Tomahawk
Well-known member
in this day and age where you use the little compressors at gas stations and out your 50 cents in and start the compressor to pump up your tire and the pressure gauge is right on the filler hose.
I used one of these to check my tire cause the front end felt a bit funny. The gauge said 35 PSI so I figured okay thats close. But I rode the rest of the day and it still felt weird like a low tire. So I got home and took out my good and slightly expensive garage grade pressure tester and rechecked and what do I see but I was running in the mid twenties PSI. I filled to spec marked on the tire and took her for a boot and BAM it's handling fine.
Don't trust those garage gauges I now carry my good one in the trunk of the bike, A 10 pound difference in read pressure and actual pressure is huge on a motorcycle tire and made all the difference in the world on the handling
Just an experience I thought I would share
Tom
I used one of these to check my tire cause the front end felt a bit funny. The gauge said 35 PSI so I figured okay thats close. But I rode the rest of the day and it still felt weird like a low tire. So I got home and took out my good and slightly expensive garage grade pressure tester and rechecked and what do I see but I was running in the mid twenties PSI. I filled to spec marked on the tire and took her for a boot and BAM it's handling fine.
Don't trust those garage gauges I now carry my good one in the trunk of the bike, A 10 pound difference in read pressure and actual pressure is huge on a motorcycle tire and made all the difference in the world on the handling
Just an experience I thought I would share
Tom