TYRE PRESSURE BATTERY WARNING

[nightrider]

well that sounds good to me , i can well live without some thing i never had on my previous 50 bikes . i will just check tyre pressure as the old way . same old story these things are great untill they go wrong. then its a lot of hassle or lots of cash...............

[garfield1974]

or both 

[O.C.]

If you do nothing the warning will stay until the batteries are completely dead at which point the tire pressure display will vanish from the dash as if it had never existed.

Welcome Jonathan... who and where are you

Dont be shy...introduce yourself...we wont bite   

[trousersnake01]

From this http://www.pbase.com/fredharmon/tiresensor page, just a couple of questions, where do those angled valve stems come from as I have an angled valve attachment I put on every time I put air in?

and

Can I buy these batteries with tags on which would be easy to solder or have I got to get solder fixed to these batteries which I think I have done years ago and found it difficult due to the smooth surface .

Bob

[Debs]

There you go Rob

Right Angle Valve.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=Right+Angle+tyre+valve&_sacat=0&_odkw=Right+Angle+tyre+Stem&_osacat=0&_from=R40

Battery for Sensors

http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/displayProduct.jsp?sku=1892670&action=view&CMP=GRHB-OCTOPART-1000755

OR

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-CR2032-PANASONIC-BATTERY-W-TABS-FREE-SHIPPING-/200609112547?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eb53c21e3&_uhb=1

[Deon]

Have you guys bought and used these right angled valves ?
The reason that I am asking is that I have bought 3 of them ( different brands ) and none of them work. Seems like the valve on the TPS bikes are too short.
Will be interesting to know if yours works on the TPS valve.

Deon

[Debs]

I dont have them Deon..
I leave all the blowing up of tyres to others.. 

[doebag]

Have you guys bought and used these right angled valves ?
The reason that I am asking is that I have bought 3 of them ( different brands ) and none of them work. Seems like the valve on the TPS bikes are too short.
Will be interesting to know if yours works on the TPS valve.

Deon

I bought these ones HERE from fleabay and they work


I keep one on the bike and one in the garage/workshop

[Deon]

Does your bike have TPS fitted ?

Deon

[Lonewolf]

I also use a right angled valve for topping up the tyres, have done for years and it works just fine. Just never leave it on when riding the bike......

[doebag]

Does your bike have TPS fitted ?

Deon

Yes it has.

[mecki]

I bought some right angle valves from HG for emergencies and they fit OK.
The only problem I found is that half the air you just put in escapes when you take them off.
So how do you manage to get the right air pressure?
I find it absolutely disgusting that gas stations charge you for air and then provide gear that works only on cars. 

[Lonewolf]

mecki, I use a Halfords tyre inflator http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_215808_langId_-1_categoryId_255241 I cant fault it. Set it correctly, it accuartely inflates the tyres even with the right angled valve on, take the valve off, and the GTR display indicates correct tyre pressures.
If your valves are causing an unacceptable loss of air you have a problem somewhere.

[trousersnake01]

Chaps,  I had my rear tyre of today to plug a nail hole and decided not to put it back on yet before changing the battery in the the rear TPS,  has anyone actually had a crack at this please

[viper]

ive fitted batteries in my TPS, easy peasy if you can use a soldering iron, tghere is a thread on here about it. My nbike is an 2010 , later bikes came with sealed TPS , so you will need a new unit.

if you have the tyre off why not change to the angled valve stems as well