Quick safety lesson on tire pressure...
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07-18-2007 | 11:54 AM
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Quick safety lesson on tire pressure...
I know... I'm a pain in the ****... however after reading through the board I finally went down and checked the pressure on my tires... I was running at 31psi front and down to 30psi rear! Holy crap! I have learned my lesson and will be checking much more frequently.
I am at 1,800 miles on the bike and to be honest I never checked the psi after I got it back from the 1K service.
I just ran down to Sears and for $99 bucks picked up a nice little 3 gallon air compressor for the garage for convenience. Now I can check em & fill em without having to stop at a gas station somewhere.
A couple of local folks were killed last year coming back from Sturgis 2-up when their rear tire blew out doing 70mph on the highway.
I consider this lesson a good one as I didn't have to bleed any before I learned it.
I am at 1,800 miles on the bike and to be honest I never checked the psi after I got it back from the 1K service.
I just ran down to Sears and for $99 bucks picked up a nice little 3 gallon air compressor for the garage for convenience. Now I can check em & fill em without having to stop at a gas station somewhere.
A couple of local folks were killed last year coming back from Sturgis 2-up when their rear tire blew out doing 70mph on the highway.
I consider this lesson a good one as I didn't have to bleed any before I learned it.
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07-18-2007 | 11:59 AM
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RE: Quick safety lesson on tire pressure...
Yeah, tire pressure is pretty important! I check at least every other ride when I ride solo, always visual, and ALWAYS when my daughter is riding with me. I don't see a lot of loss between rides, but in past before I got somewhat **** about it, I checked and discovered 31-32 psi. Correct pressure helps you keep the tires longer too!
Ride safe.
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Ride safe.
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07-18-2007 | 01:17 PM
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07-18-2007 | 01:21 PM
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RE: Quick safety lesson on tire pressure...
ORIGINAL: tizone
I know... I'm a pain in the ****... however after reading through the board I finally went down and checked the pressure on my tires... I was running at 31psi front and down to 30psi rear! Holy crap! I have learned my lesson and will be checking much more frequently.
I am at 1,800 miles on the bike and to be honest I never checked the psi after I got it back from the 1K service.
I just ran down to Sears and for $99 bucks picked up a nice little 3 gallon air compressor for the garage for convenience. Now I can check em & fill em without having to stop at a gas station somewhere.
A couple of local folks were killed last year coming back from Sturgis 2-up when their rear tire blew out doing 70mph on the highway.
I consider this lesson a good one as I didn't have to bleed any before I learned it.
I know... I'm a pain in the ****... however after reading through the board I finally went down and checked the pressure on my tires... I was running at 31psi front and down to 30psi rear! Holy crap! I have learned my lesson and will be checking much more frequently.
I am at 1,800 miles on the bike and to be honest I never checked the psi after I got it back from the 1K service.
I just ran down to Sears and for $99 bucks picked up a nice little 3 gallon air compressor for the garage for convenience. Now I can check em & fill em without having to stop at a gas station somewhere.
A couple of local folks were killed last year coming back from Sturgis 2-up when their rear tire blew out doing 70mph on the highway.
I consider this lesson a good one as I didn't have to bleed any before I learned it.
And if you got the Air compressor like the one I got from sears, you need to replaces that cheep little 1/4" yellow coil hose that came with it with a 3/8" hose. The little 1/4" hose you can't get any volume through it and it takes for ever to air up a tire..
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07-18-2007 | 01:34 PM
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07-18-2007 | 02:36 PM
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RE: Quick safety lesson on tire pressure...
ORIGINAL: md188322
What is reccommended tire pressure for a RKC if I do mostly 1 up riding?
What is reccommended tire pressure for a RKC if I do mostly 1 up riding?