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Vaneo1
| | Posted on Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 12:48 am: | 
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I say buy the ones from Radio Shack. I use them and they work for me. No throwing the tire off balance, no air leaks. I know many will oppose so go with what works for you. They work for me so I continure to use them.
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Metalstorm
| | Posted on Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 12:58 am: |
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I check my tires with an accurate digital guage every morning or at the very least every other morning.
Proper tire pressure does wonders for motorcycles. I can only speak for myself but when my tires are a couple pounds low my steering slows down.
When I say proper pressure, I don't mean absolutely by the book. (only a sith lord deals in absolute  )I mean once you find the psi that works for you, it is worth it to maintain it.
I have a small compressor next to where I park my bike in the garage so it's not a big deal to me. |
Brad_buell
| | Posted on Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 01:26 am: |
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What brand is the digital tire gauge that you use? |
Metalstorm
| | Posted on Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 02:17 pm: |
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I use a gauge from Roadgear.
It reads pressure in half pound increments.
The cool thing about it is that it speaks so all I gotta do is push it on the valve & listen to the reading. Quick & easy.
They sell a smaller one that's about the same size as a pencil gage (digital but not speaking) but I didn't like it. It was too shallow making it difficult to get it seated on the valve without losing air in the proccess.
(Message edited by metalstorm on August 26, 2006) |
Metalstorm
| | Posted on Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 02:19 pm: |
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Old_man
| | Posted on Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 02:29 pm: |
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I have one of those electronic digital guages.
I always lost a little air before I could get a reading.
I went back to using the old standby pencil gauge. I get the reading without any hissing from my tire.
Maybe others are more adept at using the digital gauge, but when I used it I could be sure I'd have to add a little air because of what was lost from the check.
(Message edited by old man on August 26, 2006) |
Vaneo1
| | Posted on Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 04:03 pm: |
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agreed oldman. I had a digital guage and it wasnt a good seal around the valve stem. The old school penicl type guage still works well. I just had to buy the digital one because it had a blue light on it, go figure. |
Midknyte
| | Posted on Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 09:27 pm: |
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I've got a foot pump w/ gauge that I'm rather happy with. It agrees with my hand gauge. What are the chance's that they're both bad eh? |
Kevinfromwebb
| | Posted on Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 11:28 pm: |
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I've got one of the digital guages, non speaking, works great,about $10 at the local hardware store... I commute almost every day and I check the tires every week or so. I've never had them get lower than a pound or two... Except when I've had a flat. One thing I do notice is the temperature differental, if it gets hotter or colder that'll make a pound or two difference also...
Kevin |
Kevinfromwebb
| | Posted on Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 11:32 pm: |
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Oh Yeah, I forgot. There was a write up or two a couple of years ago about those valve caps. As I remember, they all said they were useless...
Kevin |
Jandj_davis
| | Posted on Monday, August 28, 2006 - 05:08 pm: |
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I check my rear tire about once or twice a week, and my front about once every two weeks. My front never changes, and my rear is always at 25 lb, no matter how long it has been since I last checked. I don't have an air compressor so I have to use the water-filled free air from the local gas station. My guess is that this is one reason for the large pressure fluctuations. But I can tell when I lose a few pounds. The rear doesn't track as well as it should. |
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