How fucken hard is it?

[sidecar bob]

The problem seems to stem from bike riders being fucking experts at something that they can't seem to do themselves.
I would have about one client a month make the slightest enquiry as to the pressure I set their car tyres too. Most correctly assume that I have a couple of clues about what I'm up too & don't give it a second thought.
Having said that, I am anal about correct pressure & also that all valves are fitted with caps, I usually fill my cap jar at the local tyre shop with used caps every few months.

[Akzle]

had bridgestone whg replace one or two tyres on some kind of cage (cant remember which)
young fulla measured what was in the others and filled to same. i was impressed enough to plug them right now.

[mulletman]

Maybe at a pinch whatever the sticker on the swingarm or under the seat recommends for pressure.

[Owl]

Got it back with the front tyre fitted the wrong way round.

Had the same, only when I spoke to the foreman, he said his guy wouldn't have done that. Then when I went back and handed it to him, his guy said the last tyre must've been fitted back to front. They chose not to argue when I said "Like fuck it was".

[Katman]

I sincerely hope that everyone here is absolutely perfect at their job.

[nodrog:Me]

I sincerely hope that everyone here is absolutely perfect at their job.

Well to be fair I've never had a bad burger from McDonald's.

[Katman]

Well to be fair I've never had a bad burger from McDonald's.

That could change over night if word of this thread gets out.

[AllanB]

Whenever the customer is there I ask if they have a preferred pressure.

The answer is more often than not - "whatever you think is best".

Tyre chap I've used for many years changes them - tells you what he has set at. Up to you to adjust to suit yourself from there.

Good system to me.

[Asher]

When i used to get shops to fit my tyres (do it myself now) they would always ask what pressure i wanted, also i would only drop my wheels in so when i put them back on the bike i would always double check the pressures.
I also think wrong pressures is less of an issue now than when new tyres where super slippery to start with.

That said if someone was paying me to change their tyres i would write on the new tyre the pressure they wanted, that way everything is clear.

[nodrog:Me]

When i used to get shops to fit my tyres (do it myself now) they would always ask what pressure i wanted, also i would only drop my wheels in so when i put them back on the bike i would always double check the pressures.
I also think wrong pressures is less of an issue now than when new tyres where super slippery to start with.

That said if someone was paying me to change their tyres i would write on the new tyre the pressure they wanted, that way everything is clear.

then some cunt would moan about you writing on their tyre.

[Asher]

then some cunt would moan about you writing on their tyre.

I write on the chicken strips of all my mates tyres anyway.

[Woodman]

Yep its seems the IDGAF outbreak has gone endemic and now made it into skilled workplaces....

Took my wagon in for free 'lifetime' puncture repair which was duly carried out in good time and for free. Get home and check the pressure to provide a baseline to check again later and they've put 37 psi when I have all the others set to 34. The worst is they sprayed the cheapest arse tyre black on the tyres (and wheel rims)....

When the DR650 was new it came bacl from its first service with 35 F KN PSI in both tyres. I asked if this was a policy to induce cold tyre slides to sell more spare parts....

Then there's the tyre iron marks and scrapes on wheel rims....

A few years ago I sold a guy a tyre gauge. He came back in a wee while later complaining that it was reading 2 psi too high compared to his old one. I suggested that it could be his old one that was reading 2 psi too low.

[Daffyd]

I always had a Dymo label with the recommended pressures on all my vehicles for the last 40 years. Inside the driver's A pillar on the cars and on the swingarm on the bikes, eg, F-34, R-29.

[Kickaha]

Red Baron used to fully deflate the tyre after beading then re inflate

That's best practice for fitting any tyre to seat the bead

Whenever the customer is there I ask if they have a preferred pressure.

The answer is more often than not - "whatever you think is best".

We always ask, the answer is normally, I don't know

And tyre manufactures pressure or your own preference. They are the ones making them, not your potentially decades old owners manual.

Own preference works for me, it's normally vehicle manufacturers pressure not tyre manufacturer

[Tazz]

That's best practice for fitting any tyre to seat the bead


We always ask, the answer is normally, I don't know


Own preference works for me, it's normally vehicle manufacturers pressure not tyre manufacturer

I use own preference too, but if you're putting tyres manufactured in 2015 on a bike that was manufactured in 2005, 1995, 1985 etc the manufactures recommendation are a bit redundant by default, then there is the fact they come with a specific brand and model that no doubt the manual recommended pressure is for so even a 2015 with 2015 tyres of a different brand let alone flavour might warrant different pressures.

If it's working for you though it's working, just doesn't seem logical :shrug: So long as the bike is handling how whoever is riding it likes and they're getting KM's they're happy with from the doughnuts it's the correct pressure I guess.

It is a big deal though. Those who doubt it should spend a weekend messing about with their tyre pressures. The differences between a few PSI can be huge and you don't need to be a MotoGP rider, or even on a bike (or should we say Powered Two Wheeler now?) for that matter (maybe a Powered Four Wheeler instead ), to notice the differences.