You can have more than one tool in your tool box. And unless it turns bike off when low, how can it hurt having it?

 

NONE of my 4 bikes has it.
I’ve managed to survive 50+ years of riding without TPMS.

New “Tech”
New worries.

YMMV

 

My $40,000 '23 Tri Glide didn't come with tpms.
When I first realized that I wasn't too happy.
After reading about trike rear tire pressures I no longer care. It would pi$$ me off.
I check tire pressures with everything else weekly anyway. Without fail. I'm happy not to have it.
I will research it to see if I can find anything other than an ECU reflash that will turn it off or change the settings.
Ride a lot, but BE SAFE!!

 

what exactly is your worry?

I have survived too. In fact I survived for years with out an airbag in my vehicle. Until I was in head on collision.

I see no reason not to have it, other than cost. I love it in my trucks I tell you. I have picked up nails, got the warning, and kept on it until I was somewhere I could change tire. watching pressure as I went.


I just don't agree with the attitude, I don't want it because I never had it. I never had a *****. But once I had it I could not get enough of it. But survived all those years without it.

 

^^^^^
Which Trike model do you own.

 

None. The tittle is shut off tire pressure monitors. I am interested, and would like them.

 

ShovelEd adoes have a good point: We have so many technical solutions on our vehicles now that we cannot personally repair ourselves when they screw up. When they do screw up, the remedies will involve an HD dealer diagnosis and repair, and will likely be costly.

Jim G

 

Couldn't you just quit using the tire pressure monitor? Ignore the values? How often do they fail? On my truck they have over 300k miles. The same could be said about tires, except they don't last as long as tpm.

 

See:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/tri-g...o-on-tpms.html

which tells you ALL about the TPMS system and other very important restricitons on valve stem disturbance, wheel size changes, and use of liquid tire balancers!

Jim G

 

Been riding on the road since ’72.
Had four recent bikes with TPMS. Call me a slave to tech, but I won’t buy another one without it. Or that I can’t install on it, which I assume requires tubeless tires?
Anyway, different strokes ’n all...