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[Golgother]

Hey All

What are the standard tyre pressures for a Storm ?

When checking the engine oil level, what is the correct level ? Between the two lines in the window or at the top mark ?

Cheers
Matt

[Phimosis]

42 rear 36 front and I fill the oil level to the top line when upright. Dont be afraid to use a good synthetic oil in a used engine.

[Wicky]

This could be handy: VTR1000F (Superhawk) Firestorm Service Manual PDF > http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic ... 31&t=18025

[simo]

42 rear 36 front and I fill the oil level to the top line when upright. Dont be afraid to use a good synthetic oil in a used engine.

Only semi synthetic unless you need clutch slip.

[AMCQ46]

+1

and it costs less.......its an easy choice

[Kev L]

+1

and it costs less.......its an easy choice

"Aye, I'm nay mean, i'm just thrifty"!!!!!!

[popkat]

42 rear 36 front and I fill the oil level to the top line when upright.

So where can i get a 36t front sprocket

[thumperslaw]

42 rear 36 front and I fill the oil level to the top line when upright.

So where can i get a 36t front sprocket

Fastest storm about with that gearing!

[VTRDark]

What are the standard tyre pressures for a Storm ?

It would be if it was gearing that was was being refereed to.

(:-})

[oldbikeman]

I,ve bored folk with this before and I'll do it again.Honda fitted it with Dunlop tyres.If you look on the Dunlop site these pressures are for what is recommended to carry maximum weight on each tyre which is 850lbs on the rear and 530bls front.We aint carrying nothing like this .I will stand behind 30 front and 32 rear as safe and Honda are AHoles .In summer I will go 24 front and 26 rear no problem for handling and grip and can tell you at 36front 42 rear I would not be here for definite.

[Wicky]

24 front and 26 rear

Unless your racing round a racetrack at full chat on a hot summer's day those pressures look lethal for the road

Its not only Honda that determine the original recommended tire pressures but subsequently the tire manufacturers.

i.e

Follow pressure recommendations shown on the Dunlop Motorcycle Tire Application Guide. Contact Dunlop if year and model are not shown on the current guide and the owner’s manual does not list pressure settings for Dunlop tires.

Dunlop SPORTMAX Q2

120/70ZR17 PSI:36 180/55ZR17 PSI:42

Honda Service manual

Front cold tire pressure: Driver only 36 psi, Driver and passenger 36 psi

Rear cold tire pressure: Driver only 42 psi, Driver and passenger 42 psi

[tony.mon]

Sportmax are a tyre designed for performance within safe parameters when lowered pressures on track days.
This is because the extra temperature generated by lower pressures, more sidewall flex, raise the temperature, which of course raises the pressure. After a while the pressure rises and this means less sidewall flex, so temps aren't so high, which means......
So it's a sort of self regulating system.
Not all tyres can do this, but it's built into Sportmax and Sportsmart Dunlop's design.
But for myself i find that they run well on the road with a couple of psi dropped; wouldn't go much below that, though, off the track.
On track, maybe 5 psi down, but they grip well enough at 5 down.

I've never dared go much below that; not deliberately, anyway.

[VTRDark]

Discussing tyre pressure a is a bit like discussing which is the best colour Storm. Everyone is different. Some may be quite happy going with what the manufacturer recommends. But as it it says recommends it does not mean one can't use whatever they want. So many factors come into play here. Type of road surface, temperature, body weight, brand of tyre, riding style etc etc. If anyone ever asks I would just quote them whatever is in the manual.

(:-})

[Virt]

Carl is right. When I first checked my tyre pressures (which are also meant to be 36 front and 42 rear) they were 24 front and 20 rear (Genuinely had no idea how this happened. I check them a little bit more now ). I'd be riding the hornet for about 8 weeks by then, popped them back up to 36 and 42 but I noticed no difference at all within the tyres. Different people feel different things

[BigVeeGrin]

Carl is right. When I first checked my tyre pressures (which are also meant to be 36 front and 42 rear) they were 24 front and 20 rear (Genuinely had no idea how this happened. I check them a little bit more now ). I'd be riding the hornet for about 8 weeks by then, popped them back up to 36 and 42 but I noticed no difference at all within the tyres. Different people feel different things

perhaps some air escaped, or they were inflated to that pressure. Just a thought