Is it the Nitrogen or the PR2.....

[Tdinova]

that makes my bike this smooth? My OEM Dunlop were hard at new which was May 2007 and got noisey not far down the road. These new Michelin have been on my bike for 3-400km so far and they are like riding in my '00 VW TDI.. floats down the road...

So did anyone else try PR2's with nitrogen and then with air pressure? to compare the difference

 

[Rich R]

that makes my bike this smooth? My OEM Dunlop were hard at new which was May 2007 and got noisey not far down the road. These new Michelin have been on my bike for 3-400km so far and they are like riding in my '00 VW TDI.. floats down the road...

So did anyone else try PR2's with nitrogen and then with air pressure? to compare the difference

I can't say what the total effects of Nitrogen in the tire will be.....Maybe less pressure buildup as the tire warms. I have not noticed any difference in the ride between warm and cold yet.

But PR2s run SO SMOOTH compared to the 020 and 021s......I was really surprised. I am heading out on a 2k little trip this week, a mixed bag of interstate and twisties, I look forward to "testing"

Rich

 

[MNwing]

PR2s are the best tire's I've had on the ST so far. I just got home from a 73xx mile trip and they hardly show any wear. Pretty sure these will run 10K+ and felt great on any road surface I was on.

 

[Landon]

I have a different review of the PR2's. I will post my take on them in another threads.

 

[Blue STreak]

42 psi is 42 psi, whether its "air," nitrogen or mayonaise. And all gases expand at equal rate with changes in temperature (google "ideal gas law" and related topics). The lack of water in nitrogen (assuming the shop that did the work uses dryers and maintains them properly) may have a very slight impact on pressure increase, but only slight.

Any change in running is related to the tires, not the nitrogen.

 

[hondast1300]

mayonaise is a gas?
robert

 

[George]

42 psi is 42 psi, whether its "air," nitrogen or mayonaise. And all gases expand at equal rate with changes in temperature (google "ideal gas law" and related topics). The lack of water in nitrogen (assuming the shop that did the work uses dryers and maintains them properly) may have a very slight impact on pressure increase, but only slight.

Any change in running is related to the tires, not the nitrogen.

Well said, Bob. "Regular" air is 87% nitrogen, can't see it making much diff to be 100%. The humidity might make a diff, but air around here is pretty darn dry anyway. I expect it's the tires, not what they're filled with.

Mayonnaise may _become_ a gas under the right circumstances. Explosive, too.

 

[TMUS]

So if you were to have a tire filled in Arizona where it's dryer than here in Michigan would/could you get a higher % of nitrogen?

 

[George]

So if you were to have a tire filled in Arizona where it's dryer than here in Michigan would/could you get a higher % of nitrogen?

Just less water.