Pumping up tyres!!

How long do you have the bike to say you need to pump the front tyre?
 
Had the bike a month....had it recovered after 90miles with a failed clutch because it leaked clutch fluid! Quality bike ��
 
Anybody know why you need a different valve stem adapter for tyres with pressure sensors....Except for the £2 difference in price. £8 and £10 respectively from NN.
 
I really don't get why pumping up the tyres on a motorcycle is so difficult for some people - surely actually being able to ride well is far more taxing??????
 
The screw on adapter works a treat as mentioned ,still have one in the toolkit,
Don't be tempted leave it on the valve, i have seen them break valves off, including the rubber ones, the risk of fast deflation isn't worth it,
 
Jacal said:
Anybody know why you need a different valve stem adapter for tyres with pressure sensors....Except for the £2 difference in price. £8 and £10 respectively from NN.
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That's news to me if you do ..... I've used the same 90 degree valve adaptor on wheels fitted with both TP and non TP sensors
 
Engineer said:
I really don't get why pumping up the tyres on a motorcycle is so difficult for some people
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Of course it's not difficult; it's when it's not as straightforward as some people imagine, that questions start. Questions that your contribution does nothing to answer.

Here's an example.

I have five motorcycles, the valve stems and designs of the wheels and disk brakes are slightly differen on each. On my 1600 GT, the valve stems are very convenient, sticking out at a very rigid but quite shallow right angle from the robust spoke of the wheel. Great.... Until that is you need to use some garage forecourt airlines with often a chewed up nozzle, which requires a deep valve stem to get a grip on or it will let more air out than it puts in.

Take then my HP2 Sport. This has conventional rubber supported valve stems that are quite long..But, due to the size of the front wheel's disk rotor and the design of the spokes it is very difficult to get a 'clip on' connector for a conventional foot pump to fit and all but impossible to use some designs of pressure gauges.

So, two bikes that CAN render the very simple task of getting air into tyres not quite as simple as you might imagine.

Now me, being a self-reliant Adventure motorcyclist, am ready when faced with these challenges. Equipped with a simple right angled valve adaptor (available from most motor factors for a couple of quid) AND the really useful flexible hose valve stem adaptor (slightly more expensive) but readily available, too. Either or both of these simple devices make the seemingly straightforward task of getting air into a tyre simpler still. I also know that it's sometimes (not always) possible to ask a friendly tyre fitter to fit angled (or conventional straight) valve stems to some (but not all) wheels when a tyre is replaced. Doing so might well remove the need to spend a couple of quid on the angled adaptor but maybe not.

Of the two devices offered as aids to filling tyres with air, I find the flexible hose the best, as it covers several bases and situations at once. Others might differ or baulk at the idea of spending perhaps £6 when they can spend £2 on a device they may only use once or twice on a bike that maybe cost then £15000 plus bling. Hey-ho, that's life.

So, now we've established that it's not necessarily as easy a task as it might seem.... What's YOUR advice, mate?
 
Wapping said:
Of course it's not difficult; it's when it's not as straightforward as some people imagine, that questions start. Questions that your contribution does nothing to answer.

Here's an example.

I have five motorcycles, the valve stems and designs of the wheels and disk brakes are slightly differen on each. On my 1600 GT, the valve stems are very convenient, sticking out at a very rigid but quite shallow right angle from the robust spoke of the wheel. Great.... Until that is you need to use some garage forecourt airlines with often a chewed up nozzle, which requires a deep valve stem to get a grip on or it will let more air out than it puts in.

Take then my HP2 Sport. This has conventional rubber supported valve stems that are quite long..But, due to the size of the front wheel's disk rotor and the design of the spokes it is very difficult to get a 'clip on' connector for a conventional foot pump to fit and all but impossible to use some designs of pressure gauges.

So, two bikes that CAN render the very simple task of getting air into tyres not quite as simple as you might imagine.

Now me, being a self-reliant Adventure motorcyclist, am ready when faced with these challenges. Equipped with a simple right angled valve adaptor (available from most motor factors for a couple of quid) AND the really useful flexible hose valve stem adaptor (slightly more expensive) but readily available, too. Either or both of these simple devices make the seemingly straightforward task of getting air into a tyre simpler still. I also know that it's sometimes (not always) possible to ask a friendly tyre fitter to fit angled (or conventional straight) valve stems to some (but not all) wheels when a tyre is replaced. Doing so might well remove the need to spend a couple of quid on the angled adaptor but maybe not.

Of the two devices offered as aids to filling tyres with air, I find the flexible hose the best, as it covers several bases and situations at once. Others might differ or baulk at the idea of spending perhaps £6 when they can spend £2 on a device they may only use once or twice on a bike that maybe cost then £15000 plus bling. Hey-ho, that's life.

So, now we've established that it's not necessarily as easy a task as it might seem.... What's YOUR advice, mate?
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Stop waffling and go pump your tyres up, that's my advice.
 
Hell I think GSA tires are a breeze to pump? Access the stems from the right side, where the spokes are not in the way, push 90 degree air nozzle on and fill.

The Road King rear is the one that's horrible to get to.
 
pumping tyres

RJH said:
Hi folks. I am new to BMW, having just bought a lovely new shiny GSA.
It is a lovely bike......

Went to pump up the front tyre this afternoon and had great difficulty getting at the valve with the pump!!

Is it just me (I am no technical genius)! Or is there an easy way that I have missed completely?!?!
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I've got to say that some of the negativity on this site really annoys me, but heavens above: surely you can work out how to inflate your tyres all on your own ............. it isn't that difficult, really .........
 
I spent £16k on the bike. I reserve the right to say I shouldn't have to spend another £10 for an adapter to pump the tyres up!
 
RJH said:
I spent £16k on the bike. I reserve the right to say I shouldn't have to spend another £10 for a............
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.....Is pretty much how half the posts on here start. It's a BMW. You just have accept the fact that they're good bikes but deficient in some ways, or it'll drive you crazy.
Oh, and don't mind the digs from some posters. You could suggest feeding hungry orphans on here and somebody will have a go at you.
 
RJH said:
I spent £16k on the bike. I reserve the right to say I shouldn't have to spend another £10 for an adapter to pump the tyres up!
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In that case I would suggest you take the bike (with V5C and both keys) back to the dealer and tell him you are too fucking stupid to own it :rolleyes:
 
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