect a 3rd or 4th party towing/assistant company to be dispatched lol :-/

Half them guys don't even know how to strap down a motorcycle, let alone a sport bike...and surely not my prized possession.

Been lucky once before by having tire plug on hand, even luckier when a guy in a trick just so happen to have an air compressor .

You are wise to be prepared!

In the Seattle area we've got two very solid, dedicated and supportive Ducati shops--and the towing service that Ducati Roadside Assistance uses really knows their stuff.

We are very lucky!

I keep 4 co2 cartridges too. In Ashe I need a tire inflate after a flat & plug. I earn the rad way n my other bike.

E350 said:

I keep 4 co2 cartridges too. In Ashe I need a tire inflate after a flat & plug. I earn the rad way n my other bike.

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co2 cartridges are on my list ... plugs would be useless without some air lol.

like I said tho, I lucked out once.

I've done about 100,000kms on bikes and experienced my first flat tire this past weekend, in a remote area with no cell service. Fortunately I was riding with people who were prepared. I felt like such an idiot. If I was alone I would have to leave the bike, hitch hike to cell service then wait for roadside assistance.

Perfect timing with this thread, I need to get my .... together.

FrostyFire said:

I've done about 100,000kms on bikes and experienced my first flat tire this past weekend, in a remote area with no cell service. Fortunately I was riding with people who were prepared. I felt like such an idiot. If I was alone I would have to leave the bike, hitch hike to cell service then wait for roadside assistance.

Perfect timing with this thread, I need to get my .... together.

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Yeah, I had my first nail ever this year. And never had a plug kit on any motorcycle before this one ( have had 10 bikes) so yeah I'm glad I had that plug too.

Thanks for this thread. Made me think.

DUCENZO said:

Me? I always have my rear/front axle socket because in an emergency nobody else has a 55mm socket lol.
LED flashlight and tire plug kit as a last resort (glue below toolbag in pocket)...don't want to get stranded, gotta make it home.
My "papers" fit on top all that in a ziplock bag and when I wear my full leathers my phone even fits in there....nice size trunk for a race beast huh

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I keep the little toolkit in there with some extra allen keys but some of the room is taken up by some Kreiga straps that are permanently bolted in to make the Kreiga tailback more secure. A trick I got from another helpful fellow forum member.

I always keep my mobile phone on my person so if I go off the road into the scrub by myself and am still conscious I can perhaps call for help. If I end up some distance from the bike but unable to get to it, I still have comms with the outside world maybe.

wow, what a violent thread this has quickly become...

I expected more debate on what we all thought were the necessities lol.

and yes, I usually have my phone on my person for the same reason, but my race suit that I occasionally wear on streets is not equipt with any pockets so the phone goes under the cowl cover also...unless I mount it on my triple tree when using certain apps.

On another note, I was amused the other day when I had to show a friend of mine who had his 999 for 6 months that his tool bag was on the iinside of his right fairing lol. l don't think I could ever go that long not removing fairing to investigate/clean/look around just for the hell of it...hell, I do that with a brand new bike.

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RE: Bazzaz Z-Fi (pic was too big to quote)

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Very interesting! Did you post about your experience with this? Did you get a custom map or are you using the Z-AFM? I was thinking about this when I upgrade my Termi slips with the Termi headers for a custom dyno tune on my motor with the MWR filter. A seasoned Ducati tech told me that he didn't think it was necessary since the 1199 ECU has built-in adjustment capability to account for the MWR filter. He felt that the incremental gain over the up-map and automatic adjustment wasn't worth the money.

Back to the great topic (thanks DUCENZO), those concerned with comms and potential rescue when riding solo should consider this:

SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger

I bought one of these several years ago when I started doing weeklong Blue Ridge Moutain trips solo. Got tired waiting for people's schedules to line up with mine so just started going by myself whenever I could string 3-4 weekdays together. I enjoy riding hard in the mountains, like dragging knee almost every corner type of hard, but I also considered the risk of doing this by myself in the off-season on mountain roads with guardrails, no guardrails, trees, etc. I mostly feared low-siding off the mountain and no-one would even know I was lost for a while. With the SPOT GPS device, account subscription and rescue-insurance plan, at least I may have a fighting chance of rescue if I can at least reach the device and point it at the sky. And since it uses GPS for comms, I don't worry about cell areas. Good piece of mind knowing that I basically have a pre-paid posse search and helicopter ride in my pocket if it comes to that.

I carry this and other essentials (LED flashlight, S&W .380 Bodyguard, multi-tool, etc.) in a Maxpedition Thermite waist/leg bag on hardcore rides. The SPOT is pretty sturdy and would likely survive a shunt much better than my Android phone...

my alarm is in there so no room for anything else sadly

Motion Pro Toolkit: MP Tool Metric | Motion Pro




And also a Motion Pro Mini Bleeder: Mini Bleeder, 11mm | Motion Pro

Edit - I believe it's the 8mm bleeder: http://www.motionpro.com/motorcycle/partno/08-0482/

DUCENZO said:

Me? I always have my rear/front axle socket because in an emergency nobody else has a 55mm socket lol.
LED flashlight and tire plug kit as a last resort (glue below toolbag in pocket)...don't want to get stranded, gotta make it home.
My "papers" fit on top all that in a ziplock bag and when I wear my full leathers my phone even fits in there....nice size trunk for a race beast huh

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I see you did the chop the passenger grab strap mod. One of my first mod's. Just takes up space and is a good cause for incomplete cowl attachment.

Alb - do you find 4 standard size CO2s is enough to get you moving to a gas station? Just curious due to the volume. I use CO2 on mountain bikes and road bikes, but our back tire is pretty massive. I'm guessing 4 just gets you enough pressure to slowly get somewhere? Thanks for the motion pro links. Looks like good kit.