£9.99 Tyre Pump

[Wreford Miles]

Picked this up from the local Texco garage...

Nice and small and when plugged into the power socket of my ADV TC it did not trigger the canbus to cut the power.

I don't carry one as they take space so have air canisters and a small but decent cycle pump but this is small enough to fit in my painnier rail toll box and not be the only thing I can carry in there.

Worth a punt at £9.99

 

[adventuredon]

What pressure could it pump to though?

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[AberdeenAngus]

Did you hook it onto the tyre when you tested it ?
It'll pull a lot more current working hard.
Nice little unit though.

 

[Delboy777]

Looks OK, but I bought an Airman Pro for about a fiver more, although it was a special offer at the time.

 

[seahorse]

Tesco do a similar one for a tenner as well.

 

[TLSgazza]

Bugger. Bought one of these last week for 3 times that amount
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/182186131089?_mwBanner=1.

 

[Bendy toy]

The pump pressure gauge usually reads a low value when the pump is first connected giving a soft start for the pump motor. If you stop the motor and do not disconnect from the tyre, a restart will be working against pressure and cause more of a current spike.

 

[Kiwi_Mike]

Picked this up from the local Texco garage...

Nice and small and when plugged into the power socket of my ADV TC it did not trigger the canbus to cut the power.

I don't carry one as they take space so have air canisters and a small but decent cycle pump but this is small enough to fit in my painnier rail toll box and not be the only thing I can carry in there.

Worth a punt at £9.99

I couldn't find one at my local Tesco but they are available on the AA website for £13 with free delivery.

How did you plug it into your accessory socket? Do you have an adaptor? It appears to come with a car ciggy lighter size plug which is too big for the bikes socket no?

 

[Wreford Miles]

I couldn't find one at my local Tesco but they are available on the AA website for £13 with free delivery.

How did you plug it into your accessory socket? Do you have an adaptor? It appears to come with a car ciggy lighter size plug which is too big for the bikes socket no?

I used an adaptor...

I've not used it in anger yet, I'll try it on the jeep soon

 

[Kiwi_Mike]

OK thanks, please let me know.

I'll look on eBay for an adaptor as well.

 

[Wreford Miles]

Finally got around to testing it, dropped the rear down to 25PSI and it pumped it back up to 42 without to much bother. Decided not to keep it in the pannier rail tool box as it can be damp in there so it now sits in the top box.

 

[Bendy toy]

How about a small dry bag as sold for phone & wallet. Then it could go anywhere on the bike.

 

[Kiwi_Mike]

Finally got around to testing it, dropped the rear down to 25PSI and it pumped it back up to 42 without to much bother. Decided not to keep it in the pannier rail tool box as it can be damp in there so it now sits in the top box.

Just to confirm - did you pump the rear up using the aux socket via the canbus?

I ended up getting the the airman and as I expected it is not canbus compliant so I'll need to wire it direct to the battery.

 

[Wreford Miles]

Via the aux socket, no problems....

 

[kevingambrell]

I cant get past always thinking its better to run straight off the battery with things like air pumps.
Its not like your using them every day (well hope not). So having a cable and socket from the battery
tucked away when not in use dont seem a bad option.
Mind you pumping up a tyre id keep the engine running, a flat tyre sucks but a flat battery on top of that sucks lots more.

 

[TLSgazza]

I cant get past always thinking its better to run straight off the battery with things like air pumps.
Its not like your using them every day (well hope not). So having a cable and socket from the battery
tucked away when not in use dont seem a bad option.
Mind you pumping up a tyre id keep the engine running, a flat tyre sucks but a flat battery on top of that sucks lots more.

Agreed. I always keep the engine running even when using my other pump to fill the airbed up.
The small one I quoted above arrived and is indeed very small. It comes with 3 different connections to rum it off the bike as well. Fag lighter,Croc clips and a direct to battery lead. Top gear.

 

[Bendy toy]

A lead acid starter battery can only usefully deliver about 1/3 of its charge capacity before the voltage drops too low.

A small tyre pump should be able to inflate a tyre in 10 to 15 minutes.

5 amps for 12 minutes is just 1 Amp Hour. So the typical 14AH Beemer battery should be more than capable of pumping up a tyre with plenty of charge to start the engine.

No need to run the engine.

 

[SPL]

I fitted a connector to my pump's wiring that lets me plug in to the optimate fly lead that's permanently connected to my battery - works a treat.

 

[Bendy toy]

I like these. Overkill for just the tyre pump but great for anything you don't want to shake loose.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-x-Speak...375904?hash=item1a148479a0:g:bhQAAOSw7ehXTdxQ

and

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Neutrik-N...353914?hash=item51e7165eba:g:WWMAAOSwEeFU9zpd

 

[alex_rsa]

Bought the pump from Amazon for just less than £12.00. Did try a few garages but the all sell groceries and nothing car related...


The documentation in the instructions sat maximum current is 6A. Tried it through the CANBUS plug on a 800GS and worked perfectly.

Good size to keep for an emergency in the top box.