Tyre preasure, cautionary tale.

[Cal Price]

I used to check my tyre preasure on a monthly basis and after about a year or so with it unchanged I got lazy, that coupled with a reluctance to get down on the buscuits-and-cheese during winter meant I had not checked since about last Sept/Oct. Recently I have noticed some "ify" handling and Zizzing particularly on road markings and tar-lines, coupled with a cold wet winter this gave me a few unsolicited thrills. I know the stock tyres are less than brilliant but this was really crappy. I checked the preasure and found the front was 7lbs light and the rear six light. What a difference correcting that with a breath of air has made. The twenty pency piece in the air machine was well spent. Check them!

[Lerxst]

What's the proper pressure?

[Kerry]

What's the proper pressure?

For the stock tires,

Front = 33 psi  (2.25 bar)
Rear = 36 psi  (2.50 bar) without a passenger, 41 psi  (2.80 bar) with a passenger

[Cal Price]

10/10 Correct, as usual Kerry.

[tigerstyle102]

What's the proper pressure?

For the stock tires,

Front = 33 psi  (2.25 bar)
Rear = 36 psi  (2.50 bar) without a passenger, 41 psi  (2.80 bar) with a passenger

What about non-stock tires? I have the MEZ2 MEZ4 combo. It probably says on the sidewall of the tires right? I should probably check mine, haven't checked them since I put them on, 2000 miles ago.

[Turkina]

Do NOT inflate your tires to the pressurre printed on the sidewalls of your tires.  That's max operating pressure and other than being dangerous, your bike will have very crappy ride and handling characteristics.  I'm not sure about tires that are not the stock size, but I'd think you should keep it close to the 33/36 listed, since that is calculated for the bike weight and suspension.