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My warning light will come on showing the front tire to be flat and stay on sometimes for 5 minutes , sometimes 3 days before going off , all the time pressure by gauge will be 36 lbs . Has anybody else had this problem ?
Reason I'm asking: 36 psi (cold of course) is low...
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My warning light will come on showing the front tire to be flat and stay on sometimes for 5 minutes , sometimes 3 days before going off , all the time pressure by gauge will be 36 lbs . Has anybody else had this problem ?
This is the recommended pressure shown in the manual for the front tire on my 2016 R1200RS.
The factory TPM should not show a warning at 36 PSI on a Wethead RS or RT. Not sure what the GS pressure is.
I had a slow leak during a trip and had to continually top off the pressure. In the process I got first hand knowledge about the TPM warning light. It comes on when the pressure is down to about 15 psi. Just being a few psi low is not sufficient to trigger the warning, it has to be really low.I'm not intimately familiar with these things, but I have to ask: Does it actually show "Flat" or does it indicate "Low"? Reason I'm asking: 36 psi (cold of course) is low...
Many will chime in about what pressures they run (please guys, save that debate for another thread or just don't), but maybe try looking at THE TIRE'S sidewalls and see what the TIRE MANUFACTURER recommends.
And maybe compare your gauge to a few others, just to confirm it's reasonably close.
Funny, I had the exact same experience last fall. I too had a slow leak on a long ride far away from home. My pump had a difficult time fully pressurizing the tire so I went to a gas station. I had my helmet on and couldn't hear the air. Lost air just like you. I have since bought a BestRest pump which I hope performs better than my other one.Later, I tried adding air in one station only to realize that their compressor was not running. But I didn't realize it until I had bled off air down to around 10 psi.
Funny, I had the exact same experience last fall. I too had a slow leak on a long ride far away from home. My pump had a difficult time fully pressurizing the tire so I went to a gas station. I had my helmet on and couldn't hear the air. Lost air just like you. I have since bought a BestRest pump which I hope performs better than my other one.