General topics » Motohansa Pro Tookit and an Air Pump

Rumour has it that Fred Flinstones first bmw came with an axe to chop down trees for a new wheel spindle and stone chisel to rebalance his wheels.
Fast forward to mid 1900's and bmw had a full tool roll, pliers, spanners, plus a pump(for those new pneumatic devices) and spare fuses.
By 2005 my R1200ST has a fabric/plastic toolkit under the seat and the handbook showed option to complete this with the 'additional toolroll' which I did for £60/80 (cannot recall price) but the new combined roll still fitted into the underseat recess. At least I had a reasonable chance to remove a wheel for a repair and moderate fittings checking for safety on a trip.
By 2015 the new RS had a doble ended spanner and a half unit, screwdriver and oil cap tool, enough to change a light fitting and top up oil.
You do have an option to spend £160 for the bmw toolkit, limited parts, plug socket, one handle and three open ended spanner attachments. Even in the photos it looks dubious strength, few parts and expensive.
Up to now I have taken a made up roll of tools for all fittings and a tyre repair kit when touring but had looked at the Motohansa Pro toolkit last year.
At £180 I can now say that this seems the best quality I have seen for some time, all items are well finished and feel great in your hand.
Not since my Kamasa tools from 30 years ago have I had kit that looks good, feels good and all the parts are well finished and as advertised. For £20 over the bmw kit it has so many more parts, wheel spindle tool and coil removal adaptors, the T bar combined in-line screwdriver is a work of art on it's own.
This will be going in the panniers on any euro trips this year, along with a H12 socket (front wheel spindle) and my torque wrench as usual.
The second item delivered from my christmas list was rechargeable air pump as I doubt the RS battery capacity for direct connection and canbus stops any accessory socket high amp use.
Ebay price was £28 and this silver tube comes with 12v adaptor and usb charge leads and accessories in a decent case, even has a torch.
Set the psi and it runs automatically to your requested pressure, would pump up your airbed and no chance to flatten the bike battery.
For a perfect holiday I hope they are never used away from home unless helping another traveler but if you want to carry some backup kit I can recommend both these.

Is this what you bought?
https://www.amazon.com/Motohansa-Pro-Too...78413305&sr=8-1

Yes, and mine does have the 19mm spanner and molegrips. Some uk advertised units have changes on their lists so check which you are getting.
Should have added that originally.
Also the pump is ebay advertised as - 150PSI Bike Electric Inflator Bicycle Air Pressure Pump Rechargeable Cordless

Zitat von Dave H im Beitrag #1

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The second item delivered from my christmas list was rechargeable air pump as I doubt the RS battery capacity for direct connection and canbus stops any accessory socket high amp use.

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I do struggle with the need for carrying a comprhensive tool kit - all I've ever needed in 35 years for daily riding and continental touring has been sorted with with a puncture repair kit and / or foam, cable ties, basic allen or torx keys or WD40. The perception that much else can be carried out by the roadside is a bit of a myth (imho) and thats what my breakdown insurance is for. Still, its a free world and each to their own.........

Before your next trip take a good look at your bike.
There's a good chance you can remove most of the open end wrenches and sockets.
I would add a few more torx bits.

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It is said "clothes maketh the man" but for me it is the tools of man that make the memories.
Much of the rubbish I should clear out of my toolkits, how did I get so many battery chargers, torque wrenchs and 17mm spanners.
I still have my 60 year old original pliers from a junior toolkit, little black item in the back of a toolchest, also a Yamaha span adjustable one from my 1970 YAS1.
The plumb-bob (pre lazor level) I made on apprenticeship with GEC Marconis, company gone, Chelmsford site redeveloped.
Memories of seeing the capstan lathes being operated by blind ex servicemen before 'health and safety' would have been an issue but at least Marconi used their 10% quota for disabled employees to work rather than putting them in management or politics as we do now. While there I also made two 15inch 'hammer-through' screwdrivers, heat treated, milled and turned solid forcefit aluminium handles, one for me and my father. (I now own both for obvious reasons) which still get used. Craig fitting our new kitchen used both to hammer and lever out space in a wall cavity.
Or the crow bar I found on the flat roof of the Bull Ring Centre in Birmingham while working on a summer job from Essex, three of us working off scaffold putting up the once famous, now gone "Midland, A great British Bank " sign. I do not have the hammer I dropped from the roof that took a lump out of a ground floor stone windowsill underneath the sign, missing shoppers and landing under a stallholders table but I did have to run down a fire escape to get it back.
Peter Knapman, my neighbour, great teller of stories from his days in the real fur trade including the Krays, mink coats for TESsie COhen (Tesco anyone) making a mink bikini while Pat his wife did the measuring or making two coats, one for customers wife and a better one for the girlfriend. On his passing I was left another toolkit, number plate from his Vincent black shadow and memories of the first time he heard a 'click' of my torque wrench on servicing his bmw R100RS and asking what that noise was. Plus a picture of him stood beside our Duke of Edinbrugh wearing the mink or white ermin robe he made and Pat sewed the lining, leaving in a pin by mistake that the Duke is said to had jabbed into his finger. Who knew my neighbours wife drew blood from the royal family!
My memories are held in my tools and the next time I 'go north' towards the arctic circle and again come across a biker with a flat tyre (German picnic area) instead of doing nothing despite having a repair kit with 4 little gas bottles in my coat pocket (well I may need it myself) I would be able to help. He was waiting four hours for his friend with a car and trailer to get to him but now I have another option with a rechargeable pump.
I already had a travel kit made from Halfords Professional line but just like bikes, you can never have enough tools , the Motohansa memories start as a gift from my son, who knows where they will end?
Pretty sure my neighbour with 9 bikes in his double garage still has a 'plus one' to get to 10 -- plus one!

What Stevie and Wessie have said is right on target. I've only rarely had to do more than repair a tire or tighten up some loose fasteners while traveling. However, I love to ride in the American West and cell service is not available in more remote areas. The right tools are just the thing to ward off anxiety. I checked out the very excellent Motohansa kits, but found them to be more than I needed. Instead, I purchased the CruzTool RTB1 toolkit. The quality doesn't quite match the Motohansa, but the selection of tools and materials are perfect for the odd repair or adjustment on the road. The kit is aimed at our LC bikes, so there is little included that is not needed. It is a bit larger than the BMW kits of old, so storage is a consideration, but the price is very reasonable. When riding close to home, I only bring my puncture kit, but when on tour I bring the toolkit.

https://www.amazon.com/CruzTOOLS-RTB1-Ro...80054534&sr=8-4

The Motohansa kit certainly has a quality, tactile feel and this could be a starter kit for anyone rather than buying a garage set and a cheap travel kit.
I prefer this set as it is 3/8 drive but they also do a smaller set 1/4 drive if space is an issue.
As we all know, no matter which choice we make, it will be adapted later, drop some less used items, add a new specialist piece, wd40, cable ties and duct tape for anything else.
The "credit card and phone" idea is well known, "just walk out the door and go" (what was that song?)
Except I carry two credit cards (Visa/mastercard) Passport, EHIC (europe health cover) Breakdown and recovery, life insurance (for my family in case IT happens) and the aformentioned tools.
Just watched Daytona 24hr (better when jaguars were racing porsche 962's) and I wish I could remember where I saw this sticker first, either Bathhurst (Twr XJS jag/bmw 635csi) or Le Mans (the best to visit)
Anyway - stuck on the rear engine access panel was a label "Not to be opened until after 4pm Sunday" so I guess Le Mans.
Like that sticker I have one pannier set up as hopefully "non-opened" for my trips, breakdown kit, spare clothes, money, puncture repair, half bottle of oil, squashed to save space,waterproof oversuit, spare gloves (you get the picture) new rechargeable tyre pump!
By the time I get back home the rollbag on the seat has reduced by 80%, older clothers were worn on the trip and thrown away, no washing needed.
This is what makes this forum better than most, we are the 99% and unlike the 1%er clones we have 100 solutions to any issue we discuss (not sure ape hangers would work on the RS anyway).

If anyone is interested in the 1/4" drive set for bmw (currently £99 ) and like me not bothered about a colour match then nippynormans have a special deal on the Honda/KTM options.
Only difference appears to be the T-Bar handle colour and the piping around the toolwrap.
I have checked the 'actual contents' and all three show the same items.
Just ordered the Honda kit, this coronavirus lockdown is saving fuel, just not saving motorcycle expenses!
Oh well, you can never have enough tools in the garage, the largest one is usually holding my coffee mug?
Edit :-
Just read this again 12th May and realised I should have added it is a £20 saving if you order the non bmw kit, reduced to £79 despite being exactly the same items in the toolroll.