Tyre Pressures - Bonneville

I think you will find most folk are in the 33F 37R ball park, subject to the rider’s own saddle bags.

 

34 front and 37 rear works for me -I'm 200 lbs and have no luggage on the bike.

 

33 front and 38 rear for me, just because that's what it states in the manual, and I've had no reason to change from that - I also have standard shocks and the standard Bridgestone BT45 tyres, and I really like the way my bike handles.

 

This’ll feed your inner spotter

 

38front 42 rear works for me. well I am 115 kg

 

My cars always show higher pressures for extra passengers. My SR400 Yam shows higher pressures for passengers.
Yet all the bigger bikes I have owned show only one set of pressures.
Presumably these must be on the high side because elf n safety would rather you overinflate than underinflate.
So if you are not hefty, and are riding solo, you must be running unnecessarily high pressures.
We should be told...but I bet we won't be...

 

Apples and pears. Entirely different tyre construction and between cross ply/bias and radials and hybrids you have different tyre wall stiffness and tread flex. The pressure requirements will vary between different tyres on the same vehicle and nominally similar tyres for vehicles of different weights.

 

32f 36r works for me 85kg of prime pork

 

Even Triumph are not quite sure what to recommend. The T100 2011 manual recommends 33/37, but the 2012 manual recommends 33/41. It's the same bike.

I had this doubt a few years back. Read in Triumph Rat that people preferred/recommended 33/41, have been running that ever since, it seems a bit better, but it could very well be a placebo effect.

Oh, and I'm also 73kg. We don't have pies this side of the sea.

 

When all other options have been exhausted, check the manual.

 

The great thing about a thread resurrection is the usernames it throws up. Quite a rogue's gallery in here for those in the know. Schuey was a really nice lad, did a couple or three rideouts with him. I do occasionally wonder where he's got to, in fact. Hope he's OK wherever he currently is