An Easy Way to Add Air to Tires
#131
04-03-2011, 11:26 PM
#132
05-30-2012, 02:42 PM
I just bought this inflater from valve pal and love it. Scroll down the page. I got the 90/straight so I can use it on the bike and the car.
http://www.easycart.net/ValvePal/Order_page.html
http://www.easycart.net/ValvePal/Order_page.html
#133
05-30-2012, 03:06 PM
I have had 2 of the Harley Davidson Valve Stem Extensions that they sell for $10, and neither has worked right. Took the first one back and got a new one under warranty. when you thread it on, air immediately starts coming out of the tire. If you adjust the core so that it won't leak air, then it won't pass air into the tire, either. Anyone else had this problem?
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05-30-2012, 04:04 PM
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I have had 2 of the Harley Davidson Valve Stem Extensions that they sell for $10, and neither has worked right. Took the first one back and got a new one under warranty. when you thread it on, air immediately starts coming out of the tire. If you adjust the core so that it won't leak air, then it won't pass air into the tire, either. Anyone else had this problem?
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05-30-2012, 04:12 PM
I have had 2 of the Harley Davidson Valve Stem Extensions that they sell for $10, and neither has worked right. Took the first one back and got a new one under warranty. when you thread it on, air immediately starts coming out of the tire. If you adjust the core so that it won't leak air, then it won't pass air into the tire, either. Anyone else had this problem?
I wrote a critical review of it last fall. The schraeder valve was loose in mine and the stem too long and tapered on the inside so when I added air the stem stuck in allowing all my hard pumped air out. A dealer in Trussville Al replaced the schraeder valve with a better one with a not so long stem. That was the first time I used it and not impressed. Since the repairs, it does work better but have angled metal stems to install when tires replaced.
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05-30-2012, 05:54 PM
I have had 2 of the Harley Davidson Valve Stem Extensions that they sell for $10, and neither has worked right. Took the first one back and got a new one under warranty. when you thread it on, air immediately starts coming out of the tire. If you adjust the core so that it won't leak air, then it won't pass air into the tire, either. Anyone else had this problem?
Going to make up one like the op.
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05-30-2012, 06:04 PM
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#138
05-30-2012, 06:12 PM
Inflation
For those who don't want to DIY:
http://www.getagauge.com/MotorcycleTireGauges.cfm
http://www.getagauge.com/MotorcycleTireGauges.cfm
I spent a considerable part of and hour on my side and back in my garage
Trying to inflate my RKC tires to correct cold pressure. Okay, I even
Let some choice words go while trying to accomplish the task.
I can appreciate old school, but dang it- why don't 90 degree stems come with
The bikes????
My chronic tendinitis from a work injury years back, limits my dexterity and hand strength, so that really compounded my frustration when I tried to check air psi and inflate to correct psi in tires.
Thanks again for the DIY and link for non DIY
#139
05-30-2012, 06:24 PM
90 degree stem should be standard
That's not the point. Why should it be difficult to put air in a tire. It is purely a safety issue. Yes it can be done but it should be easy. I am sure some of us don't check air pressure as often as we should simple because it is so dam hard to do so. Harley engineers have their heads up their butts to have design a valve stem that is near impossible to reach. Dam man, Honda Gold Wing's have a 90 degree valve why not Harley Davidson. It is a poor design and should be corrected.
#140
06-01-2012, 04:53 PM
I used to think that people who asked if there was an easy way to add air to the touring bikes were nuts until I got my Street Glide. The last time I added air I had to lie on my side and try to get the straight air hose onto the shrader valve. I used up 75 cents worth of air and barely got any air into the tires.
Well here is what I came up with. It works like a CHARM!!!!!
I went to WalMart and bought a MaxAir hand pump for $8.00. It was in the Auto Section not the bicycle section and it is made in the USA. I then went to the Tire & Lube Dept. and bought a long rubber Shrader valve for two dollars. They had a long and short one and I purchased the long one. I also bought a set of small hose clamps for $3.00.
Cut the rubber hose off of the air pump. Cut most of the rubber off of the shrader valve exposing the brass (see picture). Insert the brass portion of the shrader valve into the hose from the hand pump and secure it with a hose clamp. The shrader valve I purchased fit really tightly into the rubber air hose but I used a hose clamp to make sure it would not leak air.
When you need to add air to your tires attach the air hose to the valve on your tire and lock it down. Now attach the air hose, at the gas station, to the hose you just made and add air to your tire. You can also check your air pressure too.
Hope this helps.
Well here is what I came up with. It works like a CHARM!!!!!
I went to WalMart and bought a MaxAir hand pump for $8.00. It was in the Auto Section not the bicycle section and it is made in the USA. I then went to the Tire & Lube Dept. and bought a long rubber Shrader valve for two dollars. They had a long and short one and I purchased the long one. I also bought a set of small hose clamps for $3.00.
Cut the rubber hose off of the air pump. Cut most of the rubber off of the shrader valve exposing the brass (see picture). Insert the brass portion of the shrader valve into the hose from the hand pump and secure it with a hose clamp. The shrader valve I purchased fit really tightly into the rubber air hose but I used a hose clamp to make sure it would not leak air.
When you need to add air to your tires attach the air hose to the valve on your tire and lock it down. Now attach the air hose, at the gas station, to the hose you just made and add air to your tire. You can also check your air pressure too.
Hope this helps.