![]() One of the ways that MotoPumps maintains the small size of the Air Shot compressor is to make almost everything on it removable. If there was a better and more compact way though, I’d certainly be interested. The small pump was designed primarily for bicycle tires but with enough time and effort it could inflate a motorcycle tire. However, they may not be enough to fully inflate a rear tire unless you carry several cartridges and even then, a mistake with the tire plug could use up all the CO2 and then you’d be stuck.įor a while, I carried a small CO2 inflator that also included a small hand air pump just in case. These small inflators will do the job and they are easy to store. It seems like nails and screws must just be attracted to motorcycle tires…įortunately for me, none of the punctures I’ve had on my bike were catastrophic and all were discovered while the bike was at home.ĭespite my good-ish fortune here, I always make certain I’ve got a tire repair kit on board the bike and a way to inflate the tire after repair.įor years I’ve kept the small CO2 cartridge type inflator with extra cartridges under the seat or stowed somewhere on the bike. I’ve gone maybe 85 to 90 thousand miles since I’ve been riding and I’m sure that’s a small fraction of the amount of miles I’ve driven in cars and trucks over the years. It seems uncanny but despite the smaller contact patch and the single track nature of a motorcycle, I think I’ve had at least as many punctures on motorcycle tires than on car tires. Like it or not, getting a tire puncture is one of those things that is very likely going to happen to you if you ride long enough. The air pump is quiet and does not get hot even after five minutes of continuous use.Īll of this comes packed in a small Cordura case with a little room left over to fit a tire repair kit if desired. Multiple power cables, a zero-loss air hose and even a stick-type air pressure gauge is included.ĭrawing less than 5A, the MotoPumps Air Shot is even suitable for a motorcycle with a low-capacity battery. The kit has everything needed to inflate a tire at the roadside. It provides pressures up to 100 psi and it’s small enough to fit under the seat of many motorcycles. Off on holiday now for three days, luckily the bike isn’t going with me, so will have another go when I get back or might just give up and go to the bike shop.The MotoPumps Air Shot is a very compact tire inflator. Repeatedly trying to put it on, just in the hope one time it sticks but it hasn’t.Įvery time, the tyre seats perfectly, no leaks from it or the valve and then every time, when the pressure gets too low, both sides give a big bang and jump off the rim.Pumping up with just the pump rather than the Airshot - that does nothing, the tyre isn’t seated even vaguely well enough for it to hold any air.I did manage to keep it there for over 15 minutes then from another room I heard the double pop of both sides of the tyre unseating themselves. ![]() Leaving the high pressure in - Unfortunately the adaptor on the Airshock has a tiny leak even when done up as tight as I can get it, so I can’t leave it at pressure for very long.I put sealant in - Just in case it helped, it didn’t, I’ve now got sealant sprayed around.Suspended the wheel off the floor - someone said that maybe the pressure of the tyre sitting on the floor was causing the problem.Still no luck, I’ve tried the following extra things: In case it matters, the wheels are Bontranger Paradigm and the tyre a Continental GP5000.Īnyone any suggestions on what to try or what could be going wrong? When I deflated them earlier, the tyres stayed where they were and I had to work to get then off. I’ve not put any sealant in yet as the majority of videos I’ve seen suggest adding it last, and I didn’t need it with the first wheel. I’ve tried at least six times, sometimes letting all the air out at once, sometimes just cracking the seal on the valve and letting it leak out over 10 minutes, it doesn’t matter, every time the tyre jumps off. I do the air dump into it and it inflates, does the appropriate pops and seats nicely, no leaks at all, but when I let the air out so I can remove the Airshock, once the pressure drops to about 10 psi there is a big pop and almost all the tyre unseats itself. I’ve got an Airshot to do the pressure dump and one wheel worked fine, it took a couple of goes, but then the tyre locked into place and all was good, the second one just isn’t playing. I’ve just stripped my tubeless tyres off my wheels and replaced the valves and I’m now trying to get things back together.
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