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Afan Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 156 Des Moines, IA Gender:	Air pressures in tires 08/15/13 at 07:54:04 In the S40 Guide, I got with my bike, I found that the tire pressure is different then the tire pressure written on the tire itself. What's correct? Whom to believe?
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28668 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Air pressures in tires Reply #1 - 08/15/13 at 08:31:18 Believe the bike... Tire manufacturers give the maximum recommended pressure, not the correct pressure... Tire pressure is based on load... tire manufacturers have no idea what the weight of your bike is... ....
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deejaysham Junior Member Offline Have fun, don't get hurt Posts: 81	Re: Air pressures in tires Reply #2 - 08/16/13 at 08:37:41 Just got my bike on craigslist without a user guide so if you could tell me, what is the correct tire pressure? I was going to top up today in fact.
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Re: Air pressures in tires
Reply #3 - 08/16/13 at 08:50:31

I think it's something like,... 31f/29r...
Add a couple if you're big, .. or reduce a couple if you're small...

I usually do 32 in both... because I'm lazy... by the time I check it again, it's way below 28lbs..
... like, 15lbs... Grin

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PS... it's also on a sticker on the bike... I think it's on the belt guard...

TIP... those nuts on the valve stem... they should not be tightened down...(they are for installation purposes only)... unscrew them up towards the cap... that gives the tube a tiny bit of room to slip during hard stops and acceleration...
It hardly ever happens, but a tightened down stem can cause the tube to tear...
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deejaysham Junior Member Offline Have fun, don't get hurt Posts: 81	Re: Air pressures in tires Reply #4 - 08/16/13 at 08:56:42 Thanks for the info Serowbot! Realizing that I didn't know this has pushed me to search the forums and find the pdf version of the OM, too.
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Afan Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 156 Des Moines, IA Gender:	Re: Air pressures in tires Reply #5 - 08/16/13 at 09:26:19 Tire pressure Table
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28668 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Air pressures in tires Reply #6 - 08/16/13 at 09:42:23 Do I get any points for being sorta' closeish?... ...
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Afan Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 156 Des Moines, IA Gender:	Re: Air pressures in tires Reply #7 - 08/16/13 at 09:42:49 I just checked that does it say on tires and, if you asked me 15 minutes ago I would bet my life I read few days ago numbers, and they were bigger then in Manual... ?!?!!?!? And nothing on rear tire?!?!?
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Afan Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 156 Des Moines, IA Gender:	Re: Air pressures in tires Reply #8 - 08/16/13 at 09:45:19 Serowbot wrote on 08/16/13 at 09:42:23: Do I get any points for being sorta' closeish?... ... By all means!
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Afan Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 156 Des Moines, IA Gender:	Re: Air pressures in tires Reply #9 - 08/16/13 at 09:48:15 By the way, I'm 240lbs. Do I fall into first category "Solo riding with a little cargo" or "Solo Riding with heavy cargo", where, in my case, cargo is my stomach?
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Reply #10 - 08/16/13 at 09:55:04

The manual is set for the "average" laid back rider. If you ride a lot or aggressively, you will keep boosting tire pressures until the bike feels "right". I run mine at 35-40 (prefer 40 in both tires) psi in swingarm frames, brings back a bit of the steering response and control lost to the rear shocks. I grew up on rigid frame bikes, so to me, they hug the line better and feel 1000x more stable than the "squirm" inherent in a chassis with a swingarm and dual shocks. Not a lot of play in a modern suspension set up, but it is there, and noticeable.

From 2/1998-2/2008, if the road was ice free, I was on two wheels. Rain, snow, tropical storm with hellacious winds... I hate driving, so I rode. I put 44K miles on one bike in 18 months, and never went outside the 2 counties I lived/worked in. Put 3K miles on it in the first week of ownership.

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Afan Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 156 Des Moines, IA Gender:	Re: Air pressures in tires Reply #11 - 08/16/13 at 09:56:26 While on Owner's Manual... For fuel it said, the bike requires regular unleaded gasoline with minimum 87 octane rating. Is this the best solution or 89 or 93 are better? Or, simply, what's the best? I'm assuming 87 is the optimum?
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Re: Air pressures in tires
Reply #12 - 08/16/13 at 10:01:58

Afan wrote on 08/16/13 at 09:56:26:

While on Owner's Manual... For fuel it said, the bike requires regular unleaded gasoline with minimum 87 octane rating.

Is this the best solution or 89 or 93 are better?
Or, simply, what's the best?

I'm assuming 87 is the optimum?

Right. It's a low compression engine. No need for higher octane.

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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: Air pressures in tires Reply #13 - 08/16/13 at 10:09:36 I've run mine on as low as 85.5 octane, ran fine. Use the cheap stuff, bike likes it and better for your wallet.
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Re: Air pressures in tires
Reply #14 - 08/16/13 at 18:06:43

1. I would like to say "Amen" to Serowbot for finally telling the truth. That didn't sound right. For finally going against the old story that pressure is on the sidewall. B. The "H" rating on our tires is a speed and/or handling rating. The numbers such as 56 (Or whatever) is the load rating. Google these numbers for your mc or car tires. Last: I run around 40 in front and rear with ME 880s. I have new tubes and find I can lose as much as 10 lbs in 3 weeks to a month. Just checked them and aired up two days ago. No matter what you figure out to use BE SURE to check your tires every couple of weeks with a guage that has been shown to be accurate.

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