Okay everyone I have a question here. Since I ride solo and I weight 190 pounds without gear here is my dilemma. The tire pressure reading says 36 front 42 rear if you weight 198 pounds. Now with gear on I cannot imagine I weight more than 200 pounds. I have put on the two bros which shaves off 10 pounds and taken off the rear fender and ais system which is probably another 5 pounds tops. So theoretically I weight with gear on no more than 190 pounds again. Now the manual stated to have 33 in the front And 36 in the rear if you weight under 198 pounds which putting all into consideration I do now. It also says that for high speed driving keep the psi at 36 front and 42 rear. Has anyone played with this setting? Am I not supposed to drive over 100 mph on the low pressure setting? Also I am concentrating now on getting ride of my chicken strips so I want to make sure I am setting the tire pressure correctly. Let me know what you guys think on this matter.
Tire Pressure Help
- Thread starter PWJ
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Tire pressure is also something you'll learn to feel too. If I'm commuting, I like to keep mine 42 rear, 40 front. If I'm riding hard, I keep them at 37R/35F. I'm 225 and have shaved a bunch of weight off the bike as well.
Also, you mentioned concentrating on getting rid of chicken strips. Please visit this thread and read through it carefully. http://www.600cc.org/forum/f68/keep-these-mind-when-trying-get-rid-chicken-strips-20105/
Also, you mentioned concentrating on getting rid of chicken strips. Please visit this thread and read through it carefully. http://www.600cc.org/forum/f68/keep-these-mind-when-trying-get-rid-chicken-strips-20105/
elishatarvin
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I think you are over thinking it a little.
For the R6, we are supposed to run 36 front and rear. Some of the track users run it a little bit lower than that (I'm guessing so the tire can grip better) but you won't get as great gas mileage.
Tire pressure is also something you'll learn to feel too. If I'm commuting, I like to keep mine 42 rear, 40 front. If I'm riding hard, I keep them at 37R/35F. I'm 225 and have shaved a bunch of weight off the bike as well.
Also, you mentioned concentrating on getting rid of chicken strips. Please visit this thread and read through it carefully. http://www.600cc.org/forum/f68/keep-these-mind-when-trying-get-rid-chicken-strips-20105/
I do 39F and 38R with stiff as heck Racetech suspension and Metzler Interact tires and I'm at 210 with gear.
If I'm on a track, I drop the pressure 2 pounds for better grip.
moral of the story...everyone is different. just try out different pressures and u will find one u like the best
Depends, I've heard of this as well in cars.OK,, I was talking to a long time motorcyclist and I was told that if I put Nitrogen in my tires instead of regular air my bike will handle differently and much better.....thoughts? Laurie
I know the new GT-R (Nissan Skyline) run Nitrogen in the tires as it's a lighter gas than oxygen as well.
elishatarvin
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Nitrogen is not worth it for street tires. We ran nitrogen in our race car tires when we were racing stock cars because the massive heat build up and massive change in heat would cause slight irregularities if we ran compressed air. But we had to go buy nitrogen. And even at that, there's no way to completely purge regular air from the tire unless you filled it while in a vacuum.
Right on!Nitrogen is not worth it for street tires. We ran nitrogen in our race car tires when we were racing stock cars because the massive heat build up and massive change in heat would cause slight irregularities if we ran compressed air. But we had to go buy nitrogen. And even at that, there's no way to completely purge regular air from the tire unless you filled it while in a vacuum.
I personally prefer setting on hot pressure. Cold psi are a good starting point. But hot psi is what usually matters. I don't bother on my street ride, but if I was going to hit the track I would. So maybe it would be nice to get some hot numbers for normal driving, sporty driving and track riding. On a race track the tire get abuse quite more then street driving, reason why the cold psi are few psi lower. :thumbup:
One thing about Nitrogen. If you have access to Nitrogen and don't have to spend your own money... why not. Before do the comparison with cold/hot psi with air. Then double check with Nitrogen. I'm quite sure the cold psi will end up 2-3 psi higher with Nitrogen. But seriously, unless some of you do race track riding... don't bother using Nitrogen!