Tire Pressure monitors

Hello everyone, Reaper hear with my first post. I have been grabbing parts for my 05 VFR and would like to know if any of you have any experience with wireless tire pressure monitors for your bikes? I found this site www.tire-pressure-monitors.com/motorcycle-tpms-mc.cfm and would appreciate any feedback. Many more questions to follow.

Thanks

Reaper

 

Can't see the pic here at work for some reason, but I have been thinking about this for a while. Looked at the SmartTire system, which seems to have been removed from the market recently. And the Kisan system, I have been waiting since last year for their improved version, which just came out
http://www.kisantech.com/index.php?cat_id=6
don't know whether to go the cap route, or the stem route...

 

Sorry to dredge up an old thread, but did you ever get any of these TPMS systems?

It looks like Kisans version 2 is out at TPM-20 The price doesn't seem too bad for a little extra piece of mind in case a tire gets a slow leak on a ride. However, it looks like with Kisan's setup you have to mount sensors for the valve stem caps to pass the signal to, which looks like kind of a pain.

 

I love the idea, but there have always been other things I wanted more. And checking the tires everyday isn't too onerous. And I'm a cheap SOB.:smile:

 

Sounds good. I don't mind checking pressures before each trip, I was just thinking if I pick up a nail or something while out riding this might help me notice the leak before something bad happens. A few times I've also had an odd handling feeling (which just turned out to be the way that section of road was worn), and I'd find myself trying to look down at the tires to see if one was going flat or something, which was kind of distracting and probably unsafe.

 

Quite a few people who pull trailers and fifth wheels have these sensors for just the reasons you mention. They want to be aware of minor problems before they actually have a major problem.

 

I think any time you can consistently monitor something as significant as tire pressure ,especially on a sport or sport touring bike, then we need to make the
arrangements to do so. A few things that concern me are; reliability,weight,accuracy
and cost. Has any one been using a set up that fits this criteria? My concern with weight is how much does it un- balance the tire? Meaning can you ever get the tire truly in balance with the system installled? eddie

 

The ones linked to by the OP are securely mounted in the wheel and don't move so they could be easily installed and the tire balanced with no issues. The sensor doesn't weigh very much and the people who use them swear they are accurate.

 

Of the ones I've looked at, I'm leaning toward the Doran 360M:
http://www.doranmfg.com/motorcycle-tire-pressure-monitoring-systems.htm
The price is average for this kind of unit, wheel sensors can go inside or outside the wheel.

The www.tire-pressure-monitors.com system looks like a good setup, internal to the wheels sensors that do not use the valve stem. It looks like it ships from the UK so it might take some time to get. Even with shipping 163 GBP is about USD$238 which is not a bad price. There might be additional import duties to the U.S. though when it clears customs. This appears to be the same product as 'smartire' which seems to have been discontinued in the U.S. http://www.vulcantire.com/smartire_mc_sys.htm

The Kisantech setup looks good and has some other features such as acceleration time etc., but it requires mounting antennas near each wheel sensor with a maximum 1/2" gap to the transmitter on the valve stem. This is added installation hassle and wiring running around the bike I don't want to deal with.

Show Chrome is an interesting setup. However it is apparantly not waterproof so it is off my list. The screen also looks like one of those 80's pocket video games from radio shack.