Recent content by arebman

I have a Hooligan 2 Icon Jacket, the one with a skull on it to match my grey and white HJC helmet. I think most textile jackets should be pretty good, as long as you take out the liner :P, when my liner is in, im thinking fall/winter, but to be honest, a good clear summer night also needs the...

:D she got some nice car wash soap, a good leather treatment, and a nice waxing on the tank, a good chain clean and wax lube, a brake cleaning, a tire cleaning, and even an inside/little corners cleaning. She is loving life! Plus I fixed the turn signal (right front) from a drop and filled in...

She just had a wonderful bath. Isn't she pretty!??!

So after much riding, and some very intense riding at 130-145 mph, the tires are not having the problem anymore. For those looking for the bottom line: I replaced the valve cores, and replaced the caps to one that do not allow pressure release. Thanks for all the input!

I am sad to say Mine has just touched the ground. Today actually. Was making a U-turn in a parking lot and a car whips around the corner, i am in mid turn, cars slammed breaks not 20 feet away, I hit the breaks (reaction) and thankfully not the gas, and 400-some pound top heavy biked in a slow...

I am also a "MN" rider. Currently live in Fargo, grew up in Maple Grove area and am down there a lot, esp. during the summer. My June is already busied up, but if anything happens around July let me know! 2006 Red FZ6C heading up and down 94!

I had the core replaced for free. And the guys still were clueless. Even checked it for leaking again. With caps that do not allow air out (unlike my old ones when too high pressure, which makes sense) and the new valve cores, I am hoping to not see this problem anymore. I have taking it out a...

Took the bike in, and the place i got the tires from threw new cores in for free, they are also baffled and excited to hear my results.

Yeah, I know... :spank:

I am going to try replacing the core valves next. I have not been back up to the same speed and length as before (120-130 ish) but I have been running around at about 100 for a few miles, and there has been no problems.

Ok, sorry for the delayed reply, have been busy with school, The latest update is this: Took the bike out on the freeway some more, and was hitting triple digits multiple times for longer periods, Before all of this, I replaced the caps on the tire stems with the ones like on a car...

Just did the soap trick, there is no leak, even when someone of my equal (give or take) weight is sitting on it. This leads me (thanks by the way for the minor trouble shooting) to aim towards the strait forward question: Has anyone had a pair and opened them up to 100-120 mph for about 5-8...

Here is a picture of the caps I have, I can blow through one side and feel a tiny amount of air out the other... stem problem?

They are clean, but as for good sealing, that I do not know. My next test is going be a longer ride at about 80-90 mph and see what happens. There were no holes or anything, and I re-inflated them and everything worked fine. I will check on the caps/valves tonight. I do know the caps have...

Oops, I was at 20psi when I pulled off, i had checked the pressure before heading out (32/32) and they were fine for a whole week before that (staying under 90 on freeway no more than 5 min).