On a roll

Seeing I'm monopolising this forum at the moment I thought I'd slip another
quick one in.

I'm thinking of fitting those visual tyre pressure indicator caps on the
bike. As with most bikes these days it is difficult to check/inflate with
servo air lines and you lose a bit of pressure each time you check them at
home.

Has anyone had any feedback on whether they are worth while?

Thanks

 

I think they're worth threefiddy .. and some change

I'd be more concerned if I was on the road but I reckon there's room for
complacency re tyre pressures if a quick peek was all it took to check
them - they may stick, and you not realise, depending how they work.
That's me though, and you're not me so you may treat them differently to
how I would.. dunno.

That enough of a disclaimer ?

 

I cannot comment of the visual tyre pressure indicator caps. At home I
inflate the tyres with a bicycle track pump and check them with an
electronic pressure gauge.

John Dwyer.

 

Had them on the 'bird for over a year & now on the K1200...no probs.
G.

 

Well, over on the U.C. forum, those things were actually discussed.
(Probably a newbie there who thought something to do with motorcycles
was acceptable.)

It seems that if those caps fail, they fail by letting all the air out. :-|

I'd honestly suggest that, next time you are getting new tyres, fit an
angled valve in each wheel. Makes it much easier to do the tyre checking.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

You can buy an extensiuon thats angled which does the same job

 

I wouldn't fit them. Too much of a risk of them leaking, plus the extra
weight hanging off the valve stem can't be good. By all means, use them
to pump and check the tyre, but don't leave them on.

Actually, I'm with Cam. Fit the proper angled valve at the first
opportunity, coz the angled extensions are a bitch to use anyway.

 

If you think that the amount of air which leaks while you're quickly
removing the gauge is going to make that much difference you probably
should be filling your tyres with hydrogen instead.

Nev..
'07 XB12X

 

You can indeed, and I had one of those fitted to the back tyre of my
Suzi cruiser, since it was a tubed tyre and the tube had the valve
attached.

I covered about 80,000 kms, with the angled extension fitted without a
problem, but, for a tubeless tyre/wheel, I'd prefer the neater option of
the angled valve.

regards,
CrazyCam