Tyre Valves - Why Oh Why

What sick minded, evil bastid at Triumph decided a straight tyre valve was a good idea on my Scrambler 1200

It’s farking impossible to access, with brake disks, spokes and other bits of shite (technical term) you simply cannot get at the little fellow

Add in a petrol station air- line with a 10 inch rigid end and you may as well take a cheese grater to your hands, waste 20 minutes of your life and £3 in air (when the bloody hell did air become so expensive) oh and end up deflating the farking tyre in the process

Clearly someone screwed up at Triumph by being customer focused for once when designing the Street Twin and spent 1p more on right angled tyre valves, ahh I miss that little bike

Triumph, you are bastids of the highest order

& relax, so when I change tyres to some that give me better grip on the road can I install right angled valves? Cos I’m kinda getting accustomed to spending money rectifying Triumphs shoddy design.

 

Thanks DD, I have subsequently bought some of these and a home compressor

 

Absolutely, I don't have anyone else to moan to the current Mrs repooh just rolls her eyes and huffs when bikes get mentioned. I typically get "if only you paid as much attention to the decorating as your bloody bike, or so you're off out again on your precious bike r u. Kidderminster's a nice old ride from my place I may pop over and straighten the tyre valves on your Gay Sport, oh er missus.