Tire psi

[hardrider]

Thank you to those that gave me great advice.

[Jllm02199]

The tires will tell you if you have enough pressure.
A tire manufacture at Daytona said, Put 40 front and 42 rear.
I'm talking 02 1500 nomad.
Ride the bike and get the tires hot. Recheck the pressure. If the pressure went up over 2 lbs you didn't have enough starting pressure.
This is because the side walls are flexing cause the tire to get hot.

I tested this out and it works.

Try it.

[Dean]

Originally Posted by Sabre-t

Providing it is not too low. Too low pressure causes the middle of the tire to fold inwards, actually reducing the contact area, and causing outside wear and/or cupping. Based on my experience, this is what happens at the Kawi's recommended 28 psi. 28 psi on a Bridgestone Extendra (the tire and pressure reccomended by Kawi for the Voyager) and I got serious outside wear while the center still had lots of tread left.

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Sabre-T

You are of course correct. I just didn't think anyone would ride around with that low of a tire pressure.... or as my wife says I just didn't think.