Tyre Pressure

[upperdeane]

I know i've seen some comments somewhere on this site, but I can't find them when I need them!

What tyre pressures do you guys recommend, and do you keep same for both on-road and off-road. Same front and back also ?

[catmandoes]

Kind of depends what suits your style of riding and quad, but i use 5 PSI all round. Maybe 6 at the back if im going to ride a lot of road.

[RED PRED]

I use 5 PSI all round and it handles sweet on the road still .

[WELLZY]

i use quit low pressure's on the rear tyre's and high on the frontfor off road, but if 4 wheel drive keep all at same pressure:cool::typing:

[RED PRED]

might be useful to others if you state what pressures you use
Should`nt you be at school Wellzy ?

[WELLZY]

might be useful to others if you state what pressures you use
Should`nt you be at school Wellzy ?

i can't remember what the pressure's were but i will have a look and see what they are at.

should be at school but had an accident and pulled muscle.:rain::bump:

should'nt you be at work RP?

[RED PRED]

i hope you were not quadding because that would be self inflicted and classed as skiving

[WELLZY]

i hope you were not quadding because that would be self inflicted and classed as skiving

nope, quad is still being fixed

[upperdeane]

I bought a digital tyre pressure guage today from Halfords. All their guages start at 5 PSI and go upto 50 or 99 dependant on model ... ....which made me realise basically there is no air in these tyres ...no wonder when I pushed the quad when I broke down the other day the tyres creaked on the tarmac when I turned it!

What is the effect of going much higher than 5 or 6 PSI.... does it help road driving but muck up off-road ?

[RED PRED]

you should get a low pressure tyre gauge in the quads toolkit .
5 to 6 psi should be right for all rides in our area, because of the large volume of air in the tyres you dont need much pressure, any less and it will feel squishy (?) on road and more will make it seem skittish (?), i hope you like the adjectives , i could not think of any better ones LOL .
5 to 6 is the best for my quad and a lot of other riders .

[upperdeane]

Got the missing toolkit from the dealer today today. It's vety small and no low pressure tyre guage included.

Anyhow, i think i've found a good one Draper make that goes up from 2 PSI so I may get a refund at Halfords and get the Draper one. You can pick it up on various websites for about £10.

[RED PRED]

looks good, i got a 0 to 100 PSI one from homebase for a tenner

[yellow peril]

I use 7psi all round and feels ok, did try 5psi but found the quad didn't seam to handle that well.