My tire pressure gauge arrived!
Solar Powered Digital Tire Pressure Gauge
I ordered a solar powered digital tire pressure gauge a couple of weeks ago from Hong Kong… It doesn’t need batteries and has a built-in tool to measure tire-depth and a fancy red flashlight(!). Since I work with computers all day I simply love gadgets, so combining this with tools for my motorcycle is especially fun. It set me back a measly $8,14 (free shipping from the other side of the world…). It has a nice little LED display and measures tire pressure in PSI, Kpa, Bar and Kg/cm2.
Having the right tire pressure can save you for quite a bit of petrol and can also extend the life of your tires.
The manual for the VN900 Classic recommends 28PSI on the front wheel and 32PSI on the rear wheel but motorcycle legends on the Kawasaki Motorcycle Forum recommends 38PSI/40PSI or even 40PSI/40PSI. I can’t really recommend any of these until I’ve tried myself. Since my bike is still in the garage waiting for warmer weather and have been so since October, my values are way too low at 23/25 front/rear so I’m gonna have to jack those up to at least what the manual says before I hit the road.
By the way, I don’t really trust cheap plastic gadgets imported from China so I’ll check my tire pressure gauge against a professional one the next time I get a service on my bike just to see how accurate mine is. I’ll keep you updated on this.
If you want one for yourself, go here: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.2623
