Tire Pressure Advice

[hang0ver]

Thanks guys, this is all good stuff...

_-H-_

[Pancakes]

ok. I thought we were talking about tyre pressures for road bike on the road.

Amen brother... back to the topic...


I run 29f and 32r. In my own experience lower and they feel squiggly when riding and make me less confident in them, higher than that and they feel fine and faster but have run wider in the same corners then with less pressure making me think they both had less traction. Mine is only a 250 but a heavy one.

anyone know what the fine is for running slicks/race tyres on the road? the ones marked "not for highway use"

I'd guess that if your bike isn't in warrantable state (you can argue it's safer till your ass falls off, they won't give a shit) so your bike has no WOF and thats $400 AFAIK.

[cowboyz]

anyone know what the fine is for running slicks/race tyres on the road? the ones marked "not for highway use"

Amen brother... back to the topic...


I run 29f and 32r. In my own experience lower and they feel squiggly when riding and make me less confident in them, higher than that and they feel fine and faster but have run wider in the same corners then with less pressure making me think they both had less traction. Mine is only a 250 but a heavy one.



I'd guess that if your bike isn't in warrantable state (you can argue it's safer till your ass falls off, they won't give a shit) so your bike has no WOF and thats $400 AFAIK.

Would be thinking unwarrentable condition. Last year I got pulled over for speeding and my rear tyre was due for replacement. I hadnt gotten round to it and knew it was running low but was just commuting at the time so wasnt in any real rush. Ms Police took offence to the tyre and booked me $150 for "lack of tread on tyre"

[Ragingrob]

Hey my GN has continental tyres and they have on them 42psi...on both...is this the pressure recommended for both?

[merv]

Hey my GN has continental tyres and they have on them 42psi...on both...is this the pressure recommended for both?

Probably recommended max pressure coz you wouldn't want that much in your front tyre.

[Ragingrob]

Probably recommended max pressure coz you wouldn't want that much in your front tyre.

Ok max pressure...so um what would be recommended as normal? 40psi in both?

[merv]

OK where are all the other GN owners that can tell us what the recommended pressures are?

[Pancakes]

Start with 28f, 30r. once your used to that play around in 2psi increments keeping the front less than the back and no less than 4% less. you could go up near the 40's but that'd be getting hard. I wouldn't go higher than 34f/36r.

[Ragingrob]

Alright cheers, someone else has told me 25f, 30-32r. So I'll head to the gas station tomo and have a looksee.

[pritch]

Thanks guys, this is all good stuff...

_-H-_

No it isn't, some of it would appear downright dangerous.

Times have apparently changed, once there was a recommended pressure, if you were going fast you added a couple of psi, if you had luggage add a couple more, fast with luggage and a passenger add another couple.

These days Honda seem to give one set of pressures 36 front and 42 rear. Many people treat this in the nature of a maximum. Seriously it would pay to ask your local dealer for the appropriate pressures for your bike. Bear in mind also that the figures at the gas station pump may have little resemblance to what is actually going into the tyres.

Pressures for the track are lower but these have no relevance to road use whatsoever unless you are travelling at fast track pace all the time in which case good luck. You'll need it.

[Pancakes]

Well I've done 30,000K's over 2 years on 3 different GN's, mainly commuting but lots of open road too and found those pressures to be the most stable. This was with 5 sets of different tyres but the reasonably narrow band I've given there is all I'd use if I owned one again. If I didn't have some basis for what I said I wouldn't have said it.

On the other hand, this is the internet so assuming I had actually owned a GN and that I'm not 10 and using Google might be dangerous.

[Ragingrob]

Haha yeah na I believe you lol I think I'll go for that kinda bandwidth and see how it feels, no idea what they're on at the moment!

[H00dz]

hey guys

cant add much... but good to see the theories out there, it certainly helped my thinking as well Cheers ...

[idleidolidyll]

I'd guess that if your bike isn't in warrantable state (you can argue it's safer till your ass falls off, they won't give a shit) so your bike has no WOF and thats $400 AFAIK.

that's about what i thought. the $1000+ I've already saved in expensive road tyres has already paid for that fine and there's no points attached.............

[idleidolidyll]

ok. I thought we were talking about tyre pressures for road bike on the road.

we are. however, race experience is directly relevant to road riding; good road racers have a far greater appreciation of what varying tyre pressures do to the handling and grip of a bike.

anyone who is a hard charger in the corners on our roads is essentially asking the same of their bike and tyres as a racer.

for advice on tyre longevity, we should maybe consult with long distance couriers.........