I improved the handling by loads today!

[stayingupright]

By making sure the tyre pressures were correct. They were both low. Now like a different beast.


Just goes to show you don't always have to spend a fortune to improve things.

[Casbar]

Really, been riding bikes for 40 plus years and this is new news you check your tyre pressures  :whistle:

[Tones]

Me, I check tread depth, oil level, fuel and if the pillion is still there, but from now on, i'll check for tyre pressure too.

[scunny1]

I thought we all relied on TPMS and computer read outs now- do I have to get my hands mucky.

[stayingupright]

I have to admit to relying on the tpms which I'm now not so confident in.
My front was down to 2.1 bar.

[Paggers]

I have found it all too easy to rely on the TPMS to alert if there is an issue with my tyres, not realising that they can actually go down quite far before it gets reported as an issue. When I checked mine recently they were at 2.1 / 2.4 - so down by 0.4 / 0.5 bar which in old money I think is 6 / 7 psi.

[slparry]

POWDERS

Vehicle checks (cheshirefire.gov.uk)

[B787MECH]

I have found it all too easy to rely on the TPMS to alert if there is an issue with my tyres, not realising that they can actually go down quite far before it gets reported as an issue. When I checked mine recently they were at 2.1 / 2.4 - so down by 0.4 / 0.5 bar which in old money I think is 6 / 7 psi.

The way I see it is that there is a tolerance before the alert comes on, so 6/7 psi down might be within tolerance. The system certainly "saved" me from impending doom when I got a slow puncture while on a tour in Spain. Since then Ive checked the TPMS figures against a tyre pressure gauge and found that they are accurate (when cold) . They obviously increase slightly when hot. So a good system I think, but still worth checking occasionally with a proper gauge.


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[scunny1]

A service station air line managed to let air out of my rear tyre instead of putting it in. A car driver nearby hoovering his boot said to me, " That airline has just let half the pressure out of my tyre 5 minutes ago too".  I muttered thanks a bunch and limped home to use my trusty foot pump. I can confirm my TPMS alarmed half a mile down the road at 2.1bar.

[guest2360]

I have to admit to relying on the tpms which I'm now not so confident in.
My front was down to 2.1 bar.
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But are you sure it's not just your guage thsts wrong and the. Ike was correct all the time. 

[Paggers]

But are you sure it's not just your gauge that's wrong and the bike was correct all the time?

Yes, because I decided to check it while pumping the tyres up. I also had the problem with the garage machine letting my tyres down and refusing to pump them up so I had to go elsewhere.

[guest2360]

Don't quite get your drift but.
If having set the pressure on both tyres with your guage and the bike showed both of them at a different pressure I reckon your guage is out.  If one of the tyres agrees with your guage you have a warranty claim.

[Paggers]

Don't quite get your drift but.
If having set the pressure on both tyres with your guage and the bike showed both of them at a different pressure I reckon your guage is out.  If one of the tyres agrees with your guage you have a warranty claim.

I probably wasn't clear. The readout on the bike was showing the tyres as low. So I went to top them up and, while I was doing so, checked that what I was seeing on the pump was the same as what was showing on the bike. So the pressures were low and the bike was correctly reporting that.

[scunny1]

Just a thought, are some valve stems a bit too short for petrol station forecourt airlines? It seems to be a repeating problem of not getting a good seal talking to other riders tonight.

[MacJ]

The short stems on the valves are a problem with service station air lines. I found this first with an F800 GT when I managed to completely deflate my front wheel. I now carry a valve extender in case I have to use an air line.


I check my pressures and pump up my tyres at home to avoid using garage forecourt lines.