Where to find "Tire Pressure Valve Caps" ?

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no, Google is not my friend. It just tried to drown me in too much non relevant information...

I remember seeing something here, from a company doing other stuff (some product that prevent tyre leaks or something)...

:nenau

thanks
 
You may be getting confused.
They are not actually on the tyres. If you look under the tyres .. on the shiney metal rim. they are there.
 
Try Ultraseal.

But and it's a big but I seem to remember that allegedly if they fail (which of course they never will / have :eek: ) then you loose all your pressure in the tyre. Which the allegedly failed indicator will of course show.

I'd look in their advert for the word "failsafe".
 
http://www.autodax.com/products/tirepress/tpvc.htm

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I posted about those things a while back Tooned....but someone here was saying they have a tendancy to gut themselves adn all the little bits come out of the cores, giving you a rapid deflation situation...I sorta went off the idea then :nenau
 
Fanum said:
I posted about those things a while back Tooned....but someone here was saying they have a tendancy to gut themselves adn all the little bits come out of the cores, giving you a rapid deflation situation...I sorta went off the idea then :nenau
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I have a set on the Africa twin for 3 years works perfect...but i could see where a failure would be a bit of a bummer
 
I would strongly advise against using those devices.

A guy in the BMW Club suffered rapid and total tyre deflation when one failed.

The guts just blew straight out of it.

They don`t failsafe.



It`s your gamble.
 
Interesting to know...
I thought I had found the perfect cheap gift for xmas, I guess I was wrong :(
Thanks for your answers...
 
tarka said:
I would strongly advise against using those devices.

A guy in the BMW Club suffered rapid and total tyre deflation when one failed.

The guts just blew straight out of it.

They don`t failsafe.



It`s your gamble.
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I have have been using Ultraseal tyre pressure monitors on two cars and three bikes for several years and am happy with them

Last week I found the guts of one of them lying by the side of my car. The clear plastic cap had separated from the body of the unit. I checked the tyre pressure and it was normal so replaced the metal base part and drove some five hundred miles - all OK

Ultraseal assure me that they are designed so that if the cap does come off, taking with it the spring and indicator, the normal valve core will simply and instantly close and no air will be lost

I too have previously heard of alleged blowouts caused by such failures but am now of the opinion that this is an urban myth and will continue to use them. In my experience they DO failsafe
 
Save yourself a load of money, use your tyre pressure guage regularly!
 
I've been using these for a while on the bike as everytime I want to check the pressure in the rear tyre, normally when the bike is in the garage, the valve is in the wrong place & its a PITA to manouver the bike.

The ones I have, branded BikeIt, retain the original valve so if the indicator blows itself to bits the original valve should do its job & close, thereby preventing sudden loss of pressure.

You might loose a couple of PSI but that would be about it.
 
I've been using these for a while on the bike as everytime I want to check the pressure in the rear tyre, normally when the bike is in the garage, the valve is in the wrong place & its a PITA to manouver the bike
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Also, with these monitors fitted, it's dead easy to visually check your tyre pressure at each fuel stop when touring

On one occasion I had parked up for the night on soft ground outside the Youth Hostel at Turtago in Norway. Next morning it was only the red indicator that gave the clue that all was not well. A pressure check then revealed a nail in the rear tyre and just 20psi. Had I set off into the National Park it would have been a right PITA sorting the puncture in the snow by the side of the track

Like the Ultraseal tyre sealant they are not the complete answer to punctures but they are yet another layer of defence, especially when far away from the convenience of nearby tyre repair facilities
 
Jockser said:
The ones I have, branded BikeIt, retain the original valve so if the indicator blows itself to bits the original valve should do its job & close, thereby preventing sudden loss of pressure.
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Mine as well, used them for a few years, brilliant bit of gear. :thumb
 
Could someone remind me what are the PSI for a GS1200 tyres ? (manual in the topcase)

I guess "solo" (one driver, not loaded) pressure is what I should take into account...
 
36 psi front, 42 psi rear (for Dunlop D607s).

The tyre pressures are actually shown on the back of the little black plastic cover on the left hand side of the bike. BMW list various different pressures for 1 up, 2 up, 2up with luggage (but not 1 up with luggage :) ). But I always use the 2 up pressures, with absolutely no ill effects.

If you're always 1 up, you could reduce the pressures a little but I can't be bothered constantly changing them when I take a passenger.
 
I also use those pressures on my 1100`s ( MT90 Scorpions ) even when solo.
 
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