Tire Pressure

Pairing assigns sensor IDs to wheels, calibration sets the reference pressure and thresholds. The full setup sequence, cold pressure rules and how...

Center wear, worn shoulders, cupping and feathering each have a short list of causes. How to read a motorcycle tire and fix...

Two-up changes braking, cornering, preload and rear tire pressure. How to set the bike up, brief your passenger and ride smoothly enough...

Wet roads punish sharp inputs. Where the grip is, which surfaces act like ice, how to brake and corner in rain, and...

Bringing a stored bike back, in order — battery, tires, brakes, fluids, chain and fuel — plus the shakedown ride that resets...

Cold weather pre-ride checks, layering that works at speed, the hazards that only show up below 40°F, and where to draw the...

Thumb press, contact patch and ride feel will catch a badly flat tire but nothing subtler. How to do each properly, and...

Cold mornings pull about 1 PSI out of your tires per 10°F. Why it happens, how to tell weather from a leak,...

Valve-cap, internal, app-only or display-integrated — the four motorcycle TPMS designs compared honestly, and what actually matters when you pick one.

In-wheel sensors or valve-cap sensors — how each lives on the bike, where each one wins, and the one question that settles...

What is inside a valve-cap tire pressure sensor, how the reading reaches your display, what the alerts actually check, and where the...

Where the right PSI actually comes from, why cold pressure is the only reading that counts, what temperature does to your tires,...