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Nothing special.. Just some wet weather tyres as they advertise. Saw them, it was as hard as the contigo. Might be better than contigo during wet conditions. Don't expect anything great.

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Just as I had thought!!

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Hey guys how many of you use Tyre Inflators at home ?

If anyone does, please shed some light on the following:-

1. Which is a good make/model?
2. do you use the built-in pressure gauge, or a separate one?
3. cons to the over all Idea, if any ?

Dear Mods, you being the experienced ones on all topics, please contribute to this as well.

I feel we all care for our bikes in all aspects. But most of us depend on road side shacks for tyre inflation. I have just had it with them (with a few bad experiences and their general lack of attention to detail as to the correct Pressure being pumped and poor maintenance of compressors causing more Moist air pumped into tyres, etc etc etc) and I feel a decent tyre inflator will be a good investment, considering that most of houses will have a couple of bikes/cars to top up regularly (in my house we have 16 tyres to top up ).

It will be useful tool to have around!

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I personally don't have experience, but I have read many Harley owners etc who swear by Resqtech inflators, And costs only 1000 bucks.

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I have used quite a number of Tyre Inflators and have fairly good idea about them. For biking tours, I need the pump to be very compact and therefore I use the pump in Pic1 for such tours. I have removed the 12V cigar plug and soldered aligator clips so that I can connect it directly to bike's battery terminals. To be frank, these are Ok only for emergencies and inflating a fully deflated car tyre (175/65 R14) takes around 10mins per tyre. Note that you cannot run these pumps for more than 10min at one go.

Next one is this (Pic2). Strictly wont recommend this type of inflators. It just looks good but the construction quality is very bad and its very delicate. The air out put is better than the compact one but even that is very less. The light output is very week and its just a gimmick. Stay away from these.

I found the one in Pic3 to be value for money and good as well. Its bit heavy and takes 10A when fully loaded. Can inflate tyre from 0 pressure within 2-3 mins. These are robust and motor is fairly powerful. I keep this in my car for occasional use and they does their job pretty well.

The best one I have come across is Windek-B54B(4001) Compact Air Pumps (link). Very quite and powerful. Built quality is superb and bit heavy as well. Has higher current rating (up to 15A current), so the motor is quite powerful. Quite expensive, but worth the price. This is my go to inflator for every time use and it has not disappointed me even once.

The most expensive once are those with double cylinders and with current ampere rating of around 25 to 30A. I believe this is overkill for cars and bikes and are suited for light duty and heavy duty vehicles. They costs a lot and they do have very well built motors with high quality copper winding. Can find these on Ali Express.

Pic1 (Basic inflator)


Pic2 (I highly not recommend this)


Pic3 (Value for money)


This is the one I loved and highly recommend


Expensive ones with copper winding


And for checking tyre pressure, I use COIDO 6075 Tyre Tire Pressure Gauge which has given me accurate results. Most of the gauge that comes with inflators are not accurate and a dedicated digital or analog gauge should do the trick.

Tyre pressure gauge

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Thanks a lot [MENTION=16543]Skanda[/MENTION] and [MENTION=54523]deejayrox[/MENTION] now i have enough info to begin with . I even noticed Windek Digital Auto Cut OFF 12v Car Tyre Tire Inflator Air Compressor Pump at(here) Ebay and it looks like a good option too!, if there are no negative reviews i shall go for this one.

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For medium size tyres , normal bicycle pump is sufficient. i have been using it for more than a year for my bike.
For 140 section tyre it may take some time and u have to pump more....but for emergency situation it will be very helpful. and its very easy to carry during long drives. For pressure gauge i use the one shown above. but mine the Pr reset mechanism gone kaput soon after few usage but the pr gauge works fine.

This is the one i have, it looks cheap but so far its been working fine for more than a year and its very light weight too.

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I have been using a good year tyre inflator for the past year and it's working fine. Not so powerful but it does take its sweet time to inflate the 150 section rear. Nothing intolerable and it's extremely portable.

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I have seen some ads for mrf NV series... What is it about..? Any idea..?

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Well nothing. They call it special rubber for grip. It's not radial. Especially the big buttoned Meteor/Mogrip seems to perform well for gravel/off-road conditions. I had experienced it. The Ceat Gripp & Michelin Sirac are the competitors in that category and they seem to perform equally good as well. The former is well known for its name and the latter, again I had experienced it myself.

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Hi everyone
Today I changed my TVS Phoenix 125 tyres .
Front: Ceat zoom xl f 80/100-17 TL : ₹1700
Rear: Ceat zoom 100/90-17 TL : ₹2100
Valves :₹100.

Thanks to [MENTION=16543]Skanda[/MENTION] bro you have been very helpful

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I want value for money tyres for my ns200
Front is 100/80 17
Rear is 130/70 17

Is it possible to up size rear to 140/60 or 150/60 ?

Pls advice

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I am not a NS owner but i can advice you to go for a few tyres like
Front : mrf zapper FX
pirelli Sport demon (not sure of the size)

Rear : Pirelli Angel GT
Mrf zapper S
Mrf zapper vyde
Michelin pilot street (expensive tyre this)

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You can also try IRC road winner
Front 110/70/17
Rear : 130/70/17 or 140/70/17
I have used them and found them great on my pulsar 220...
Or
Mrf zapper FY-2 for front : 100/80/17
Zapper -S / Revz-S : 130/70/17 or 140/70/17
I am not sure about the availability of Revz-S in 140/70 size though. But Zapper -S comes un this size too .

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Noob Query!!!

I had my first puncture in my RE C500 rear tyre, last Friday. The tyre was repaired but the tube was replaced by the road side puncture-wala because there was rupture at the valve stem. However, even though my tyre is 120/80-18, the tube available was 100/90-18 only. I was also in a hurry to reach office, so did not have much option but to go ahead with install.

My query is on a scale of 1-5 (1-being extremely unsafe, replace within next 10kms, and, 5- being ok for the time being) how unsafe is my rear (pun intended ) now?

And my daily commute involves solo rides on highways (for ~50kms, one way) sometimes touching not-so-legal speeds, when road permits. Am I running a risk here?

Also any suggestion for tyre pressure (stock spec was 30/32 psi F/R solo)?

Thanks.