Tire Pressure

[keithaba]

I had a new set of avon storms put on about 2 weeks ago. This weekend I decided to check the tire pressure and discovered that both tires were pretty damn low on air.

30/32

Filled em back up to 40/42, wow, what a difference. Never would have thought the shop would have given them back with such low pressure on a heavy bike like the FJR. Lesson learned.

 

[twowheelnut]

It's those fookin' aliens again! Tires don't just loose air unless they have a hole in them. So sayeth the skooterg.

 

[Scab]

Tires don't just loose air unless they have a hole in them. So sayeth the skooterg.

Bill Nye, the Science Guy, would beg to differ.

 

[red2kcbr]

I'm not surprised a shop would put such low pressures in tires. The tire guy usually ain't the most experienced tech in the place. He probably hears a lot of rot from the sportbike guys about such low pressures. I check 'em myself, every time.

 

[drjfjr]

I check my tire pressure daily for the first week after a tire change. I change the tires myself and I just want to make sure the stem, valves, and bead are holding This may seem extreme but there are only two small patches between me and the road.

 

[twowheelnut]

Tires don't just loose air unless they have a hole in them. So sayeth the skooterg.

Bill Nye, the Science Guy, would beg to differ.

Yeah, well, we are talking about skoot, now.

 

[keithaba]

What's that, Bill??? You want to talk to skooter? Hold on...

Thanks for clearing that up for us Bill!

 

[sprint_st]

Tires don't just loose air unless they have a hole in them. So sayeth the skooterg.

Bill Nye, the Science Guy, would beg to differ.

PV=nRT and all that theoretical stuff sounds neat but, does Bill Nye ride???? Pressure changes with temperature, and the volume is a constant unless you got a hole in the tire somewhere, somehow. Since the weather has stabilized and it isn't freezing at night in the garage and hot in the afternoons, my Storms have maintained pressure within half a pound for several weeks. The only fluctuations I see is that it's hard for me to get my big meat hooks in there to get a good reading without spilling air and changing the pressure in the process.

 

[keithaba]

 

[zorkler]

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