PSA: Check your tire pressure

LEDetailng said:
I never rode my bike as a daily driver (rider). I always checked my tire pressure before each ride. In my cars I have been known to go way too long between checks. Flat or low tire in a car = inconvenience. Flat tire on a bike = bad news.
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Ya I felt really bad when I noticed how low they were. I should have noticed earlier since the handling has been much worse these past few weeks. It`s amazing how difference a few points in each tire can make a motorcycle feel. Night and day difference.
 
Vega@Autopia said:
Ya I felt really bad when I noticed how low they were. I should have noticed earlier since the handling has been much worse these past few weeks. It`s amazing how difference a few points in each tire can make a motorcycle feel. Night and day difference.
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Vega - Ride safe man! None of want to hear something bad happened to you (or Andre) while riding your bike. Heck I was even concerned when you said Thunderstorms had postponed one of the contest announcement! Little did I know you were just teasing... :P
 
Be safe Vega!! Before I sold my ZX6R I would check the pressure every ride.

Always visually inspect each tire too. I had front and rear tire stands so it was easy to rotate the tire to check them.

I once found a small trim nail in my rear tire. Freaked me out. If I missed that and it came out on a ride it could have been bad.

Ride safe!!

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I`m *ASSuming* that everybody here does a daily pre-flight walk-around, right? Looking for anything that`s obviously not right, like low tires, suspicious puddles, etc. ...Like, *every* day that a vehicle gets used, before you first start it up....right?

Been trying to get a newly-licensed driver into this habit, her parents/driving "instructors" (scare-quotes very intentional) apparently never brought it up :rolleyes:
 
trashmanssd said:
My last toy car had no engine oil dipstick, you had to check it from the on board computer and it only read it at idle when it was up to temperature. Now my Toyota truck has no transmission dip stick.
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Not having a dipstick doesn`t mean that you can`t check the fluid level. There is a check plug on the bottom of the transmission pan/case if you really feel inclined to check, although it isn`t as simple as pulling a dipstick.
 
Came out yesterday morning and I had the tire idiot light on .. out comes the pump and of course it didn`t go off until I put air into the fourth tire :( Respect your tires!!
 
Thanks for the reminder, I have to do this soon. I have the TPMS for the first time in this car. I never saw it operate, so I must be good - right ? I have a few gauges that need to be dusted off.

EDIT: I just did the tires, all were 3# over. I left them that way. The spare is next, too much junk in the trunk at this time.
 
Vega@Autopia said:
Wow checking a clients air pressure and filling their tires is an awesome courtesy service add-on I never thought of! Thanks Dan!

I was talking to a detailer recently and he told me he started off mobile detailing and he would notice most cars he detailed were due for an oil change. So he would offer an oil change package to change their oil before having the car detailed. It sounds like an amazing idea to me. I know a lot of people would LOVE the convenience of an oil change while having their car detailed in their own driveway.
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Good reminder. And quality gage is a must. I bought one of the accutire models from AG and have been happy with it. I use it every couple months to set the pressure specified on door plate and then reset the TPMS.

Just a thought on the add-on service though. I`m not a pro, but a word of caution when adjusting tire pressure on someone else`s car. Although tire wear is the most common problem resulting from improper pressure, it can also cause handling issues and the potential for blowouts on extremely worn tires. If I was a pro, and saw very worn tires on a customer car, I would recommend that you all just alert your customer to the issue instead of adding air yourself. You don`t want liability issues. If you are a professional in the industry, even though you are not a tire shop or installer, and you do anything to the tires, if then the customer has a blowout or an accident where the tires contributed to the problem you don`t want to be sued or blamed. The "innocent [read clueless] consumer" will always have the benefit of the doubt. You will be the one dealing with proof problems to establish that the problem was the tire condition and that your adjusting the pressure didn`t contribute to the issue. This scenario might seem remote, and probably is, but even BS lawsuits or claims take real money to defend. Unfortunately these days, common sense and basic reality are not deterrents to the filing of lawsuits.
 
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