I kept the tool kit in Train all the time and never needed it. Left the tool kit in the 10 for a while and then took it out. Not long after I took it out I had a bolt fall out of my shift linkage (forgot to use loctite and couldn't tighten it like I wanted to due to rounding out head on bolt). If I'd had the tool kit along (or my bud on the 6RR had had his along) I could probably have found a bolt somewhere else on the bike to scavenge and get me through the ride... or home. Instead I ended up sending my bud to a parts store nearby to get some zipties to hold it together to limp home in fourth gear without shifting.
Needless to say, the tool kit is back in the trunk, along with a few misc. bolts of various sizes and some zip ties. You'll only have to get stranded once to realize the value of the factory kit.
Needless to say, the tool kit is back in the trunk, along with a few misc. bolts of various sizes and some zip ties. You'll only have to get stranded once to realize the value of the factory kit.