Angled tyre valve extenders

I've just fitted our bikes with the Tyrepliers angled tyre valve
extenders and had it in my tiny mind to leave them there permanently,
thus making pumping up tyres much easier. Therefore it's likely I will
actually check pressures more often and maybe gain some tyre life.

Has anyone done this and is it OK to leave them on?

If it's not OK to leave them on, why not?

They swivel so when you're not using them they can swivel to the line
of rotation.

Only issue I can think of is balance of the wheel/tyre. The small
added weight since I had a new tyre installed in July could put it out
of balance.

All suggestions gratefully accepted, but not necessarily acted upon.

Kind regards
Dave Milligan

 

I did this once only to find that if they come slightly loose, your
tyre deflates. That wasn't fun.

Keep 'em in your jacket pocket.

 

As you are clearly unbalanced already this may actually help

Boxer

 

I just keep mine in my tool kit under the seat for when I need to use a
service station inflator ,not sure if mine is the brand you have .
At home I have a car tyre inflator which has a lock on valve chuck with
a snap coupling ,I can change the ends for car or bike.

 

On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 06:08:26 GMT, Kevin Gleeson

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Hi Kev,

That being the case I've wasted $40 because for me the whole point was
ease of inflation. If I've got to replace and remove the gadget each
time then I will still get burned by a hot disc and it will still be a
PITA to bend the existing rubber valve stem so I can get the pump
nozzle on the valve stem.

Our local servos don't have motorcycle friendly tyre pump nozzles.

And... I'll still get my wee fingers dirty from all the brake pad dust
which sticks to everything in that area.

Doh!

Kind regards
Dave Milligan

 

next time buy angle tyre valves to replace the valves that are already in
your wheel when you are getting your tyres replaced

since the wheel is balanced with them fitted there is no balance issue

 

I use a bicycle floor pump which I use for my motorbike, scooter and
pushbikes. (Has a dual valve nozzle so you can use it for both schrader and
presta valves)

Inflate them in my carport when they're cold, so I don't need to dick around
at the servo and the flexible hose and nozzle-clamp makes it easy to attach.
Definitely recommend getting one.

 

Hey Dave,

It's a bad idea as it will cause too much stress on the original valve
leading to much swearing and so on. Next time you get the tyres replaced
have the valves changed to right angled valves.

justAL

 

In aus.motorcycles on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 07:54:31 GMT

Ditto that. You can get them from most bikeshops or torpedo7.com.au
(who also have an NZ site as they are NZ based but I am not sure of
the URL) who are cheap as but have good kit and service.

Zebee

 

TwoWheelTyres in QLD sell 90 degree valve replacements (metal stem). No affect
to balance that I've experienced and no issues with the parts either. From memory
the valves were about $6/each and available in about 5 colours.

I've used these on several bikes, over close to 200000km of riding without a
single failure/issue. I get the stock valves replaced on the first tyre change.

I'm sure you could get these either COD or at any number of retailers.

Regards,
Doug.

 

http://torpedo7.co.nz/ perchance?

 

In aus.motorcycles on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:15:07 +1000

Probably.

Zebee

 

Hi Dave.

Are you talking tubed or tubeless tyres?

I had an angled extender on the rear of the Suzi Intruder. Fit and
forget, I found. It never gave me any probs for many years and kilometres.

For bikes with tubeless tyres, tho, I have replaced the standard valve
fittings with angled ones, which is a cleaner looking way to go.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

In aus.motorcycles on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 06:32:58 +1000

Maybe you bought a better quality one than I did.... I tried it and
was forever having to top up the tyres.

Zebee

 

I used to leave one on the front wheel of the sidecar permanently, couldn't
inflate the tyre without it. One day after checking the pressure, I pushed
the bike back (forgetting to push the extension back to the centre) to check
the back wheel pressure, I snapped the front tyre valve off on one of the
front brake calipers. 400kms away from the nearest town was the biggest
part of the problem. Didn't cause any balance problems though.

A friendly caravanner and a file got me out of trouble enough to get the
bike to Karratha.

Al

 

Ray fitted a new tube to that same wheel with a 90 degree angle valve on the
tube, had to go back the next day and have it replaced with a standard tube
as it fouled the disks.

Boxer

 

I had them on the K100 for a while, mainly 'cause it was a PITA to try
and use any airpump nozzle from a servo. Ended up taking them off, and
fitting permanent angled ones, after noticing that the front one had
come loose. Found out due to handlebar shake. Figured that probably
explained why I was topping up the front tyre fairly regularly too.

I'd be afraid that they'd 'let go' at an inconvenient moment.

The permanent ones I've got on don't swivel. They tyre is balanced with
them on, and so far I haven't noticed any problems. Mind you, the ones I
put on are very lightweight and expensive (Titanium, I think?) at about
$35 each. Mind you, I don't replace them every tyre change, but my tyre
supplier does check and replace the rubber? gasket at each tyre change,
and torques them up again.

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Cheers

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