Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/122461763362
Anyone got knowledge of these
UK spec senders need to be 434MHz
The one you linked to is 315
Junk em. Not worth the effort!
Quote from: PRD on May 02, 2017, 08:19:34 AM
Junk em. Not worth the effort!
Pete's thoughts on the matter.
Others will disagree with him!
It's tough being the lone voice in the wilderness.
Quote from: PRD on May 02, 2017, 08:06:42 PM
It's tough being the lone voice in the wilderness.
Pete for once im in complete agreement with you mine have been in a box for a long while now as I have a tyre pressure gauge and know how to use it . :mfr_lol: :popcorn:
Quote from: Charlie farley on May 02, 2017, 10:39:02 PM
Pete for once im in complete agreement with you mine have been in a box for a long while now as I have a tyre pressure gauge and know how to use it . :mfr_lol: :popcorn:
rhank you Charlie.
For over five and half years mine have worked perfectly with one battery change, and when in Belgium warned me of the rear losing pressure giving me time to get to a garage and sort it.
Worth there weight in gold I reckon.
Quote from: BigAlan on May 03, 2017, 09:04:19 AM
For over five and half years mine have worked perfectly with one battery change, and when in Belgium warned me of the rear losing pressure giving me time to get to a garage and sort it.
Worth there weight in gold I reckon.
:agree:
Quote from: O.C. on May 03, 2017, 10:07:08 AM
:agree:
Ditto it helped me get home when the rear couldn't be plugged I kept pumping up with the compressor I carry as soon as it was back down to around 15 psi I stopped and pumped up again :yes:
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My first thoughts are they are great, then when looking at the cost of replacement I think what an unnecessary expensive piece of junk.
Mine is a 2009 model which I have owned since December 2010 and is still on the original batteries but the front is now showing need of replacement when cold. After a few miles it warms up and the display is fine.
Then I think how expensive parachute silk is.
Quote from: ChrisB on May 04, 2017, 10:10:30 AM
My first thoughts are they are great, then when looking at the cost of replacement I think what an unnecessary expensive piece of junk.
Mine is a 2009 model which I have owned since December 2010 and is still on the original batteries but the front is now showing need of replacement when cold. After a few miles it warms up and the display is fine.
Then I think how expensive parachute silk is.
That's good considering yours is now 8 years old Chris :yes:
Quote from: ChrisB on May 04, 2017, 10:10:30 AM
My first thoughts are they are great, then when looking at the cost of replacement I think what an unnecessary expensive piece of junk.
Mine is a 2009 model which I have owned since December 2010 and is still on the original batteries but the front is now showing need of replacement when cold. After a few miles it warms up and the display is fine.
Then I think how expensive parachute silk is.
We're lucky, Chris. Our sensors/senders can be opened and the battery changed. I *believe* that isn't the case for the Gen2 GTR - I think they are sealed (I could be wrong and often am - just ask my wife :hammer: )
I'd planned to fit new batteries at my last tyre change. I went prepared: soldering iron, solder, new batteries... The one thing I forgot? My glasses. I only need them for reading or close-up stuff. Trying to solder at arms length was beyond a joke, so it's on my to-do list for the next tyre change.
In the meantime I have exactly the same symptoms as you. Even so, I keep a digital pressure gauge in the 'glove box' and always check the pressures before I set off - I know they'll read on the main display after a few miles. Eventually.
Cheers
Paul B.
Expensive junk could not have put it better myself.
Quote from: Daisy on May 04, 2017, 07:04:06 AM
If you live in a country where there's a town every five miles maybe. Mine let me know I had a puncture 30 miles from the next one horse town and nearly a hundred miles from the next substantial town. I watched the slow loss of pressure and the GPS range and kept the speed up so I'd be near civilisation if I needed help.
Only ever happened once, but its better than being stuck on the side of the road in the outback with a completely flat tyre.
I carry a portable inflater and those sticky stringy thingies so if something happens in the great wide open or even down the road, I can get it somewhere to either get if fixed properly or get it home. Air gauges only work with the bike standing still, not whilst it's moving so you can't tell what's happening in motion and I'm pretty sure that most of us don't check the air pressures at every stop other than just the initial starting out.
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OKO is the answer. Cheaper and more reliable.
Not sure what OKO means but I'm sure it's not friendly to TPMS... :mfr_lol:
Quote from: virginiajim on May 07, 2017, 04:10:45 PM
Not sure what OKO means but I'm sure it's not friendly to TPMS... :mfr_lol:
no it's not so can't use with toms. It's a liquid in tyre that seals it if a puncture occurs. Very effective. Some say alters balance of tyre but never had a prob with it in past.