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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 02:57 PM
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I think the only time you have to replace the summer air w/winter air is if yopu are not riding it.

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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Boo2you
Everytime you change the air in your tires, you should also do a porosity check of the ceramics on your sparkplugs. A quick way to check this is to take them out of your bike and take them to the nearest lake and drop them in. If the porosity is good, the plugs will float. If it is bad, you will have to replace your plugs.
Mine must be good then....they hit the frozen water and slid right across the lake.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 05:14 PM
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This stuff's bottled by Barnum and Bailey right?
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 06:14 PM
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you guys kill me, everybody knows that when you mix cold air with warm air you get a balance problem.....
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 06:24 PM
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The dealership will change out your summer air for winter for $250 plus labor, you need to jump on that
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Moog Player
Do I still need to put winter air in my tires if it is 70F outside? I mean, it is still January and it gets down to 43F at night. So I was wondering if I had to change to winter air or if the summer air would still work?
http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main...products_id=45
its gonna be a veeerrryyy long winter
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 07:18 PM
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you guys use synthetic air or regular?
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 10:25 PM
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you guys use synthetic air or regular?
For winter I would recommend synthetic as I have heard that this will help your tires skate. In the winter this could be helpful for us Northerners!!!
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 11:44 PM
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I use mojave desert brand superheated summer air in both tires, it gives me a nice cool regular summer air all winter long...

I was told the west coast (not NW) non-synthetic winter air works year round in the shocks also, anyone tried this? the reason I ask is that it seems many folks here are complaining loudly about the amount of winter air in the intake...

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