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Ok here is the scoop, for motorcycles the REAL benefits that you can see for nitro fill is consistent tire pressures, believe it or not longer life but not 82 percent longer more like up to 20 percent
To me, that's not a benefit but a liability. To newer bike riders, telling them this gets them in the cage mindset, to check their tire pressures once a year, if that. Bike owners should be checking their pressures at least once a week to be safe.
Originally Posted by xtremechopper
but the biggest benefit in a motorcycle is NO corrosion on aluminum wheels. This is the biggest problem with tire leakage is the wheels actually corrode from the inside out. If you don't believe me than take a look at some of your mag wheels after 10k or so and you will see the corrosion on the inside of the wheel. This is because of the moisture that is in the air we put in our tires. With Nitro it eliminates 99 percent of the moisture thus resulting in less corrosion. .
Yeah, been pulling my own aluminum bike wheels and car wheels for decades(one old pick-up I would go off-roading through streams all the time ) and have yet to see an aluminum wheel corrode to the point of failure. That's just plain ole "The sky is falling, the sky is falling" selling. Do you own a company that makes nitrogen exchangers or sell nitrogen to the uneducated masses?? Besides the poor selling here, if you get your tires filled by any gas station or tire service center, there is no water in the compressed air. All compressors have air driers on them to keep the steel resevior tanks from rusting. If your wheels aren't corroding on the outside, they aren't corroding on the inside.
As a auto repair technician the biggest benifit towards our customer's is the fact that they are not willing to check their own tire pressures so they come in low a lot. Having a nitro machine here of course I have it in all my vehicles. Only need to check about 2-4 times a year. Also, strangely enough the truck/boat combo handles much better with the nitro. As for the Harley, it tracks better and much less worry over tire inflation checks. Tires are also lasting longer. Go figure, thought air was air and a molecule size matter's. Happy riding Being a bike is a lot less safe in a accident I do check my tires twice a month.
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Hey Raptor,
I believe you made $$$ on swamp land sold to Disney IN 1960, as much as I believe nitrogen benefits bikes !!! Do more research and see that Disney bought the land CHEAP, the sellers had NO IDEA what was going on, he used company names to buy it, not the name DISNEY. Besides, you were what.....2 years old in 1960???
You have 29 posts, which tells me you are one of the SELLERS of nitrogen, just trying to excite the market.
Ride safe,,,,
I see your deductive reasoning skills and ability to assume are equaled by your math skills and ability to comprehend what you have read.
I'm going with the "Fart in a Can" fill. At least I'll know when I get a leak...
Propane works the same way. Add the sulfur to warn of leaks before you blow yourself to Hell. Of course every time someone busts *** you'd be pulling over to check. The MoCo already has the scent of money flowing out our exhausts.
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