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rear tire woes
Have any of you had problems with your rear tire in checking the pressure? Mine has a valve stem that points toward the belt drive, and if you want to check pressure it is quite difficult with having to reach through the belt drive to get to it. Also my compressor will not work for it becuase of this. I can add air to my front tires just fine. Any advice or solutions?
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Yeah, some short sighted engineering on that note. My solution was to replace the tire chuck with a shorty head.
Instead of this:
Use this:
When life throws you curves, aim for the apex
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We're organizing a ryde to Valcourt where were gonna find the engineer who thought that this was a good idea...
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When life throws you curves, aim for the apex
Current stable: 09 Thruxton / 09 FZ6
Sold List: 97 Ninja500R, 03 SV650K3, 01 Ducati 750Sport Dark, 73 CB350/4, 03 F650GSA, 08 Gixxer600, 03 Gixxer600, 91 VFR750F, 09 KLX250, 06 Thruxton 900, 08 Spyder RS , 12 Street TripleR, 15 RC390, 02 VFR800, 09 KLX250S, 10 F650GS
JLohPhotos
... Motorcycles are kind of like Baskin Robbins... You're looking at 31 flavors of ice cream, don't you kind of want to know what they all taste like?...
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Seriously though (Can't believe that I said that!); it's just about flexible enough that you can get a gauge or an air line to it with a teeny bit of creative cussing.
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Originally Posted by Littlebadwolf
Do not put extenders on this will only increase your clance of a leak the extra hose weight will flex the OEM stem and cause a failure and the extension is another seal point plus what are you going to tie it off to so it doesn't get caught in the sprocket ask any tire man and they will tell you they see many flats and problems from these
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I use the Accu-Gauge EZ-Air to check the rear and fronts. Makes it very easy to air the tires. Here is the link: http://getagauge.com/
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Originally Posted by asp125
Instead of this:
Use this:
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Re: rear tire woes
Had the same problem. Put nitrogen in all three tires. Holds the pressure without having to check on a regular basis.
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Originally Posted by glynnk
Had the same problem. Put nitrogen in all three tires. Holds the pressure without having to check on a regular basis.
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I have ride on sealant in my tires; would the nitrogen be incompatable? Where did you have the nitrogen inserted? At an auto tire place? How often do you check tires? If you had a leak on the road, would you be able to use the temporary sealants until bike could go into shop? Nitrogen sounds intriguing but have never had it before and don't know alot about it
Thanks!
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Maybe that's my problem; I'm only putting in a 78% mix of nitrogen...
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Originally Posted by r1100rider
Do not put extenders on this will only increase your clance of a leak the extra hose weight will flex the OEM stem and cause a failure and the extension is another seal point plus what are you going to tie it off to so it doesn't get caught in the sprocket ask any tire man and they will tell you they see many flats and problems from these
You want a right angle without the extra length or second seal point. Like these:
About $15 - $17 each. I'm putting some on next time the rear tire gets replaced.
When life throws you curves, aim for the apex
Current stable: 09 Thruxton / 09 FZ6
Sold List: 97 Ninja500R, 03 SV650K3, 01 Ducati 750Sport Dark, 73 CB350/4, 03 F650GSA, 08 Gixxer600, 03 Gixxer600, 91 VFR750F, 09 KLX250, 06 Thruxton 900, 08 Spyder RS , 12 Street TripleR, 15 RC390, 02 VFR800, 09 KLX250S, 10 F650GS
JLohPhotos
... Motorcycles are kind of like Baskin Robbins... You're looking at 31 flavors of ice cream, don't you kind of want to know what they all taste like?...
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