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How To Carry A Combi Tool |
One of the handiest tools for trail maintenance is the Combi Tool. This tool is provided too all volunteers on our Trail Appreciation Days It makes short work of digging or cleaning water bars. The trick is how to carry it easily, safely and be able to get it on and off the bike quickly.
Here is the easiest and most secure way of carrying the Combi Tool. You may want to put duct tape on your radiator and rear fender plastic to prevent scratching. The shovel head end of the tool just bungies onto your radiator and the rear handle buniges to the rear fender. If you can please bring along some buniges of different sizes and zip ties to speed getting you set up on the morning of the project (or we can provide them). The blue ball loop bungies are also handy.
There are lots of other ways to carry them, but this is a pretty simple and effective way.
On Honda XR400's the Combi head rests neatly behind the Exhaust heat sheild and can be held in place with bungess.
Just make sure the Combi is secure and cannot slide forward or backward while riding or cause any problems with control or safety of your bike. |
Another way that is quicker to get the tool on and off is shown below, but it requires installing a bracket. If you are planning on volunteering for multiple days then this way may be worth your while. but this is only a suggesiton please do not feel that you have to modify your bike as shown below. The strap on method shown above is fine.
This method keeps the heavy head of the tool low down and out of the way. On some bikes like a KTM you can use an eight inch long by one inch by 1/8 inch aluminum stock and pop riveting it to the skid plate. Then bending it close to the frame and wrapping a piece of inner tube to protect the frame (as shown in picture below)
The Combi head slides in behind the aluminum stock and is bungeed in place so that it will not move forward or backward. The Bungee will need a piece of split pvc tubing over the section that will be on the edge of the Combi so the Bungee will not be cut.
The back of the Combi is held in place by a mini loop Bungee wrapped around the frame.
This setup allows you to quickly take the Combi off the bike and keeps the Combi from rattling around on the bike.
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