Tyre pressure...

[Patrick]

Tried the search thingy... too computor illiterate...

Going on a road trip for Labour Weekend from the Naki up to Coromandel, and intend doing the Coro Loop while up there....

Different cars with different tyre pressures.... different bikes with different pressures, different computors and different systems with different passwords or PIN's - FECK!!!!

Can't remember em all...

Anyone able to point me in the right direction / know from own current bike experience what pressures should be at for -

Suzuki Bandit 1200S
Suzuki GS1200S
Triumph Thunderbird (1996)
Triumph Daytona 675 (New one)....

Apologise in advance if in the wrong thread... Computor illiterate, remember?

Can a mod move it if it is getting someones g string in a knot please....

[yungatart]

Both your Suzukis should be right at 36 front /42 rear.
Don't know nuffink about your trumpies tho'

[KiwiRat]

My mate's Thunderbird Sport runs 34 psi each end Patrick.

[AllanB]

From memory the factory sticker said the 1200ss was 36 front (correct) 38 rear (it was not 42).

[PrincessBandit]

admittedly my bandit is a 650, but according to owners manual 36 front and back, 42 on the back if going 2up.

[westie]

36/38 would suffice. But check them cold so you end up running around the 38/40 mark once warmed up. Not sure about the bigger bikes.

[Movistar]

Hi Patrick

You can go here and look up each model...

Triumph 675: 34 psi front - 39 psi rear
Thunderbird: 36 psi front - 42 psi rear
Bandit: 36 psi front - 42 psi rear
GS1200: 36 psi front - 36 or 42 psi rear (depending on model)

Of course the pressure can vary depending on loading...

Best adivice is to check each owners manual (assuming all bikes are using recommended tyre sizes) or the pressures are normally on a sticker on the swingarm/chainguard/under seat/somewhere on the bike!

Have a great trip, hope the weather holds out for you!

[Patrick]

Both your Suzukis should be right at 36 front /42 rear.
Don't know nuffink about your trumpies tho'

42 sounds high...

My mate's Thunderbird Sport runs 34 psi each end Patrick.

Thanks Kiwi - that rings a bell...

From memory the factory sticker said the 1200ss was 36 front (correct) 38 rear (it was not 42).

Cheers!!! Thought it sounded high. Don't recall anything in the 40s....

admittedly my bandit is a 650, but according to owners manual 36 front and back, 42 on the back if going 2up.

Cheers... 4 of us, will be one up on each bike... we got ourselves a convoy... kinda... sort of.... pffftttttttt......

36/38 would suffice. But check them cold so you end up running around the 38/40 mark once warmed up. Not sure about the bigger bikes.

Cheers Westie.

Hi Patrick

You can go here and look up each model...

Triumph 675: 34 psi front - 39 psi rear
Thunderbird: 36 psi front - 42 psi rear
Bandit: 36 psi front - 42 psi rear
GS1200: 36 psi front - 36 or 42 psi rear (depending on model)

Of course the pressure can vary depending on loading...

Best adivice is to check each owners manual (assuming all bikes are using recommended tyre sizes) or the pressures are normally on a sticker on the swingarm/chainguard/under seat/somewhere on the bike!

Have a great trip, hope the weather holds out for you!

Thanks mate! Will check out the site posted... Don't recall any in the 40s for anything. As for the ride.... Looking forward to it... a good ride up, then the loop thrown in too... Had an invite to visit the "Blackbird" for coffee and cake too... (Donuts maybe????).

[Movistar]

Had an invite to visit the "Blackbird" for coffee and cake too... (Donuts maybe????).

Mmmmm, donuts.....and coffee of course!

[Movistar]

... we got ourselves a convoy... kinda... sort of.... pffftttttttt......

"Calling all trucks, this here's the Duck; we're about to go a hunting Bear!"

Thanks mate! Will check out the site posted... Don't recall any in the 40s for anything. As for the ride.... Looking forward to it... a good ride up, then the loop thrown in too... Had an invite to visit the "Blackbird" for coffee and cake too... (Donuts maybe????).

Tyre pressures are such a contentious issue, like politics in an election year!

[Bass]

42 sounds high...

Don't recall any in the 40s for anything. As for the ride.... Looking forward to it... a good ride up, then the loop thrown in too... Had an invite to visit the "Blackbird" for coffee and cake too... (Donuts maybe????).

I went through this exercise a while back not long after I shifted from an RF 900 to a Sprint ST. I had always run the RF tyres at the handbook recommended settings (36 & 38 as I recall) and since the ST was the same weight and on the same tyres, I specified the same numbers.
This produced a discussion with the guys at Cycletreads one afternoon when I was getting a new rear fitted (rear tyre that is). They were determined that it should have at least 40 in it, and more if I was carrying a pillion.
The reasons they gave were that tyre technology is constantly evolving and that modern radials are very thin wall, requiring higher pressures for sufficient sidewall rigidity.
I am no authority.
I simply pass on what they told me.

[Shaun]

Your pressures are Relivent and Very Important

BUT to the tyre manufacturer NOT the bike maker

Check with tyre supplier, for reccomended pressure, NOT THE BIKE BRAND!

[MSTRS:Me]

Good advice, Shaun.
I'd have thought that heavy-ish bikes would all be in the region of 36/42?
1 or 2 lbs either way does make quite a difference. Grip vs wear depends so much on it, coupled with 'your' riding style on this/that/other surface and road/air temperature/humidity. The science of it all is beyond me.

[manxkiwi]

Hi there, I have a 675. The book says 34 front and 36 rear.

[sinfull]

Triumph Daytona 675 (New one)....

Oeeerrrr you bitch ! I want one !!!!
Track day taupo 31st Patrick, ya should see if ya can get in somewhere and throw it round the track for a bit !