Any hints on checking rear tire Air Pressure-F3L

[Peteoz]

I take it that a Smart Phone is required................All we have are basic flip phones...... All my BMW's have an Air Pressure display on the Panel, even tells tire pressure in each tire.

Yes, a phone with Bluetooth connection is required, Old Timer.

Pete

 

[Isopedella]

Bluetooth! Do Dentures count?

 

[pegasus1300]

Bluetooth! Do Dentures count?

Only if you paint one of them blue.

 

[Mikey]

I pretty much agree with all the posts. I bought the FOBO strictly for peace of mind, but I rarely have to add air. To be honest, its also a cool thing to show off to friends.

I did find I had to turn off the FOBO app or it would drain my phone battery.

Thank you for coming out and saying that! I myself think Fobo's are like Dampers(how'd I do this time Ron?) Keep it simple and don't give yourself something else to have to watch and maintain. What did we do before all of this crap? Keep it stupid simple!!! But at the end of the day, your money and your piece of mind. Good day!

 

[narygancy]

Hello Again Pete: Actually I keep my phone with me but the app stays "on" and continues to show my air pressure, even when the reading is 2 days old! Maybe I'm doing something wrong but it seems my battery drains a whole lot faster since I installed FOBO, but if I turn it off after the ride things are OK. I don't ride every day so I only turn it on when I do.

BTW: I love reading your posts, you share some real knowledge about Spyders as a help to us newbies (this is my second year on 3 wheels).

 

[EdMat]

Maybe I'm doing something wrong but it seems my battery drains a whole lot faster since I installed FOBO, but if I turn it off after the ride things are OK. I don't ride every day so I only turn it on when I do.

For max battery life that is exactly what you have to do.

 

[Peteoz]

Hello Again Pete: Actually I keep my phone with me but the app stays "on" and continues to show my air pressure, even when the reading is 2 days old! Maybe I'm doing something wrong but it seems my battery drains a whole lot faster since I installed FOBO, but if I turn it off after the ride things are OK. I don't ride every day so I only turn it on when I do.

BTW: I love reading your posts, you share some real knowledge about Spyders as a help to us newbies (this is my second year on 3 wheels).

Now you have really got me thinking, NaryGancy. (I assume it’s Gary? ). I’ll do a little research with my phone to verify my FOBO settings. I know FOBO has a “permanently on” setting that keeps the display showing on your phone as long as you have phone power. I used that a few times so I could watch the pressure differentials over time as I was riding to see if I was getting Peter A’s 4psi increase. Normally, I don’t have that set, so I check pressure before I leave and then just rely on FOBO to wake up and transmit a warning to my phone if pressure drops.

Thanks for the compliment. I do try to help where possible, if I have personal detailed knowledge.:thumbup:

Pete

 

[Peteoz]

Thank you for coming out and saying that! I myself think Fobo's are like Dampers(how'd I do this time Ron?) Keep it simple and don't give yourself something else to have to watch and maintain. What did we do before all of this crap? Keep it stupid simple!!! But at the end of the day, your money and your piece of mind. Good day!

“Something else to watch and maintain”, Mikey? If I didn’t have FOBO, I would be watching and maintaining my tyre pressure by getting down on my one bionic knee (that I can’t kneel on), and my other busted knee to check pressures before each ride. That would add 10 painful minutes to each ride. If that works for you, that’s great, but there are other people in the world with different limitations to you. For them, this is not crap, but a boon. Please don’t judge the whole world based on your individual view of it.

Pete

 

[Isopedella]

“Something else to watch and maintain”, Mikey?

For them, this is not crap, but a boon. Please don’t judge the whole world based on your individual view of it.

Pete

Hell Ya! BOOM :thumbup:

I dont call my F3 my Mobility Scooter for nothing. :lecturef_smilie:
If I were able I would still be riding my GL1800, but for me well it was time. :gaah:

Just like many other Spyder Riders..........

Not seeking any kudos for spending some $$ of a farkle that I can brag about and show my mates at all.

I have always checked the tyre pressures on my bikes every day before I ride and will continue to do just that.
If I dont have to get way down there its great, as long as I know its up to pressure im happy.
More check - great. Move on.

 

[Mikey]

“Something else to watch and maintain”, Mikey? If I didn’t have FOBO, I would be watching and maintaining my tyre pressure by getting down on my one bionic knee (that I can’t kneel on), and my other busted knee to check pressures before each ride. That would add 10 painful minutes to each ride. If that works for you, that’s great, but there are other people in the world with different limitations to you. For them, this is not crap, but a boon. Please don’t judge the whole world based on your individual view of it.

Pete

Pete if you think you have to check your tire pressure before every ride, then you need FOBO's. P.S, I have two of those knee's your talking about and I may only check my pressures, two or three times a season! Works for me!!

 

[Peteoz]

Pete if you think you have to check your tire pressure before every ride, then you need FOBO's. P.S, I have two of those knee's your talking about and I may only check my pressures, two or three times a season! Works for me!!

Fair call, Mikey. In reality, I probably only have to add air a couple of times a season (not that we have riding seasons out here).

BUT……I would rather not leave home and head out on a multi hour ride without a cursory glance at whether my tyres are in the ballpark of psi. How do you know that your tyres don’t have a nail or screw in them that has dropped the psi a few pounds before you head out, and will cause you grief later that day, if you don’t check pressures before you leave home? Especially at the rear tyre, where it would be virtually impossible on an RT-L to find, let alone plug, once you are on the road? So yes, I think I should check my psi every time I leave home…..so yes, I need FOBO, and I am sure there are many others who think the same way and don’t see them as an unnecessary technological farkle :thumbup:

Pete

 

[Mikey]

:bowdown:

 

[old Timer]

Another question, my flip phone, Verizon carrier, Orbic phone, has a Blue Tooth setting, that's how it comes thru the radio in the car. Wonder if the FOBO will communicate with my flip????????????????

 

[Peteoz]

Another question, my flip phone, Verizon carrier, Orbic phone, has a Blue Tooth setting, that's how it comes thru the radio in the car. Wonder if the FOBO will communicate with my flip????????????????

I believe it only works with iOS or Android, Dean.

Pete

 

[old Timer]

Thanks Pete, you are right.

 

[Isopedella]

During all my first rear tire swaps I drilled a new " air valve hole " on the opposite side of the wheel and put in an angled ( 87* ) metal valve from " Kurvey Girl " .... problem solved .... Mike :thumbup:

I'm interested in this concept as I have gazed at the rim and thought 'what if?' You have done it; it seems.

So I will ask for a 2nd time...

Care to put up a photo so we can view where you placed it?

 

[Smokes]

After this discussion I'm thinking of getting a FOBO with 4 sensors and putting one on the rear airbag of my F3L in addition to the 3 wheels. Only problem I can see is they have a pressure limit of 50PSI.

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

I'm interested in this concept as I have gazed at the rim and thought 'what if?' You have done it; it seems.

So I will ask for a 2nd time...

Care to put up a photo so we can view where you placed it?

I would love to put up a Photo ...... However, my talents are elsewhere... :dontknow: ..... Sorry .... Mike :thumbup:

 

[Isopedella]

I would love to put up a Photo ...... However, my talents are elsewhere... :dontknow: ..... Sorry .... Mike :thumbup:

OK, fair enough.

So perhaps you can expand for me, and for any others who may be interested...

The opposite side of the wheel???

ie, the same side as the OEM valve but 180° around; or on the inside - the brake side of the rim, but 180° around?

Which is where I said himm??

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

OK, fair enough.

So perhaps you can expand for me, and for any others who may be interested...

The opposite side of the wheel???

ie, the same side as the OEM valve but 180° around; or on the inside - the brake side of the rim, but 180° around?

Which is where I said himm??

Well you know where the OEM valve is ????? ..... well it's on the opposite side from that ...... Mike :thumbup: