Tyre Pressure Sensor Batteries

[kwarrgtr]

WOW!!! Just for interest dealer quoted £309.88!!!!!!!! Just for the sensors - but that is for two, so thats alright then 
About £415 inc fitting.
Off to look for my G-Clamps in the garage!!!

[GTRpilot]

This is the first bike I have had with this system fitted. My other bikes I got into the habit of checking the tyre pressure's and tyres prior to riding, and still do with this one.
I'm not sure I see the point of it TBH, apart from another money making attempt by the manufacturer, as the above quote shows, 'cause all batteries will eventually run down, and why make it so difficult to replace £££ 
if you get a blowout on a tyre I'm pretty sure you'll know about it without the TPMS telling you, I got a rear tyre puncture on my Pan while riding, just a slow one and as it deflated I could tell straight away something was wrong, ok the monitor would have confirmed it but by then I was stopped and checking.
And if it's a very slow puncture your daily check before riding will reveal that problem.
Or am I missing something??? 

[kwarrgtr]

No I don't think you are missing anything- and yes I do still check my pressures with a good old fashioned gauge! The TPS is a nice to have, and does give a early warning if anythings amiss. It's on the bike, so I will get it working. They seem to be standard on most new quality bikes these days.


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[virginiajim]

All of my vehicles have tire pressure sensors.  I check the air pressures at least once a week in all of them.  I rely on the tire pressure sensors to let me know of slow leakages.  They will not let you know of any catastrophic failures because they are.....................well, catastrophic.    My only issue with the sensors on my cars are my wife and children.  They don't tell me when the yellow tire warning light comes on.   Goes like this....  I come outside and see that one tire appears to be flattish.  Check the pressure and it's less than 20 lbs.  Get in the car and turn it on.  Yellow tire pressure warning is quite visible.  Go inside and ask about the warning light.  I get a blankish stare.  I say that you do realize it's a  WARNING light, right?  I also ask was the car pulling one way or the other...  I get the answer 'kinda'.  This is my life...  I then pour some Scotch after I take the vehicle in to get the tire fixed.  Both my daughters had Nissans at some point and both of them had a sensor or two that complained about the cold and wouldn't work at all until they warmed up.  Kinda like me.

Back to the bike.  I only have two wheels.  A catastrophic failure on the road can happen.  Sensor or not, will not help in this situation.  The sensors are there for slow leaks.  If it weren't for the original  batteries, we wouldn't be having this conversation at all.  I really do think that many of the batteries were defective from the get go on the early bikes and some of the newer bikes as well.  Many have not had the low battery issue......ever.  I have and it got worse and worse until I just couldn't stand it and replaced the batteries myself.  Haven't had an issue since.  I think that the French company that sourced the original sensors cheapened out on the batteries.  The wheel pressures are on my screen all the time as that is what I'm concerned about the most whilst riding.

I like the sensors.  I like the ABS.  I like all the safety features.  They give me more time to worry about the Aholes on the road trying to kill me....

[nobody]

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[Lonewolf]

Take them out ,chuck in a drawer in the garage , you do not need them ,

But then that could spell an MOT failure!

[virginiajim]

I don't think it's the batteries. Mine only has a problem with the front one, and only then if the temp gets below 15 degrees C. By the time it gets into single digits it's press two buttons time and put up with the red light for 20 minutes or so. Even after replacing the battery it will still throw warnings if it gets cold enough.

It is the battery.  The replacement battery could be weak as well.  I haven't had any issues with mine since the batteries were replaced......at any temp.

[nobody]

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[PRD]

But then that could spell an MOT failure! So if your tps does not work but everything else ok could be an mot failure. Surely not.

[GTRpilot]

No I don't think you are missing anything- and yes I do still check my pressures with a good old fashioned gauge! The TPS is a nice to have, and does give a early warning if anythings amiss. It's on the bike, so I will get it working. They seem to be standard on most new quality bikes these days.


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Not saying your wrong to get it working and I'll probably do the same, in fact my front was flashing in the colder weather but seems to have settled now  :sweat drop: just seems to me another thing to go wrong when most riders that value their skins carefully check the tyres anyway. Be interested to see how you get on, as I might be down the same route sooner or later 

[GTRpilot]

All of my vehicles have tire pressure sensors.  I check the air pressures at least once a week in all of them.  I rely on the tire pressure sensors to let me know of slow leakages.  They will not let you know of any catastrophic failures because they are.....................well, catastrophic.    My only issue with the sensors on my cars are my wife and children.  They don't tell me when the yellow tire warning light comes on.   Goes like this....  I come outside and see that one tire appears to be flattish.  Check the pressure and it's less than 20 lbs.  Get in the car and turn it on.  Yellow tire pressure warning is quite visible.  Go inside and ask about the warning light.  I get a blankish stare.  I say that you do realize it's a  WARNING light, right?  I also ask was the car pulling one way or the other...  I get the answer 'kinda'.  This is my life...  I then pour some Scotch after I take the vehicle in to get the tire fixed.  Both my daughters had Nissans at some point and both of them had a sensor or two that complained about the cold and wouldn't work at all until they warmed up.  Kinda like me.

Back to the bike.  I only have two wheels.  A catastrophic failure on the road can happen.  Sensor or not, will not help in this situation.  The sensors are there for slow leaks.  If it weren't for the original  batteries, we wouldn't be having this conversation at all.  I really do think that many of the batteries were defective from the get go on the early bikes and some of the newer bikes as well.  Many have not had the low battery issue......ever.  I have and it got worse and worse until I just couldn't stand it and replaced the batteries myself.  Haven't had an issue since.  I think that the French company that sourced the original sensors cheapened out on the batteries.  The wheel pressures are on my screen all the time as that is what I'm concerned about the most whilst riding.

I like the sensors.  I like the ABS.  I like all the safety features.  They give me more time to worry about the Aholes on the road trying to kill me....

I'm not alone on the family side of things then 

[pross]

I had a piece of slate go through my tyre in Wales.
And my TPS kicked in straight away the dash lit up red and the display showed how quick the pressure was dropping.
The AA could not fix it and it would of cost a couple of hundred for recovery  .
I said go forth and multiply .
I carry a small compressor and kept stopping and using the compressor using the TPS readout to tell me when to fill again to get home from craven arms and next day had new tyres fitted. The TPS made this easier to do IMHO .

[O.C.]

In 1995 ish whilst returning from the N.W 200 races on my then ZX9R I suffered a slow puncture of the rear tyre, I noticed whilst strapping the bike down on the ferry, the bike was loaded and had a pillion, it was a nightmare scenario but I managed to slowly negotiate the 45 mile journey home

The point is I haven't had another flat tyre until 2012 when I suffered a  slow puncture on the trear of my then GTR...I'm glad I had TPS to warn me and make the journey home a lot easier

[PRD]

Mind you with PR3's it probably is a good idea. On other tyres not so important!

[O.C.]

Mind you with PR3's it probably is a good idea. On other tyres not so important!

yep it was a PR3 puncture