Anybody else not checked tyre pressures for a while?

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Anybody else not checked tyre pressures for a while?

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Just checked mine..............22psi front 23 rear :Oops:
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carl did his today and they were low. those pressures aren't bad if your doing a trackday........... :lol:
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Yep mine were low about the same as yours. The tell tale sign that I needed to do them was the steering did not quite fall into the corners as it normally does and the back felt a but squidgy when leaning into bends. Bike just did not feel right and wow.... what a difference a bit of air makes. LOL

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thats why i bought them pressure indicators what go green if there pumped up enough :thumbup:
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I would like to get mine filled with Nitrogen one day and then I wont have to worry about it.

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i check mine every two weeks at least with the digital pressure gauge,

some might think thats anal i don't know i just like to have peace of mind and top up if required
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maybe thats why people call u flattie
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Now I'm using mine every day I'm checking them every other day :-)
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I haven't checked mine in a while. Last time we inflated them the thingy broke and we haven't got round to buying another one yet.. And I can't afford it :thumbdown: I'll have to try and find a petrol station with a thingy soon then :crazy:
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mine are 37 front and 42 at the rear, but I know when they are getting low because the handling characteristics change.
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cybercarl wrote:I would like to get mine filled with Nitrogen one day and then I wont have to worry about it.

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Why not?

I'd still worry about it. We fill our aircraft tyres with Nitrogen only. They still go down.
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What should they be? :p
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f36 r42 or thereabouts
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I'd still worry about it. We fill our aircraft tyres with Nitrogen only. They still go down.
I thought the whole point of using nitrogen is that it does not expand and contract the same way air does with various weather conditions and does not go stale and flat. :think: I could be wrong.

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