Daft question time..(tire pressure)

[bifday2k]

Iv been going by my ybr 125 owners manual for tire pressures which states the following;

Front: 25 psi
Rear: 29 psi or 41 psi if load is greater then 90kg.

Recently i got myself a haynes manual with the intention of doing small jobs myself. I noticed that it states only rider and rider with pillion. So according to the haynes manual if its a single rider the rear should be 29 psi, no mention of wieghts and what not. It only says to use 41 psi if i have a pillion.

I am shall we say a tad bit over 90kg in weight, not massively (100 ish) but enough that i keep 2nd guessing myself when it comes to the pressure.

In my shoes what would you guys be using 25/29 or 25/41?

 

[bifday2k]

Pillion thing is a non issue for me atm, still riding on a cbt lol.

Cheers guys, i'll definitely test both out and see which feels better handling wise. Guess at the end of the day its more about what feels right then what a bit of paper says.

 

[bifday2k]

Did you figure out a preference?

I was on a trackday recently and we started discussing tyre pressures and it turned out everyone of us in the garage had different pressures (on similar 750/1000cc machines) with the highest being 42 and the lowest being 22. It's a mine field and everyone tells you something different based on air temp/track temp blah blah.

I guess just go with what you feel comfortable with....

Not really done to much testing, but i have chosen to go with 29 instead of 41, i have used both in the past, as i said in a previous post some times i would just second guess it and just go for it lol.

Just generally feels a little better, especially over bumps lol. Gonna do more testing down the line (when i remember to) and do as english and fireskull suggested if needs be.

 

[bifday2k]

Cheers for that Dureth/Dogbreath was actually considering doing that, and only using the 2 values as say min/max. Seems to make more sense, so im glad someone mentioned that.

Thanks for all the input guys, its put my mind at ease for sure.