Street Bob - Tire pressures... just checking
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Cruiser
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Street Bob - Tire pressures... just checking
I regularly check my SB's tire pressures and run as per the handbook 30psi front and 40 psi at the rear on Michelin Scorcher O.E. tires.
I ride solo - no passenger - weigh in at 168lbs and just wanted to check with those that know is this the best setting or does anyone run anything different. Thanks.
I ride solo - no passenger - weigh in at 168lbs and just wanted to check with those that know is this the best setting or does anyone run anything different. Thanks.
Road Warrior
Joined: May 2010
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From: Kennewick, WA
I regularly check my SB's tire pressures and run as per the handbook 30psi front and 40 psi at the rear on Michelin Scorcher O.E. tires.
I ride solo - no passenger - weigh in at 168lbs and just wanted to check with those that know is this the best setting or does anyone run anything different. Thanks.
I ride solo - no passenger - weigh in at 168lbs and just wanted to check with those that know is this the best setting or does anyone run anything different. Thanks.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Newtown, PA
31/37. I use helium in my tires, it doubles my mileage from 40mpg to 80mpg because the bike is barely touching the street. However, handling suffers badly in the turns because the bike is literally floating in air.
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Road Master
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*Most tires are filled with compressed air, which when dry consists of about 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen, and 1 percent other gases by volume. Water vapor (humidity) can make up as much as 5 percent of the volume of air under worst-case conditions. Filling your tires with nitrogen mainly does two things: it eliminates moisture, and it replaces skinny oxygen molecules with fat nitrogen molecules, reducing the rate at which compressed gas diffuses through porous tire walls. That means, theoretically at least, that a tire filled with nitrogen retains optimal pressure longer, leading to more uniform tire wear and better gas mileage.*
Well thats what they say and so far can say have'nt needed to reinflate..and rear tires lasted longer than a season,,but that could be due to a lot of other factors..
Bet your helium filled ones never wear out
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