u/Next-Cauliflower1687

1/4 ratchet + extension

8,10,12,14mm sockets.

1/4 t-handle

1/4 ratchet to hex adapter

8,10,12,14,17,19 compact wrenches

4,5,6,8 allen bits or wrenches (or both)

Multi tool (Chinese clone of the surge not showing in the photo as I don't keep it in the kit, I keep it on my person. That takes the place of a pair of pliers and a few other things that are nice to have like small scissors.

JB weld, small Tube of super glue, small tube of blue thread lock

Small bit of electrical tape Assorted zip ties ( some long heavy duty ones from Harbor Freight are critical.)

Small roll of duct tape Two or three 10 amp fuses

Sparkplug socket

I might be missing one or two bits but this has gotten us through a multitude of bdr's and a trip from Washington State to the end of the Baja peninsula. This does not include our tire repair kit which is a whole separate tool kit.

I use a DIY 3" abs tool tube. I fasten it to the inside of the side rack with stainless hose clamps. It's rock solid, can take a massive beating and has yet to fail. I throw everything into a small lightweight drawstring sack and then drop the sack into the tool tube. We have this same setup on four XT 250s and a Suzuki dr650. Tools vary depending on the bike.

Pro tip, you can buy a cheap Chinese socket bit set on Amazon for 12 bucks or so and then rob bits/sockets from that to make up your moto tool kit. I'm including a photo of a set that I bought for 12 bucks on amazon. It pretty much had everything I needed as far as the bits and the ratchet go.

I was asked so here are the details.

​

The rack is the same as the bradley performance rack but this one is off ebay. I offered $119 and it was accepted, here's the link for that:

https://ebay.io/m/icZUFk

​

The top box is from harbor freight. It's the Apache 3800. Awesome value, have them on many other bikes and they are bulletproof. They've all been mounted the same way. Through bolted in the corners, with large fender washers. Just be sure to mount it just far enough back so that the seat will come off and on without the box interfering. Never had any issues with the boxes loosening or breaking and I've been on a number of bdrs and have taken these bikes down to Baja.

​

Tool tube is just 3" abs with steel clamps.

So between my brother, my son and I we have four xt250s. Two of them live down in Baja and the other two are in Washington State. On the first 3 adv builds we just focused on getting the best parts we could get our hands on and didn't really care so much about the cost. We went with top shelf on all of it. This particular build I tried to find parts that were of good quality but maybe didn't have the name brand or I was able to cut out middlemen so cost was significantly less. Also tried to get stuff shipped with no tax and free shipping and on sale if possible. Bought a lot of stuff through AliExpress for the first time. I posted some pics of the foot pegs and the luggage rack we ended up going with. As far as suspension goes we ended up with a new Bradley Monoshock, Fork Springs, emulators and preload adjusters. Lighting is all LED fed through a new power distribution fuse box instead of a pdm60. The bike was purchased about 6 months ago. It's a 2021 with about 1500 miles on it and I paid 3500 for it. Tires still have a little bit of life on them so I'm going to do a few summer trips before I replace them. Anyhow, here's a few photos for anyone that's interested reach out and I can share details on individual bits and pieces.

Just wondering if there will be any issues as a result of using 1/8" fuel line?

Thanks