Tire pressure gauge help ?

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  1. kamil_k7

    kamil_k7 Rides with no training wheels

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    Looking for a good and accurate tire pressure gauge.

    my old one was off by few psi, what you guys use ?
     
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    Derick Rides with no training wheels

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    I use the motion pro gauge as well. In comparing it to other MP gauges, we have noticed they vary. What I think is more important is that you use the same gauge every time, that way if your gauge is off, you are still consistent with pressures.
     
  7. Brett

    Brett What's an apex?

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    Motion Pro for me also bit not the digital one.
     
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    kamil_k7 Rides with no training wheels

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    yeah i notice motion pro is really popular one out there
    hey thx for your help everyone
     
  9. haze748

    haze748 Sammiches

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    Also Motion Pro here, analog version. Love it. If you get one, just remember to pull the little plug/stopper thing at the top to equalize with ambient pressure before you take a reading. You don't need to do it every time, but if you change altitude or temps throughout the day, it will give you a more accurate reading.
     
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    kamil_k7 Rides with no training wheels

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    is the digital one so much better ?? prob more accurate
     
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    Both the motion pro digi and the cheap one I posted the link to read on .1 psi increments
     
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    I'm all about a liquid filled guage, simply because there is less stress on them when knocking around in the toolbox. Also won't live without a bleed button. So easy.

    As mentioned earlier it's always better to consistently use the same guage. Tire guages are like Dynos... Never the same numbers.

    -Tom
     
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    True, but check your gauge against others from time to time. I had a very nice MP gauge slip 4 psi over 2 track days (the swivel bushing seal started to lose it) and I cold tore 2 Pirelli rear slicks :wtf: Messed with the suspension all kinds of ways, before I put another gauge on it, and had to turn it all back, and let 4 psi out of the tires. Until then, all the guys were using my gauge as the benchmark; since then, they've never asked to borrow it.

    MP repaired it under warranty, and it was a few years old. MP's tolerance spec is .9 PSI which I thought was a lot, but mine was only .3 off after the service (they said).
     
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    My wife checks our tires with a cheap pink talking digital gauge. The funny thing is that I have gone behind her with a Motion Pro and it is spot on every time:jester:
     
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    I've got a Longacre liquid filled one at work, and a pair of Bikemaster at home. I have two of the Bikemasters because I keep one in my car, the other in my tool box. At $15 for a "real" gauge, I shouldn't expect much, but the ruber protector on the gauge is pretty thin, so I don't expect it to last as long as the Longacre...
     
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