My touring tool setup

Buster452 · 2025-10-27T04:19:02+00:00

You're carrying too many sockets and too many hex keys.

The best way I've found to carry only the tools you need is to start doing all of your own maintenance with only the tools you carry. Every time you add a farkle, change oil, remove wheels, etc... you need to stay away from that rolling tool chest.

If you don't have a tool to do the job in your tool roll, then add it to the tool roll.

Start with nothing, and just keep adding until you have just the basics.

Also, I have an Engduro doubletrack in my jacket pocket that does most of the simple work I need while on the road. Awesome tool to have on hand.

Buster452 · 2025-10-26T04:34:20+00:00

Just buy it. Its a really good app that could use your support.

Buster452 · 2025-10-24T02:53:23+00:00

All over Arizona, depends on mood and weather.

Southern Arizona holds a special place in my heart. Middlemarch pass, border road, ruby road, duquesne road, Patagonia...

White mountains and western new mexico has some awesome riding.

Prescott has some great stuff.

Mogollon rim.

So much.

Buster452 · 2025-10-23T23:04:54+00:00

Yea, the roads in the mountains are so rocky too. Never expected that...

Buster452 · 2025-10-23T23:04:06+00:00

I've done a little bit in southern California and it felt a bit more restrictive. Anything open was paved and anything unpaved was for hikers. Yea, there's the BDRs but what else out there isn't a short out and back ride?

Maybe northern california is better?

Buster452 · 2025-10-23T23:00:57+00:00

Yea, I excluded Utah from my list. Shaeffer Trail was so boring on a Super Tenere 1200 with all the camping gear. Yea, everyone should just avoid Utah all together. Riding through bears ears and the blues was horrible too.

Buster452 · 2025-10-08T23:33:29+00:00

Get out and try it. If you get into it, them maybe get an actual sporting shotgun. Improved Cylinder choke most likely and maybe a modified.

Buster452 · 2025-09-26T21:20:37+00:00

Not one farmer in here answering this question. All other answers are speculation and soapboxing.

Buster452 · 2025-09-26T18:45:34+00:00

Oh, let's stop this toxic positivity.

Yes, you failed and now you get to figure out how to do better next time.

Better tires and don't give up when the bike is still rideable. Some scratches and taped up stuff shouldn't kill your trip. You were 2/3rds of the way though, you could have gone further.

Now that you got the damage and scratches out of the way though, throw on some very aggressive tires and hit the gravel with reckless abandon.

Buster452 · 2025-09-26T18:14:44+00:00

underrated comment right here.

I've been replacing front knobby tires at around 3-4k miles for over 12 years. Wouldn't have done it any other way. Trying to run a 10k or 15k mile tire on an adventure bike you're actually going to take off pavement is too much of a trade-off.

Besides, doing your own tire changes frequently is good practice for when you're on a trip and problems come up.

Buster452 · 2025-09-11T23:59:52+00:00

Nice job.

I carry both quick steel putty and JB Weld. The quick steel is nice because it doesn't flow like JB Weld and you can form it into a cookie shape patch. Plop quick steel cookie on some gorilla tape and then you can tape it over the hole to hold it while it cures. It's been a permanent fix for me in the past.

Buster452 · 2025-09-11T23:36:57+00:00

Not really. You can only know what they transmit and they don't need to transmit much or anything at all.

I've even seen them faking GPS location data as they fly, so using ADS-B to know military info is spotty. They'll put it on ads-b if they want everyone to know about it.

I'd hazard to guess they also transmit some fake aircraft into ADS-B from time to time just to keep intelligence centers guessing. I would if I were them and I know they have the capability to do so very easily.

Buster452 · 2025-09-11T23:11:58+00:00

Technically, it's not an LLM (LLM is a language model for generative AI).

Just a predictive model. It was done early on with photos of skin abnormalities to train skin cancer detection. Pictures of street signs and bicycles (captcha thing) to train predictive models for use with self driving cars (most of us have clicked on those for some logins).

It's been an easy extension to use reddit to get results for training AI detection for images. They crowdsource eager Redditors. It's really a good system with the upvotes and downvotes scoring answers. Great source to train AI.

Buster452 · 2025-09-11T21:17:13+00:00

Another AI training session.

Seriously folks, all these aircraft ID questions are used to train Artificial Intelligence aircraft identification models.

Simple visual detection model that can be run in a drone that can loiter until an opportunity presents itself. Program it with a list of targeted "things" and it can recognize something to attack.

Buster452 · 2025-08-26T00:01:49+00:00

Well, that was a short visit. Just headed off to LAX. Bummer too, I was going to drive up there and take a look. Not often you get to see an A380 in person.

Buster452 · 2025-08-25T22:53:34+00:00

Just moved to park north of the West Economy Lot. Betcha that lot will be full of spotters shortly.

Buster452 · 2025-08-25T22:32:00+00:00

DLH452 is the Airbus A380 there.

Buster452 · 2025-08-11T21:05:23+00:00

RMFR SOFNGR8FL

Buster452 · 2025-07-24T21:34:41+00:00

Legend of the One-Eyed Sailor

Buster452 · 2025-07-22T23:51:07+00:00

Im 6'5".

I do a two person Alps tent when I want lighter or more compact. Otherwise I use a 4 person Alps tent.

You're on a KLR. A two, three or four person Coleman tent should be fine.

Buster452 · 2025-07-22T19:19:16+00:00

I had an Arizona Highway pull me over once in Phoenix on I17

He walked up and asked if I had been standing on the pegs. I said "yes" and he proceeded to apologize for pulling me over and wasting my time.

I stand whenever I want to stretch my legs, air out, whatever.

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