Tire pressure
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Tire pressure
Let's have a little charity here.
I have a Mazda pickup. The manual says 28-30 lbs pressure. You know what I use? 50 in front, 45 in the rears. Lots of posts in the Ford Ranger forums abit optimal pressures.
I run 35/45 on my Electra Glide because I get a reasonable ride and decent cornering on it, and that's the way I like it, with my bike's set-up. T each his own.
At least the OP's coming here to ask the question -
Buddy, follow the advice of the other posters here, but check the pressure every week (I found out the hard way).
I have a Mazda pickup. The manual says 28-30 lbs pressure. You know what I use? 50 in front, 45 in the rears. Lots of posts in the Ford Ranger forums abit optimal pressures.
I run 35/45 on my Electra Glide because I get a reasonable ride and decent cornering on it, and that's the way I like it, with my bike's set-up. T each his own.
At least the OP's coming here to ask the question -
Buddy, follow the advice of the other posters here, but check the pressure every week (I found out the hard way).
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Here's an excerpt from an interesting article on tire pressures:
A technique for those wanting to get the most out of their tires on the street is to use the 10/20% rule.
First check the tire pressure when the tire is cold. Then take a ride on your favorite twisty piece of road. Then, measure the tire pressure immediately after stopping. If the pressure has risen less than 10% on the
front or 20% on the rear, the rider should remove air from the tire. So for example, starting at a front tire pressure of 32.5 psi should bring you up to 36 psi hot. Once you obtain this pressure increase for a given rider, bike, tire, road and road temperature combination, check the tire pressure again while cold and record it for future reference.
It sounds more complicated than it is and results, once determined, seem to be remarkably consistent requiring few if any adjustment to cold tire pressures once they are determined,, especially if you increase determined cold pressure by 1 psi or so in the interest of conservatism.
Hope this helps.
A technique for those wanting to get the most out of their tires on the street is to use the 10/20% rule.
First check the tire pressure when the tire is cold. Then take a ride on your favorite twisty piece of road. Then, measure the tire pressure immediately after stopping. If the pressure has risen less than 10% on the
front or 20% on the rear, the rider should remove air from the tire. So for example, starting at a front tire pressure of 32.5 psi should bring you up to 36 psi hot. Once you obtain this pressure increase for a given rider, bike, tire, road and road temperature combination, check the tire pressure again while cold and record it for future reference.
It sounds more complicated than it is and results, once determined, seem to be remarkably consistent requiring few if any adjustment to cold tire pressures once they are determined,, especially if you increase determined cold pressure by 1 psi or so in the interest of conservatism.
Hope this helps.
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I found the information from Alter Kaker and HKMark23 useful. Very interesting what tire pressure can do. I have a habit of checking it every time before I go out on the bike.
Last edited by ATM983; May 3, 2017 at 01:30 AM.
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