Tyre pressures

Bunny Burrell

Bunny Burrell

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Afternoon folks, I just had an interesting conversation with an American Gentleman with reference to motorcycle tyre pressures.
A bloke on a FB forum I follow was asking what tyre pressures would you advise for his bike, an HD Tour Glide I believe. This lad said 40 front and 32 Rear! I questioned him with, surely you would mean 32/36 front and 42+ in the rear. He came back with, well like I’d insulated his intelligence, no it must be 40 front 32 rear no arguments.
Is it me, or do you run HDs with those tyre pressures?
 
Harley says 36 front 40 rear on touring models for 2024. He probably needs a rear by now😂. Know before you go!
 

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The owners manual for my 2021 R3 states 42/42 for front and rear but reading all these "Opinions",
I must assume that the Triumph engineers picked their tire pressure recommendations out of thin air and should listen to our opinions here!
What a joke!
The size of the tire contact patch is determined by the PSI needed to maintain that patch given the weight on that patch.
I will stick by the recommended tire pressure despite the geniuses here who are going by "Feel."
I have to laugh at the random and personal tire pressure opinions expressed on this Forum.
 
+1 42/42 it dont matter if im hooning, ridin cross country, or running it up to 150mph, rain sleet or hail, 110 outside and loaded to the gills, or 30 degrees misty morning with leaves on the ground, 42/42! Dont be a joke and mess around with something you dont know anything about, remember you just drive the bike. But go by your book.
 
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I listened to a podcast a couple of years ago from a retired higher up motorcycle manufacturer tire person and they gave a lot of information on tires. the one thing he said was start out 2 PSI below the max pressure because a lot of the bike manufacturers adjust pressure for the smoothest ride and not the best tire life or grip. He also said that a lot of the time the tires that come on a bike are not the same tires that you purchase separately. I guess sometimes they make cheaper tires for the OEM so they can shave a few bucks off of the total cost.
The bike manufactures just need to get the bike out the door. If the new tires don't last that long it just brings a lot of people back to the dealer to spend more money since tires are a wear item.
 
The designers of the bikes and tires know their products that they made, listen to that.
 

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