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Tyre pressures
Numb nuts - 26/4/09 at 08:13 PM

Hi all.

In relation to Davey D's 'Self Centering' topic, there was a lot of talk about tyre pressures.

What are the recommended tyre pressures for a locost 7 type?

I am running mine at 16psi all round.

Steve


rusty nuts - 26/4/09 at 08:19 PM

Running 18psi all round on mine


marshall - 26/4/09 at 08:19 PM

18 psi will be ok if the tyre is a 195 size


omega0684 - 26/4/09 at 08:22 PM

i run 15 all round but think this is a bit low so im going to put mine up to 18-20 psi


Numb nuts - 26/4/09 at 08:25 PM

They are 195/50-15's


stuart_g - 26/4/09 at 08:34 PM

18psi works for me.


clairetoo - 26/4/09 at 08:34 PM

I run 18 psi all round (195/50 15's on a 685 kg Fury)


iain b - 26/4/09 at 08:36 PM

mnr vortx on 195 /205 rear 161b runs great


Ninehigh - 26/4/09 at 10:36 PM

Just as a thought is there any kind of formula to work it out? Sometimes my tintop tyres look low but then when I check them they're exactly at the pressure the book says


clairetoo - 27/4/09 at 06:01 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
Sometimes my tintop tyres look low but then when I check them they're exactly at the pressure the book says

Where is the valve when you check them ? They will only be low at the bottom , so you may need to rotate them to get a better reading


Richard Quinn - 27/4/09 at 06:15 AM

I always thought that they were higher at the bottom because that's the bit being squashed so there's more pressure.


Ninehigh - 3/5/09 at 05:04 PM

I make sure it's in the middle so I get an average