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My brand new bike is losing 2-5psi per day in the tires. Is this normal or should I be concerned? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 week ago by PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca to c/motorcycles@lemmy.world
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I’ve been monitoring it for a few days. I carry a small portable air compressor and the digital gauge on it consistently shows the pressure being around 2-5 psi lower.

It seems the front tire loses air slightly faster than the rear but I can’t confirm that yet.

It seems I have to top up both tires before every ride now. I do around 80-150km per ride and measure inside a my garage before riding.

Should I be concerned? Is this normal? What has been your experience? Put my mind at ease one way or another 🤪 I just want to ride safely.

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[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah you got that right - the whole driving oneself nuts with consumer tire gauges. For all I know my tires could be totally fine and I’m just consistently not using the same gauge twice 🤪 I only realized after a comment here and then watching a Project Farm video where he tested like 10 different gauges and a whole bunch of them were wildly off (by more than 5psi).

My gauge arrives in a couple days so we shall see. Thanks for the advice!

Edit: ya this was it. I’m dumb and my tires are good.