tyre pressures - track

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Evilchicken0
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Re: tyre pressures - track

Post by Evilchicken0 » Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:06 pm

Yeah - I think your right.

You should check your tyre pressures after a trackday anyway - you can loose some pressure through the valves at high speed. Your not supposed to use plastic valves on a racebike and metal ones should always have an o-ring seal.
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Re: tyre pressures - track

Post by plodder » Tue Mar 23, 2010 12:31 pm

That's correct. I use metal caps with a seal. The cap is the primary pressure retention device, NOT the valve core.

My tyres don;t deflate on trackdays and even if they did I'm not bothered as I stick the bike on the trailer to get it home.
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