Pumping up tyres!!

[WindyChuffer]

No need for right angled valves or other jiggery pokery.

Position bike so valve is at bottom. Feed air line through hole in disc and straight onto valve stem. Push down to lock on.

Easy when you know how.

But be careful not to stress the valve stem as they are indeed made of cheese.

 

[Wapping]

.... go pump your tyres up, that's my advice.

A task I can manage whenever necessary, without ever calling on your assistance I'm happy to say. Others will, through this thread, now be able to manage the job better, too. All with zero help from you. Lots of winners and just one loser; a happy result all round.

 

[batman1]

and here...at two for the price of one..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221292032255?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

User feedback.
Don't bother with the above, I got a pair to try, and to be fair although they are as cheap as chips, they are beautiful made in Italy (not China) however as you screw them down onto the bike valve quite a lot of air escapes from the tyre before the seal beds down, then the same again as you undo the adapter, the escaping air during fitting/removal makes to whole tyre filling job on a GSA a bit hit and miss, so a nicely made product that kind of defeats itself for our purpose.

 

[Vanguard]

User feedback.
Don't bother with the above, I got a pair to try, and to be fair although they are as cheap as chips, they are beautiful made in Italy (not China) however as you screw them down onto the bike valve quite a lot of air escapes from the tyre before the seal beds down, then the same again as you undo the adapter, the escaping air during fitting/removal makes to whole tyre filling job on a GSA a bit hit and miss, so a nicely made product that kind of defeats itself for our purpose.

What do you use then, are these not identical to Nippy Normans offering or are they a cheap copy ?

 

[Engineer]

A task I can manage whenever necessary, without ever calling on your assistance I'm happy to say. Others will, through this thread, now be able to manage the job better, too. All with zero help from you. Lots of winners and just one loser; a happy result all round.

Not sure what that meant, but the only loser is someone who struggles to pump the tyres up on a motorcycle!

 

[batman1]

Engineer,

It's still doable, you just need to overfill the tyre then undo the adapter fairly sharpish and set the pressure with your own pressure gauge.

The flexy adapter as recommended by the very superior Mr Wapping on post no.10 will be the better item to keep under your bike seat.

 

[CPJS]

The valve stem on the gs lc is shorter than on most vehicles. My foot pump has worked on any vehicle i have used it on other than my gs. The gs valve stem is long enough (when putting the pump business end is put on it) to have the little titty thing in the middle of it depressed and let air out but not long enough to seat in the base of the pump end fitting before hitting the nut at the base of the valve stem.
Normally you have lost 5 or 6 psi by the time you realise it is not working and, because the tps said it was low in the first place, you have a problem.
I have seen this happen to other people as well.
When touring abroad i have had this happen with some filling station forecourt air lines so now carry an airman pump with me as the screw on fitting always works.

 

[stolzy]

You people are still putting air in your tyres?

Noble gases are where its at - c'mon its 2015!

Radon is best (biggest atom, leaks out less = more consistent tyre pressures). It has some disadvantages though.

Helium reduces the unsprung weight, but tyres are quite porous to it, so you need to carry a top-up bottle even to go to Tesco.

Overall, Xenon is the best compromise, or krypton if you must (but don't ask for kryptoninite - not the same thing at all.

 

[Engineer]

You people are still putting air in your tyres?

Noble gases are where its at - c'mon its 2015!

Radon is best (biggest atom, leaks out less = more consistent tyre pressures). It has some disadvantages though.

Helium reduces the unsprung weight, but tyres are quite porous to it, so you need to carry a top-up bottle even to go to Tesco.

Overall, Xenon is the best compromise, or krypton if you must (but don't ask for kryptoninite - not the same thing at all.

Surely there is a molecular gas with very large molecule that will never leak through rubber???

E.g Tungsten Hexaflouride

 

[Nice 'n' Fat]

Kin Ell ....... 50 posts about putting air in to tyres

 

[edzt]

Kin Ell ....... 50 posts about putting air in to tyres

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