Checking air in rear tire... Any Tricks??
#52
I use some small hunks of furring and place one under the sidestand foot too. The rollers also make it easier to adjust rear tire pressure after I finish the blowdry but I've got different mags too (not the standard closely spaced ones) so I don't have as much to overcome as some of the guys do.
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#55
I agree. The clip chuck works well and then doesnt work well. A screw on type would be great. Just like the suspension pump for the rear. Ill keep practicing. My hands are so freaking big it makes any jod tougher.
#57
I don't trust dealers with my car tires or my mc tires. Next morning after getting any type of service, I check the tires myself. Never fails, always too much air, sometimes way too much.
#58
Dang... first of all, thank God it's not just me. I thought I was being a wuss.
Next, this is one of those things you're SUPPOSED to check EVERY TIME you ride, so IT SHOULD BE EASIER.
That EZ-Air thing looks great- it's not just checking the air, but allowing the attachment from the pump. But if it doesn't hold up well, as the last few posts suggest....
I guess I'll resort to hjust removing the right saddlebag. Oh, well.
Next, this is one of those things you're SUPPOSED to check EVERY TIME you ride, so IT SHOULD BE EASIER.
That EZ-Air thing looks great- it's not just checking the air, but allowing the attachment from the pump. But if it doesn't hold up well, as the last few posts suggest....
I guess I'll resort to hjust removing the right saddlebag. Oh, well.
#59
The easiest gadget for me was an idea from this forum. I bought an automobile hand pump from the auto section at my local Wal-Mart; about $8. Bought a small hose clamp to fit the hand pump hose and then went to the tire department and bought a tubeless tire stem, longer the better; @ $1. Cut the hose off of the hand pump at the base, stripped the tire stem back to the metal, pushed it inside the hose from the hand pump, and now a perfect device to check and fill air on my front and back tires.
#60
I bought the HD air pressure gauge and I use it every time I wash the bike.Which is at least every couple of weeks.When I wash it I always use my little scissor lift and that makes it easy to find the valve.The HD gauge works well because it has a 90 deg fitting on the end.But I'm having trouble finding a true 90 deg fitting for my compressor.