tire pressure gauge

[blacklightning]

Where'd you get yours? discuss

I'm posting this in the "pit Area" because tire pressure is most critical on the track. Does a 2 or 3 psi difference matter on the street? Sure, but on the track.............. Anyway, that's not the discussion.

I went to 4 auto part stores, Home Depot, Lowes, Sears....etc, looking for a quality tire pressure gauge. They all seem to have the same questionable quality. Do I really have to get one from my Snap-On guy?

Last race weekend in 09 I was trying to figure out some odd tire wear. Pete (oreo) asks the obvious psi questions, "yes, I'm running what the vendor at the track recommended, yes I checked hot, yes, here look," Shows on own gauge. So, Pete (oreo/genius) grabs another gauge from another tool box and shows me 3 psi too high. So obviously gauge quality matters.

Again, discuss

[mrezra]

I've been looking for a good gauge too, so I'm curious what other folks have found. I've been using a digital gauge that 'seems' pretty accurate, but the build quality makes me wonder...

[mrezra]

One that I have been eying... http://www.webbikeworld.com/r2/rg/air/air.htm

Also, the ones from Accugage seem to get good feedback on accuracy and ease of use, however I think they might be slightly more fragile...?

[CEO]

Get one that's liquid-filled.

Get one with beefy fittings.

Get one with a bleedoff valve/button.

Get one with a pressure equalization valve or screw, I prefer the screwoff cap to equalize than the "automatic" valves, but even the auto is better than nothing.

Don't bother with cheap digital gimmicks... the only digital ones that are worth something are the several hundred dollar ones.

Longacre and intercomp are well known.

I have a nice glycerin filled 2.5 inch 0-60psi gauge, was around 60 or 70 bucks.

[Paul_E_D]

Or buy a cheap gauge and "calibrate" it against a known good one once in a while. What's important is that you use the same gauge to set your pressures to what works best for you. Not so much that your number matches everyone else's. I never used anything but the 10 dollar autozone jobby.

[blacklightning]

Get one that's liquid-filled.

Get one with beefy fittings.

Get one with a bleedoff valve/button.

Get one with a pressure equalization valve or screw, I prefer the screwoff cap to equalize than the "automatic" valves, but even the auto is better than nothing.

Don't bother with cheap digital gimmicks... the only digital ones that are worth something are the several hundred dollar ones.

Longacre and intercomp are well known.

I have a nice glycerin filled 2.5 inch 0-60psi gauge, was around 60 or 70 bucks.

Where to find such a thing, Chris?

[Kitt]

Where to find such a thing, Chris?

from what i've seen, they have the same longevity as any other decent gauge...

I choose to use a $15-ish from autozone, accugauge makes them, and they have a nice 8" remote line, and a bleed-off.

I agree with paul, most mechanical gauges give repeatable measurements to satisfy any of our needs... if you feel like comparing it to a fancy one for initial offset - go for it. Last year in the garage we got the same reading from all non-liquid-filled-platinum-coated gauges, and the fancy one had slight deviation... was the fancy one right and the 5 others wrong? dunno... I logged & made adjustments by the pressures on my gauge.

[FireboltEric_MA]

Get one that's liquid-filled.

Get one with beefy fittings.

Get one with a bleedoff valve/button.

Get one with a pressure equalization valve or screw, I prefer the screwoff cap to equalize than the "automatic" valves, but even the auto is better than nothing.

Don't bother with cheap digital gimmicks... the only digital ones that are worth something are the several hundred dollar ones.

Longacre and intercomp are well known.

I have a nice glycerin filled 2.5 inch 0-60psi gauge, was around 60 or 70 bucks.

stating the obvious here, you tell us all great info & how much you got it for, and then you left us hanging... I know your short but WTF get a stool, climb up on the work bench and read the manufacturer to us.

I kid...I kid..

[Jim]

i've always heard the cheap needle ones are the most accurate.

i have one that I bought at Walmart for $15. it hooks up to the air lines, and has a bleeder.

[CEO]

Or buy a cheap gauge and "calibrate" it against a known good one once in a while. What's important is that you use the same gauge to set your pressures to what works best for you. Not so much that your number matches everyone else's. I never used anything but the 10 dollar autozone jobby.

The problem with the cheapo for me was not only that the measurement may or may not be reliable (another debate), but that the hose and fittings were complete shit. I have had the autozone with the cinched on hose connections and it broke off. Maybe you guys have a different one from there than I did.

And I just dont think any gauge without pressure equalization can be trusted in the range of Loudon temperatures (40 degrees to 95 degrees).

Where to find such a thing, Chris?

Try longacre, they have one for 50 bucks or so.

http://www.longacreracing.com/index.asp

EDIT: in fact I think this is the exact gauge I have: http://www.longacreracing.com/catalo...d=1118&catid=8

[Paul_E_D]

I'm talking hoseless here. Dunno, I won a championship with that gauge racing in snow and searing heat. but if you have money to burn...

[seth399]

I suggest getting one from your girlfriends brother who went to Iraq and doesn't need it anymore, this worked for me

[Pigman]

Riders Discount has some.........


here is the info

Constructed from a billet aluminum body, Motion Pro’s tire gauges employ an analog readout from the Winters Instruments company of Canada for a reliable, consistent tire pressure readout. The large pressure release button not only flows a lot of air when fully opened, but can be precisely modulated to get your tire pressure down to the last degree. Built with ease of use in mind, the gauge’s hose can be freely swiveled around its 360˚ axis, as too can be the air chuck at the other end - eliminating awkward hand positioning just to see the read out.

Rated for applications of either 0-30psi or 0-60 psi, there’s a Motion Pro tire gauge built for your on or offroad use. Call TJ at 866.931.6644 ext 817 to have him send you one of these excellent gauges.

Retail on this guage is $94.95, get it with FREE shipping anywhere in the lower 48 states for $72. Call today!

Available in 0-30 psi …



Link: http://forums.13x.com/showthread.php...pressure+gauge

[scootertrash]

Street&Comp has the beefy liquid-filled ones. I bought one from them last year and am very happy with it.
You also have the convenience of getting it right at the track, and you are supporting the guys that help support LRRS racers.

[Kitt]

Street&Comp... help support LRRS racers.

[FireboltEric_MA]

Cant argue with that logic right there...

[scootertrash]

I guess I could have worded it better.
Street&Comp makes the effort to be at all LRRS races. Can you buy stuff cheaper from some online warehouse in the mid-west? Sure.
It would suck to have no vendors at the race track. You pay higher prices, but you have the benefit of buying something immediately that you broke or left at home. If no one buys from the local vendors, they go out of business, and we're stuck ordering things and waiting days/weeks for shipment.
I have also received some very good advice from different vendors at the LRRS events.
I have no particular fondness for any one vendor at the track. I just try to support them all, as they are making an effort to support us, in some small way.

[Jim]

It would suck to have no vendors at the race track. You pay higher prices, but you have the benefit of buying something immediately that you broke or left at home.

we're lucky to have someone available at NHMS with most parts available. i've been to a few other tracks for TD's. you see a crashed bike with no spare parts, they're done for the day(s).

[obsolete]

Summit racing and Jegs has them as well.

[OreoGaborio]

Or buy a cheap gauge and "calibrate" it against a known good one once in a while. What's important is that you use the same gauge to set your pressures to what works best for you. Not so much that your number matches everyone else's. I never used anything but the 10 dollar autozone jobby.

I used the recommended tire pressure settings as just that... recommended. I then adjusted based on feel & tire wear.

Eventually I was using pressures way lower than what everyone else was, but at least I was consistent and I liked how the tires were performing... then one day I used someone else's gauge & my pressures were higher than I expected & pretty close to the ones recommended by the trackside vendor.

Turned out my gauge was reading 5lbs low

I don't need to, but I'm probably gonna buy a quality one this year anyway.

[Nazo]

I used to buy a decent cheap one every year and that worked fine, but was usually a couple pounds off by the end of the year.
Last years i bought one of those liquid filled ones from Street and Comp. I like it alot.
Buy whatever you like and just get it calibrated to what your tire vendor has for psi. Go from there and test the accuracy whenever you get new tires mounted.

[ssg]

http://www.quickcar.net/tire_mgmt/tire.html

make sure your glycerin filled gauges never freeze, and you bleed them off properly.

[butcher bergs]

Something like what's pictured below is what I've been using. Not the uber-crappy cheap plastic one but the nice metal one very similar to the picture. It has always worked well and has been very good with consistant readings when compared to "better" pressure gauges.

[R1]

I picked up one of these a few years ago, nothing fancy