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Air Vs. Nitrogen in Tires. Fact or Fiction?

Started by YellowJacket!, May 01, 2010, 11:25:05 AM

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funkamongus

Oooh nice, you tightened up your rear!! HAHAHAHA

Man, I gotta tell you, Ive said so many things to guys on this site I would never have thought.. Remember that REALLY nice vision package that was getting sold? I just had to say. "Hey, nice package, dude.."  Just feels and sounds wrong,, thats all...
I own:
1982 Maico 250 alpha 1... free
1982 Virago XV920J........ free
1982 Vision XZ550RJ....... 100.00
1972 BMW 75/5 W/toaster tank,  I babysit.
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Kenny

  My vote is for Fact !
        ;)  Ken S.
2 XV 920rh 81
1 Red/White 83
1 Blue/White 83
Bmw R100rs 84
TDM 850  92

funkamongus

Yeah, Im voting "fact", too...However, I still wont use it, strictly because I dont have any I can use for free... Maybe in the future as I have a dirt bike I need a nitro shot for now and then...
I own:
1982 Maico 250 alpha 1... free
1982 Virago XV920J........ free
1982 Vision XZ550RJ....... 100.00
1972 BMW 75/5 W/toaster tank,  I babysit.
PICS ARE AT http://picasaweb.google.com/funkamongus20?feat=email
VIDS  www.youtube.com/funkamongus20
look me up on facebook. ride safe!!!

fret not

Hey Funk, put a dryer on your compressor.  They have them for removing moisture for spraying finishes at Grizzly Tools, and probably Harbor Fright too.
Retired, on the downhill slide. . . . . . . . still feels like going uphill!

funkamongus

I have one on the larger compressor.. Got it for painting but havent painted yet! YET.
I own:
1982 Maico 250 alpha 1... free
1982 Virago XV920J........ free
1982 Vision XZ550RJ....... 100.00
1972 BMW 75/5 W/toaster tank,  I babysit.
PICS ARE AT http://picasaweb.google.com/funkamongus20?feat=email
VIDS  www.youtube.com/funkamongus20
look me up on facebook. ride safe!!!

Hartless

it seems to me that this is an argument better left to preference...lol some people do it this way , others that way : )
Ride Hartless or stay home


"strive for perfection , settle for excellence"

funkamongus

Kinda, but not really.. I think its more about economy and efficiency. Id prefer nitrogen, as it clearly has better characteristics, but I wont pay for it from elsewhere, and I dont have it here!!
I own:
1982 Maico 250 alpha 1... free
1982 Virago XV920J........ free
1982 Vision XZ550RJ....... 100.00
1972 BMW 75/5 W/toaster tank,  I babysit.
PICS ARE AT http://picasaweb.google.com/funkamongus20?feat=email
VIDS  www.youtube.com/funkamongus20
look me up on facebook. ride safe!!!

fret not

Funk, your air is about 75%  (or something like that) nitrogen isn't it?  Just use your dryer on your compressor and take the moisture out and you should be fine.
Retired, on the downhill slide. . . . . . . . still feels like going uphill!

funkamongus

yeah... Ive been using wet air all my life!! Its worked so far! Im not at all concerned about it!  And yes, 7o something % in my  scuba tanks, and thats just "air".  AH, here we go,  78.084 percent at sea level.  If I get a tank for charging my dirt bike shocks, then I would get a nipple for tires. My forks are air, too, both on the Vision (arent they?)  and the Virago (are for sure). But, Im not going out of my way...  Thats a good question about the air already in the tire, David. I wonder how they account for that. hmmmmmm..
I own:
1982 Maico 250 alpha 1... free
1982 Virago XV920J........ free
1982 Vision XZ550RJ....... 100.00
1972 BMW 75/5 W/toaster tank,  I babysit.
PICS ARE AT http://picasaweb.google.com/funkamongus20?feat=email
VIDS  www.youtube.com/funkamongus20
look me up on facebook. ride safe!!!

Re-Vision

Speaking of nipples, I wore suspenders the other day and they just about beat mine off at highway speed.   BDC

funkamongus

HAHAHAHA,, ever go boogie board surfing?? we had little cheap styrofoam ones when I was young,, they would rub em right off.. in the salt water all stinging!! OUCH.
I own:
1982 Maico 250 alpha 1... free
1982 Virago XV920J........ free
1982 Vision XZ550RJ....... 100.00
1972 BMW 75/5 W/toaster tank,  I babysit.
PICS ARE AT http://picasaweb.google.com/funkamongus20?feat=email
VIDS  www.youtube.com/funkamongus20
look me up on facebook. ride safe!!!

Hartless

Ride Hartless or stay home


"strive for perfection , settle for excellence"

YellowJacket!

Quote from: Re-Vision on May 06, 2010, 12:21:58 PM
Speaking of nipples, I wore suspenders the other day and they just about beat mine off at highway speed.   BDC

LOL! That was good.  I needed a good laugh!

David

off to breathe some nitrogenated air.....


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