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Re: [ST] tire pressures



Colin,
Did the guru recommend 31-34 for the front and rear tires?
Craig

At 10:26 AM 8/8/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I recently participated in a workshop run by a well-respected SF Bay area 
>club racer and suspension guru.
>
>The issue of "correct" tire pressure came up, and he re-iterated that the 
>pressures listed on the tires are maximums and are generally appropriate 
>for a fully loaded motorcycle. On my ST, I therefore run 36 psi front / 42 
>rear (cold) when I have the bags on and am carrying a passenger.
>
>He also said that tire manufacturer websites and/or the bike owners manual 
>(for stock tires) used to list the recommended pressures for "normal" use 
>(a single rider and no luggage). However, he said that due to our 
>increasingly litigious social environment most manufacturers have stopped 
>this practice and now provide only the maximums. The lawyers were 
>apparently afraid people would use the normal pressures when the bike was 
>fully loaded. He acknowledged that this makes it very difficult to 
>determine the recommended normal pressures.
>
>As a rule of thumb, he said for 31-34 psi (cold) was generally a good 
>starting point for sporty street bikes. Add a few pounds for better 
>mileage/longer wear/less traction; subtract a few pounds for better grip; 
>use the recommended max psi when the bike is loaded.
>
>Made sense to me...
>
>Colin
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