Tyre Pressure Moniters

Has anyone purchased one of these units for their bike and if so what is
your opinion of the units.

I am considering fitting it to my outfit (front & back tyres only).

Boxer


http://www.smartire.com/products/motorcycles/index.html

 

havent seen or used that myself

but there is a cheaper option

tyre signal valve pressure caps

http://www.amcmotorcycles.com/

click on tyre and wheel accessories on the left hand side



CONVENIENT and USER FRIENDLY, the TIRE SIGNAL comes ready to use in a 4 pack
for cars and trucks and a special 2 pack for motorcycles. Also available
individually for vehicles with different pressure ranges front and back. Use
of The TIRE SIGNAL is easy. Simply replace your existing tire valve caps
with The TIRE SIGNAL and you're ready to go!

HOW DOES TIRE SIGNAL WORK?



SAFE

If the indicator is GREEN you tire is correctly inflated.



CAUTION

YELLOW indicates that you tire is missing a few pounds of air and should be
attended to soon.



DANGER

The colour RED indicates that your tire has lost more than 7 pounds of air
and should be serviced immediately to maintain a safe ride.

 

A bloody valvecap would have been useful too.

Theo

 

I was thinking about it on my sidecar as it has car tyres on it and the
lateral forces on the tyres can be huge (rolling a tyre off the rim is a
real possibility if it has a slow leak).

Boxer

 

If it steers anything like mine I wouldn't bother, John. There's heaps of
feel and I've had no probs getting home with slow leaks that needed two
stops per tank.

 

I've had sidecar tyres come off twice, main trouble being the 10" rim didnt
have a safety rim to stopp the bead from moving. One instance caused the
sidecar to roll over.

Al

 

Mine has the 10inch wheel as well, may be worthwhile changing it for a mini
mag with a safety rim.

Boxer

 

Struth! Come to think of it, my mower's been spitting a few lately too but
they're more like 7".

 

The second sidecar the rim was a safety rim. My precaution after the tyre
rolling off was to run it high, say about 30psi and I had a tub so if the
tyre dislodged the air couldnt escape.

Al

 

But not the bike?!!?

 

Yeah both, I was in the sidecar. I was lucky, it could have hurt big time.

Al

 

Very lucky you were not wearing the kilt when you rolled over!

Boxer

 

Would've been a crack up!

 

He's very fond of Marie though; at one stage he was nuts over her!

 

I have used the signal valve pressure caps - the ones I used show green
when first screwed on, and if the pressure drops by a couple of PSI,
they show red. That's the idea anyway, although I have checked my tyre
pressures manually several times and found them down 3-4 PSI without the
red showing. I stopped using them.

 

What's it worth?

Patrick.

 

Which will only show you the pressures when you get off the bike, so
they're for people who are too lazy to check their tyre pressures. The
smartire units give you actual tyre pressure readings as you ride.

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

I was quoted $375 plus shipping, from a safety point of view it could be a
wise investment. I wonder if these are the only ones available and have no
idea as to the quality of the units.

Boxer

 

The units are made in Canada. As far as I know they are of the highest
quality.
Also as far as I know these are the only ones available.

Smiley
Aussie Discs
http://www.aussiediscs.com.au

 

And clearly this is a major advantage as they give a warning of a tyre
problem before it gets critical.

Boxer