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Old 14 Aug 2009
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This is what I carry for a Triumph Bonneville:

https://sites.google.com/site/threewheelbonnie/lists

Unless someone has a similar list for the Enfield you'll need to get the bike, have a look round then go shopping. One issue with the Bullet I had (2004 5-speed) was that the newer bits were metric, the big old bits Imperial. This little lot assumes it's a Sunday night in January in Northern Finland, it's way more than would be useful in Dehli on a Tuesday afternoon on a bike I'd never seen before.

You also need to decide how much you'll do yourself. To change a tube you need the wheels off (two big spanners) then the levers and tubes. These let you adjust the chain. Add a punch and a pair of pliers and a clip link and you can hopefully put a busted chain back. A multimeter, length of cable etc. is useful, but you need the right screwdrivers to get inside the headlight shell and a spanner to get the seat and tank off. To change the oil you need spanners to get the sump plugs out, the cork seal on the timing case off and the cover off the oil filter. I think with that little lot you can adjust the pushrods too (no feeler gauges required on the bullet). Beyond that....?

If you are flying out, I'd get the CD & manual from Hitchcocks, a multimeter, a box of (and if you repeat I suggested this I'll deny it! ) Scotchlocks (which are the work of the devil and should only be used in dire emergency if chewing gum isn't available ) etc. and start reading. Go shopping for as much kit as you understand and think you'll use once you have the bike. Print out and laminate the wiring diagram.

Enjoy your trip,

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The tools needed will largely depend on which model you have. I have an Electra and it need lots of different size spanners, some are not common. To get the rear wheel off you need a 24mm flat ring spanner. To adjust the chain you need a 30mm ring. 18mm is used quite often and you will need that to perform a standard maintenance. I suggest you do all the servicing things you thing you might want to do, and make sure you have the tools for those jobs. For some reason there is a set of tyre levers in the bikes tool kit, but no spanner to get the wheel off. The supplied tyre levers are useless, get a pair of heavy duty ones with a good bit of leverage. I was shocked at the weight of the tools needed, being my old BMW toolkit plus the Enfields toolkit plus about double that again in weight of other tools.
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thankyou for all the help so far, hopefully i'll work it out
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And the essential

And a Leatherman...

You can probably fix / bodge the job with a Leatherman most of the time - it'll be a better quality tool than most of the mechanics you hire to do the work will have... especially because it's so easy to tighten up that loose bolt which otherwise you would leave until you stopped for the night....

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