Anyone Add TPMS?

[Aufgeblassen47]

Just curious. Beats manually checking tire pressures before each trip.

[Chupaca]

Fun gadget and many have them but don't know if it is worth it. Not that hard to check the old fashion way and less tempting to take ones eyes off the road to see if your pressure is off...jmo like I said many here have the system....

[Aufgeblassen47]

Fun gadget and many have them but don't know if it is worth it. Not that hard to check the old fashion way and less tempting to take ones eyes off the road to see if your pressure is off...jmo like I said many here have the system....

It is good to know if you have a slow leak, especially on a long trip.

It is easily stored in glove compartment, to just check periodically, or parking outside, as it is just double stick taped in place. Seems to be fairly protected from rain when traveling, but not so much when parked if you leave it in place.

[Grandpot]

I don't think they are worth it. Tire pressure will vary slightly during a ride. The TPMS will display this and may cause you needless worry. I've lived 70 years without one, I'll go a few more without one.

[senorgrand]

How hard is the install?

[KC61]

My 2011 Kawasaki Concours has TPMS as a factory option. Great peace of mind and a great safety feature on a 2 wheeler. Lots of options out there for Bluetooth TPMS with a phone app. I would highly recommend adding it to any bike/trike. My Concours will let me know way ahead of time before a low tire might cause an accident. Easy enough to check tire pressure at home the old fashion way but out on the road having the peace of mind to push a switch and see if something I hit in the road is causing a low pressure reading gives you peace of mind. Here's a great option.

https://my-fobo.com/

[Jackhartjr]

I know a lot of folks that use them on converted buses. The one that do swear by them!
It's nice to know that a tire is starting to go down while going down the road! You see it and fix it before the tire is ruined! Or especially before it blows at speed.

Y'all naysayers go ahead and cut them, they work.

[2dogs]

Had a slow leak on a 2wheeler once on the freeway. Buy the time I felt it my ability to keep the bike under control was difficult and best. It was very scary to change lanes,
avoid traffic and get to the shoulder of the road. Once I hit the loose the stuff things got really harry until I stopped. Thank goodness everything stayed upright. Today I run
FOBO's and I believe if I'd had them back then I would have avoided all that and would have detected the low pressure situation much earlier, possibly at the last gas stop.
So now I got'm and I love'm. They also keep me from getting my pants dirty trying to check the PSI on the rear tire. That rear tire valve stem was purposely place there buy
an R&D specialist that hates spyrder riders, yea think?

[Peteoz]

Fun gadget and many have them but don't know if it is worth it. Not that hard to check the old fashion way and less tempting to take ones eyes off the road to see if your pressure is off...jmo like I said many here have the system....

For me, it is a pain to check the rear tyre before heading out for each ride, Gene. It’s a long way down (and back up), especially with bad knees. Plus, you don’t have to take your eyes off the road. You can set an alarm to sound if the tyre drops below a level you set (say 5psi Low), and you can then pull over to check ��

Pete

[Peteoz]

I don't think they are worth it. Tire pressure will vary slightly during a ride. The TPMS will display this and may cause you needless worry. I've lived 70 years without one, I'll go a few more without one.

Grandpot, to use or not use a TPMS is a personal decision of course, but some of the claims made by those who have never used one are a little frustrating. You do not have to have the TPMS displaying in front of you unless you choose to. As I mentioned to Gene, you can set an alarm which goes off when your pressure drops by a set amount of your choosing, so you definitely do not need to concern yourself needlessly. In fact, the opposite is true.

Pete

[Peter Aawen]

These things are intended as helpful & useful aids for those who WANT to keep an eye on their tire pressures, and also as very useful safe-guards by the rest, even for those who don't often check their tire pressures anyway!

In one of my previous occupations, I found that even the cheaper & not necessarily 'all that accurate' TPMS packages were extremely useful for most regular users, even if never actively monitored, and ESPECIALLY SO for those drivers who really can't ever be bothered with carrying out the most basic of vehicular or tire maintenance or do any regular tire pressure checks! I'm not suggesting that you're one of those Grandpot, I'm just trying to highlight that even those types can benefit greatly from a TPMS! It's not really a difficult task to install a TPMS package, do a one-time set-up of the TPMS alarms, & leave it to do its thing... even for the 'set & forget' types, & including the 'it's running so I can abuse it' types that we all know are out there, regardless of whatever they are doing/however hard they are working at abusing their vehicle &/or ignoring what's happening around them while they express absobloodylutely NO mechanical sympathy or situational awareness (while they're just answering that text from their BFF about her nail colour!) Yet still the otherwise invisible & probably completely forgotten TPMS continues to monitor tire pressures and if necessary will trigger an alarm/alert to report a potential or impending tire failure!! And the TPMS will usually do this in time for even the most un-aware user to pull up & avoid a catastrophic failure that might otherwise become a fatality for the innocent our ignorant driver plows into after a tire blow-out!!

TPM Systems are just a tool that can really help those who want to actively monitor all things tire all the time, but they can also help keep even the most ignorant road users safe from sudden & catastrophic tire failures - and for those of us who fall somewhere in between those extremes, installing a TPMS might not be ESSENTIAL per se, but could certainly make our life a little easier, IF you want to let it! Your call tho, make your life easier or not, it's your Ryde & your choice, at least until they become a mandated fitting on every vehicle.....

[2dogs]

Years back an acquaintance was killed miles in the middle of nowhere as a result of a front tire going flat or losing air pressure. In short, an investigation concluded that a defective
valve stem was the culprit. The victim was on a weekend trip with friends and was riding a 2wheeler that was borrowed from one of the friends he was riding with. It's obvious a combination
of (avoidable) occurrences came into play that resulted in the death. However a catastrophic tire failure was not the cause of accident. It likely began with poor maintenance, inexperience
and went on from there. Possibly, had the owner installed a TPMS system on his machine the death may have been avoided. This unfortunate incident and my own experience are the
primary reasons I run FOBO's, and, wife rides with me on occasion and her safety is paramount.

[Aufgeblassen47]

How hard is the install?

Not all all. You simply screw sensors on tire valves in place of the caps. Plug display in socket in front storage compartment.

[askitee]

I bought the Sykik TPMS for trikes. It uses an Android or iPhone app to monitor the systems and alerts.

They are handy to run a quick eye over the tyre pressure when you want to rather than bending down and performing a Yoga pose to get to the rear valve, and if they lose pressure mid ride the voice via bluetooth will let you know. Don't forget to have the wheels balanced with them on, the vibration they caused when first fitted was pretty bad considering the size.

On the topic of Sykik, their support is appalling if you have technical questions

[wingit3611]

I use a one of these. When you roll out of the garage you know the tires are ok. Your early morning check is done.



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