
Originally Posted by
mossy1200
But an old or low quality valve stem can open at speeds lower than 200 km/h.
Back in the '80s the tyres on my CB750 would spontaneously deflate at just over 100kph (IIRC). Thanfully it never happened to both at the same time. It happened 3 or 4 times before someone suggested replacing the plastic valve caps with sealed metal ones. Never had a problem after that.
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