Tire Pressure?

Started by Fox17, July 11, 2007, 12:49:54 PM

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Fox17

what is the lowest safe tire pressure you can run in a dirt bike tire? mine was really low and i rode it for a while not knowin it. then when i pumped it up, it didnt handle as good. the front was sliding everywhere. i dont want to keep it too low though. the tires dont say how low i can go though.

SWAMP_DONKEY

It depends on the size tire. What is your bike? You should never "air down" a dirt bike tire..very dangerous.

Fox17

well its a XR400R. it says the 35 max on the tire but it dont say minimum (sp?).

SWAMP_DONKEY

Quote from: Fox17 on July 15, 2007, 03:33:11 AM
well its a XR400R. it says the 35 max on the tire but it dont say minimum (sp?).

  10 is the lowest I would even dream of running, you do not want the tire rolling in the rim,  I always ran 20front and 25rear in my YZ 490 and 250's

Fox17

well i put them at 30 so ill try like 15-17 or so and see. thats the reason i was asking cause i dont want anything to go wrong. thanks for the help. much appreciated.

Chuck_Norris

I would break the tire down, as low as it got while riding you might have super heated the side wall. this will inturn destroy the tire from the inside out. for safety purposes take the proactive approach and have it inspected