nitrogen in tires
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nitrogen in tires
Saw a sign at my dealer'soffering to putnitrogen in tires instead of air for $7.95 per tire.
Good idea? Seems like it might be.
Going in Wednesday for 1,000 service and will have them put synthetic oil in instead of regular.
Opinions? (yes, I know what they say about opinions)
Good idea? Seems like it might be.
Going in Wednesday for 1,000 service and will have them put synthetic oil in instead of regular.
Opinions? (yes, I know what they say about opinions)
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RE: nitrogen in tires
I would say save your money. the air we breath is 80% nitrogen. Also, what happens when you add air to the tire later? Will you have to go to the dealer to inflate the tire to recommended pressure???? Aircrafts use nitrogen to stabilize the pressure in the tires but they are traveling at a slightly higher elevation than the bikes.
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RE: nitrogen in tires
Yes, nitrogen in your tires is a good idea, it reduces pressure variance because it's not subject to moisture content and more importantly since it's anhydrous (dry) it doesn't promote corrosion of the rims. It won't hurt a bit to top off N2-aired tires with compressed air, most of the air is still low-moisture nitrogen. But it's not worth the extra cost.
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RE: nitrogen in tires
What always got me about that was, unless they pulled the tire to a vacuum condition, there is "air" in there already. It usually doesn't take a whole lot of cubic feet of air to bring a tire up from zero PSI to operating. So unless they pull it down, tisn't all nitrogen in there anyway
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