It never ceases to amaze me how infrequently people do the basic checks such as tyre pressures and oil etc.!? Why would you spend thousands on the latest high-tech missile with carbon this and titanium that and not check the bloody air in the tyres at least once a week or before each ride if you don't use it regularly? It's totally beyond me . . . . My wife used to be a service receptionist in a garage and frequently had people bring expensive cars in for an annual service only to find that the oil level was non-existent and the tyres down to the canvas on more than one occasion. The owners never did any basic checks from one MOT/service to the next!
So I checked mine. Should have been 38 in the front ..........26psi ! 42 in the back........... 37 psi. Wondered why it was handling like a pig . It wanted to go to Asda, when I wanted to go around the roundabout.
Samurai, I do not check my tyres pressure that often because they rarely need air, as for Oil I do check that quite often, although a lot easier to check oil than tyre pressures
An electronic tyre pressure monitoring system makes it pretty easy to check the pressures every ride or even during rides, I find.
I bought my 999 from a guy in Wales who had owned the bike for about 6 months and couldn't get on with it. I rode the bike back to Essex and spoke to him a few days later. He asked me how I was getting on with it, I said fine now I'd put some air in the tyres. I heard him slap his head over the phone. It had about 20psi front, 25psi rear and rode like a barge.
hehe, did not say it was not easy,I said I do not do it that often because I find when I do check they rarely need air. Pete1950 I agree 100% something I do miss from my old K1300R, as if you get a slow puncture, well even a quick ish one, it screams at you and flashes a red light.
So how long might you be riding around with a screw in your tyre before you spot it? At the end of the day it's all that's keeping you upright . . . :Wideyed: I had one in a rear tyre a few years ago and the pressure was fine, but a bloody great screw was all that was holding it in! Fortunately I found it within a week as I was commuting every day and do basic checks every weekend. I wouldn't have wanted to gamble with centrifugal force versus the co-efficient of friction of metal versus rubber for any longer.
I have to mention that it wasn't my Ducati tyres which were flat. It was a Kawasaki Z1000SX. Goes around the corners now though.
not checked them since had the new rear fitted a couple of weeks back the pressures did alter once in the previous 3k miles on the old tyre that is with a plug and a nail hanging out of it for the last 800 miles
I recently had some Pilot Road 4's fitted, after a few miles of scrubbing in and a couple of days later I start to ride it properly and the front felt like it wanted to tuck at every corner, not nice. Turns out the pressure was down to 22psi. Topped the pressure up to the prescribed 30 and then a few days later back down to low twenties, turns out they didn't check the tyre for leaks around the rims. Glad to say they are fixing the problem without any questions. Check your pressures.
Heard nothing back Rich, not a peep. Ducati Wolverhampton are ignoring all my emails, when i call up Tony the MD is never available and i am promised a call back which i never get. Very poor customer service received so far from Ducati Wolverhampton.
Sounds very poor from DW I would be ringing the service department every day until I get an answer and then go pay them a visit
Went and paid Ducati Wolverhampton a visit at BSB as the MD's son races in the Tri options cup. Monday morning got an email agreeing to swap my tyre like for like for the one off of their demo, so pretty happy with that. Persistence is key... top tip for everybody
