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« on: July 12, 2012, 04:14:26 AM » |
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Hearing the pencil gauges aren't to be relied on and some dial gauges are perhaps not the best, what do folks here suggest? Are digital the way to go? how do you calibrate any of the damn things?.......
thoughts, suggestions
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Toledo Mark
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« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2012, 04:27:25 AM » |
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I have an electronic Slime gauge. I think it is accurate.
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2012, 06:48:02 AM » |
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I have a stick gauge that might be older than me. It matches the $50 dial gauge
I got at NAPA to carry in the Valkyrie, and Frank Smoak's digital gauge...
I've seen new stick gauges (especially the little three inch $2 ones at the counter
at AutoZone/Advance) that were all over the place...
-Mike
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« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2012, 07:28:58 AM » |
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i have a digital, that i checked against a local tire only dealer(very trustworthy) they calibrate their guages yearly. mine was right on with theirs. bought mine at o'riellys auto parts. generec .  |
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donaldcc
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« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2012, 07:33:19 AM » |
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Don
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« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2012, 07:46:33 AM » |
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I have a dial guage by autometer, A good old brand for boat and hotrod guages. Puy it in a heavy cloth bag & it rides just fine in the saddlebag. Yup, it's accurate. The digital ones are the most accurate if you buy a good one, but they don't hold up to being jostled around in Motorcycle luggage.
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« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2012, 08:10:11 AM » |
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^^^^^ This..... I use the same... accurate |
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« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2012, 06:47:54 PM » |
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I have a milton brand dial, It is with in a half pound of a friends fancy digital.
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gordonv
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« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2012, 10:39:11 PM » |
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I don't use gauges that push on, I've already broken my stem supports.
Mine screw on, and I have it with my tire pump. Really don't know how accurate it is. I care more that I don't have a leak or not, and that the tire stays at a steady presure, than what that presure is.
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Jess from VA
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« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2012, 04:56:04 AM » |
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You can one-hand push gauges on metal valve stems.
With OE stems, it better be hands and knees and two hands.
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Brian
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« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2012, 06:28:24 AM » |
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Personally, I would find a trust worthy pencil gauge to carry for that tire check out on the road and I do carry one. I stay away from the cheap plastic ones as they break off at the head, been there done that. I don't have much luck with anything that needs batteries. I would leave those items at home other than an LED flash light kept in the saddle bag too. This I check often. IMHO.
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« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2012, 10:46:18 AM » |
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You can one-hand push gauges on metal valve stems.
With OE stems, it better be hands and knees and two hands.
Or just get on your hands and knees and pray  -Mike |
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« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2012, 11:52:49 AM » |
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The problem with digital gauges is the battery is usually dead or part the digits are dead when you need it most. I tossed mine in the trash and went back to the old school reliable stick type. I keep one on the R* and one on the valk. Both match my milton tire servicing gauge that I keep plugged into my home compressor. Believe me, they are more accurate than those cursed vacuum gauges I got at HF!!  |
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« Reply #14 on: July 14, 2012, 12:08:55 PM » |
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This is the one I have been using for years. Very accurate with .25psi increments so you can bleed down to precisely what you want. Remember: Bleed down cold tires; don't pump up! https://www.denniskirk.com/281987.sku?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cseJoe P |
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Motorcycling is not, of itself, inherently dangerous.
It is however, extremely unforgiving of: inattention, ignorance, incompetence or stupidity.
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« Reply #15 on: July 15, 2012, 05:11:24 AM » |
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Got the same one-no problemos. Easy to use on my sport bike too... |
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WDAN
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« Reply #16 on: July 15, 2012, 10:44:56 AM » |
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Dozer
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« Reply #17 on: July 20, 2012, 07:59:28 AM » |
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ME2
You have white walls?? Man those look nice...really sets the bike off but they are a PITA to keep clean especially the back tire... |
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