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1. Tooled up

What’s your on-bike toolkit like? Is it pristine with everything you need for those unplanned outdoor maintenance sessions – which can happen even to the best of us – or is it more like a selection of old tools, possibly rusty, maybe worn out and often just in that scabby bag because ‘…well, I always carry these…’?

None of us likes to break down but here in the dirt bike world where we take to the rougher path, a slight incident can cause major heartache, but if you know your toolkit includes not only the special 3/16ths metric gizmo for the waffle sprocket then the panic level goes way down. At the recent Motulbacked Dirt Bike Show at Stoneleigh, CDB spotted the latest tailored toolkit from Venhill and learnt it was for KTM models. Like all

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