Future owner

[doebag]

lol,,,,,,,,,,

Would be a good thing I guess, not sure about bikes though.............although I think it will be just a warning system not an actual visual display, as the dummies of this world will panic once the pressure rises when the temperature increases............

I think the car systems work off the ABS sensors. If one tyre is losing pressure the rotational speed changes compared to the other three and this is sensed by the ABS sensor, similar to if the wheel is locked and therefore has a different speed to the other three.

[virginiajim]

My RAV4 doesn't have tire pressure sensors per se.  It does use the ABS to sense the change in rotational speed.  Of course I have no idea which tire is low.  I have to check all of them.  At least with ours, it tells you which one is going flat.  We've had issues with the internal batteries of the sensors themselves.  I've changed both of mine once already.  I do absolutely hate it taking over the screen with a low battery warning.  Same with low fuel.  Fixed the low fuel warning and I'm not experiencing any issues with the sensors since I changed the batteries in both.

[Phill_York]

I did

I do absolutely hate it taking over the screen with a low battery warning.  Same with low fuel.  Fixed the low fuel warning and I'm not experiencing any issues with the sensors since I changed the batteries in both.

I didn't realise until I read it on here but if you have a warning (tYre pressure, low fuel etc) then pressing both function/trip buttons below the clocks together will cancel it and show a red LED to remind you it's cancelled but leave the display as it should be :-)

[hensor]

Just to be a TPMS geek......

The newer (2nd generation) indirect TPMS do measure wheel speed, but they also measure the vibration modes of the tyres (that boing noise when you bounce a tyre), as the frequency of these are very sensitive to inflation pressure. With these systems, you can tell which channel is losing pressure.

The direct TPMS like we have on the GTR, is a bit old school for cars, but will probably carry on for bikes as it's not possible to compare signals across and axle.....

[STX1300man]

I didI didn't realise until I read it on here but if you have a warning (tYre pressure, low fuel etc) then pressing both function/trip buttons below the clocks together will cancel it and show a red LED to remind you it's cancelled but leave the display as it should be :-)

You can do the same for Fuel Warning 

[O.C.]

I'm reliably informed that thecurrent model GTR has a different TPS system , the benefit of which is that battery life is now much longer, the valves do seem to look different,  I guess time will tell if battery life is extended 

I'll research this     

[virginiajim]

The only thing different about it is the sensors themselves, other than that, it's the same.  We're hoping that these newer sensors aren't as finicky about their batteries.  When the bike came out in 2007, Kwackers was saying that the battery life was 5 years.  I bought mine in Aug '07.  The rear sensor started whining about it's battery in less than three years.  The front followed suit shortly after.  It's not that difficult a job to replace the batteries in the original sensors.  We haven't figured out the new ones yet.  Hopefully I won't have to change them again before I wear out the bike.

[STX1300man]

My bike is 2010 and I had new batteries fitted in the sensors when I bought it 1 year 11 months ago. Today while having a new front tyre I had a new battery fitted to the sensor as the alert kept flashing up on cold mornings 

[pross]

My bike is 2010 and I had new batteries fitted in the sensors when I bought it 1 year 11 months ago. Today while having a new front tyre I had a new battery fitted to the sensor as the alert kept flashing up on cold mornings 

They do on cold morning take a lot longer too settle

[Joe]

Well I'm off work with money burning a hole in my pocket, I'm hoping to arrange a test ride for today.

[PRD]

Go for it Joe you will love it. Please report back and tell us what you think.

[Joe]

I went to the dealer's last week for a quick look, there were plenty of sales people about but only one bothered to ask if I needed any help. I'm waiting for him to get back to me, I think he was off work yesterday. All the others can f*&^ off if they think I'll earn them any commission.

I'll give him a ring in a bit and get things sorted.

[O.C.]

Cummon Joe, we're all sat on the edge of our seats   

[Joe]

Well, it's all a bit disappointing really, but not with the bike 

I spoke to the guy about 10am, he said that before going out for a test ride the bike will have to go through their workshop for the once over just to make sure it's road worthy and this isn't going to happen very quickly.

I'm awaiting a phone call from them which I'm hoping will come tomorrow or Saturday.

[Lonewolf]

Nice to see that customer focus is still a priority!