How often do you have to add air to your tires
Elite HDF Member
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From: Northwest
So remember kids, don't play Donnie or Marie when riding down the road... you'll lose pressure more rapidly....
Road Warrior
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From: Yuba City, Ca.
Same here.
Not sure what being a Mormon has to do with tire air pressure. Are you saying they are full of air? LOL!
Not sure what being a Mormon has to do with tire air pressure. Are you saying they are full of air? LOL!
Road Master
Joined: Sep 2015
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From: Vancouver
My sportbike tires I'd have to check more often than my tube tire. Doesn't seem I lose much on a tube tire. Winter storage for a few months with the harley tube and it still came back the same pressure...maybe half a psi loss at most.
Tourer
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From: Vancouver, BC, Canada
I have a small tire inflator right where the bike is, so a quick check, while the tire is cold, before I head out, takes only a few minutes. The PSi is set on the inflator so if it reads the tire is low, it tops it up and then shuts off. Had to make sure that the gauge on that was mostly accurate, so the first couple of times i double checked with my Joe Racer gauge. It was pretty accurate, so makes it easy now to check tires before I head out.
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From: NorCal
Just curious, do you drive a car? Do you have TPMS in your car, or are the type that just drives it until someone tells you your tires are low? And then wonder how you can increase your MPG? Every year I see the news stations having some local garage guy on saying how important it is to maintain your tire pressure because when the temperature changes, the air contracts or expands with it. You should check your bikes tires at least weekly, and before any long rides. Not just for air either, you need to look for cuts, nails, cracks, chunks missing, dead squirrels, etc.
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From: West Tennessee
Strange that my Dunlops I had to add air pretty often. Since mounting my Michelin ComII over a year ago I've yet to have to add any. I'm using the same tubes since they were only a year old with 4,500 miles. 
Last edited by tnriverluver; Jul 25, 2017 at 03:24 PM.