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Finally checked the tyre pressures on the 10

27 front 27 rear

Felt a bit weird last Sunday and figured they wern't quite right After speaking to the Master "Tim" figured that they maybe out of wack.

Didn't expect then to be that bad. Anyway now 36 front and 40 rear. Just have to wait for the rain to stop to see how it feels

You're missing 2 psi on the rear.

36, 40 sounds good mate....it should feel a tad better, and steer a little better now

hoffy wrote:36, 40 sounds good mate....it should feel a tad better, and steer a little better now

Thanks lord Hoff, now I feel better.

Benno the compressor and fittings i was using was taking so bloody long the book said 41 in the rear, 40 close enough. Got to be better that 27

I've always run much lower pressures like that, I hear mixed reports of what to run on the 12R.

Tyre pressures seem to be a bit subjective and having always ridden old bikes with shit tyres and suspension I find that I 'ride around' whatever the bike/suspension/tyre setup is like... after about 2 minutes you get used to whatever you're running. I've played with everything from 28 to 42 in both front & rear and the biggest difference I've noticed is from high pressures - less traction under hard braking and more wheelspin at the rear.

Any thoughts/comments would be great here.

Benno wrote:You're missing 2 psi on the rear.

Benno, its a well established fact that 42 psi in the rear is bloody dangerous, please don't ever come riding with me if you have 42 psi in the rear... look what happened to Marty...

Benno, its a well established fact that 42 psi in the rear is bloody dangerous, please don't ever come riding with me if you have 42 psi in the rear... look what happened to Marty...

I'd agree, haven't ridden a 10R for any extended period but if the 12 is anything to go by then I wouldn't be recommending 42psi either.

Yeah, I don't run pressures that high, I run 34/36, but I only use my bike for twisties. I should actually check the pressures in them before and during the ride to see how they are doing, hmmm.

I've been running 31/33 in mine & feels great through the twisties Dont want too much pressure or the tire might feel a bit too rock solid & make the suspension work overtime

I run 40F/38R on the 12
otherwise the pharker gets the squirms and tramlines
and does other shit...awful

check 'em weekly too

cheers

Smitty

Why are there so many tyre pressure debates FFS.....no-one really gives a fuck !!

run what u brung....read the manual people FFS....tyres are so good these days means you can pretty much run whatever u want and they'll still grip !!

Fwiw I have NFI what my 9 is running Hope it's not 42 rear cos I might crash and all sorts of nasty shit might happen

mick_dundee wrote:Fwiw I have NFI what my 9 is running Hope it's not 42 rear cos I might crash and all sorts of nasty shit might happen

Surely it could be no more dangerous than exceeding the speed limit? I hear you are likely to highside or spontaneously combust the moment the dial goes 1km/h past the mark!!

Shifty wrote:

mick_dundee wrote:Fwiw I have NFI what my 9 is running Hope it's not 42 rear cos I might crash and all sorts of nasty shit might happen

Surely it could be no more dangerous than exceeding the speed limit? I hear you are likely to highside or spontaneously combust the moment the dial goes 1km/h past the mark!!

Only in Victoria

Shifty wrote:.....but if the 12 is anything to go by then I wouldn't be recommending 42psi either.....

thats a good pressure for long trips at high speed.......pretty much anywhere out of town on a 12 !

around town / twisties, down to 36-38 rear is better.