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#31 | RE: New TPMS Sensors datum

Wed Jul 27, 2022 12:34 pm (Last edited: Wed Jul 27, 2022 12:34 pm)

Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #30
While I wouldn't pay extra for TPMS since I have owned 26 motorcycles in the past and have never had a feeling that I needed to know what my tire pressure was as I was riding.

But that's not really the point? I'm a big fan myself - I've had two punctures while on the road on TPMS-fitted bikes, and in both cases I was made aware of the problem long before any squirrelly tyre behaviour became apparent, and was able to sort them out safely and easily.

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#32 | RE: New TPMS Sensors datum

Wed Jul 27, 2022 8:49 pm

I didn't bother with Keyless Ignition - a wise choice methinks.

We are all different I guess.

I did get the GASP shifter - I could do without it, I seldom use it and often just to check it still works. I do use it instinctively during overtakes though.

I could do without Cruise Control and ESA. The latter has only limited settings for damping. I rarely change the preload (again to check it still works).

The TPMS is the one thing I do monitor all the time and it's worked, forewarning me of a puncture. I miss it on my 2nd bike.

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#33 | RE: New TPMS Sensors datum

Wed Jul 27, 2022 9:33 pm

Apparently, KTM uses the same sensor. Here are a couple of links. One is the KTM discussion and the other link is for a Wunderlich price for the BMW branded sensor is you don't want to go the KTM route.
https://www.k1600forum.com/threads/cheap...chinese.196550/
https://www.wunderlichamerica.com/Motorc..._Wunderlich_BMW

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#34 | RE: New TPMS Sensors datum

Wed Jul 27, 2022 10:30 pm

Zitat von Sanemancured im Beitrag #32
I didn't bother with Keyless Ignition - a wise choice methinks.

We are all different I guess.

I did get the GASP shifter - I could do without it, I seldom use it and often just to check it still works. I do use it instinctively during overtakes though.

I could do without Cruise Control and ESA. The latter has only limited settings for damping. I rarely change the preload (again to check it still works).

The TPMS is the one thing I do monitor all the time and it's worked, forewarning me of a puncture. I miss it on my 2nd bike.

Now, cruise control is one thing I really appreciate on a bike. Handy for the 30kph speed limits in French villages and allows you to flex ageing finger joints as you make slow progress. I might go as far as saying it is a must have nowadays, after a few years using a throttle locking device. With a genetic predisposition to arthritis, my joints aren't going to improve.

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#35 | RE: New TPMS Sensors datum

Thu Jul 28, 2022 1:15 am

I'll have to keep Wunderlich in mind next time I need to replace the sensors. The Schrader sensors they sell are half the price that BMW charges.

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#36 | RE: New TPMS Sensors datum

Thu Jul 28, 2022 11:53 am

Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #34
Now, cruise control is one thing I really appreciate on a bike. Handy for the 30kph speed limits in French villages and allows you to flex ageing finger joints as you make slow progress. I might go as far as saying it is a must have nowadays, after a few years using a throttle locking device. With a genetic predisposition to arthritis, my joints aren't going to improve.

Agree 100% - it's a bit sad that in my current ongoing search for an R1250RS, at my age the two first things I look for in the photos online, as instant deal-breakers, are the presence of the cruise-control and heated grip switches...

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#37 | RE: New TPMS Sensors datum

Sat Jul 30, 2022 3:50 pm

Hmmm� I�m 68 next month and the only time I�m likely to use cruise control is on quiet motorways (generally North of Lancaster). If they�re busy I find it isn�t conducive to safely maintaining distance without switching it to an extent that makes it pointless.

I work on good body position and technique and feel no need to use it in town. I�m either lucky physically or position and technique works. I do have arthritis in both knees and a dodgy back.

Now on my CBR600RR it�s not so easy!

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#38 | RE: New TPMS Sensors datum

Sat Jul 30, 2022 11:17 pm

Zitat von Sanemancured im Beitrag #37
Hmmm� I�m 68 next month and the only time I�m likely to use cruise control is on quiet motorways (generally North of Lancaster). If they�re busy I find it isn�t conducive to safely maintaining distance without switching it to an extent that makes it pointless.

I work on good body position and technique and feel no need to use it in town. I�m either lucky physically or position and technique works. I do have arthritis in both knees and a dodgy back.

Now on my CBR600RR it�s not so easy!

For me it�s not a matter of body position or resting wrists, but rather to assist with speed management in the average speed camera traps through road works etc, I find it really helps contain me!

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#39 | RE: New TPMS Sensors datum

Sat Jul 30, 2022 11:38 pm

Zitat von Boxerboy im Beitrag #38
Zitat von Sanemancured im Beitrag #37
Hmmm� I�m 68 next month and the only time I�m likely to use cruise control is on quiet motorways (generally North of Lancaster). If they�re busy I find it isn�t conducive to safely maintaining distance without switching it to an extent that makes it pointless.

I work on good body position and technique and feel no need to use it in town. I�m either lucky physically or position and technique works. I do have arthritis in both knees and a dodgy back.

Now on my CBR600RR it�s not so easy!

For me it�s not a matter of body position or resting wrists, but rather to assist with speed management in the average speed camera traps through road works etc, I find it really helps contain me!

I went into Wales today and came across some of their new 20mph urban speed limits. Villages, some quite lengthy along my route. Ripe for a camera van, cash cow. In our surveilled world, cruise control aids self restraint as you say, and at the same time allows a little physiotherapy.

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