I was hoping the old Dunlops would last until the Metzeler Z8's came out in an 18" front, but they were too buggered for me to wait until the new year when the distributor reckons the old stocks of 18" Z6's would be gone. So I've just had a new set of Michen Pilot Road 3's fitted, and it was the perfect time to just the tyre changing excuse to buy a TPMS system, so I bought a Tyre (Tire) Watch system from a company called Gecko in the ACT.
http://tirewatch.com.au/wordpress/and bugger me but they just dropped the price $50 to $299 + postage. Don't you hate that!
I'm gunna email them now and ask if they can do me a deal on two extra sensors ($75ea) and another mount ($20) as I'd like to mount some sensors on my MT-01 when I get new tyres for in next year.
Anyway, a mate bought a set at the GP and reckons they're great. They have sensors that are integral with the tyre valve, and the batteries last 3 years or so. When they run out, they have to be sent back to have new batteries installed, at a nominal fee, which is better than some of the other TPMS systems around where you have to buy new sensors. I don't like the idea of TPMS systems that have the sensor screwed onto the valve on the outside, was that was my other reason for choosing these, but I had a quick run down to Cowra today and they seem to work very well. Pressures went up a bit, but the temps were an eye opener. Back tyre runs about 10 deg hotter than front, and the monitor's ambient was a few more than the ST's air temp guage, but overall, the tyres were a bit over 10 and 20 degs hotter than ambient, sitting on 110.
Has anyone else installed a TPMS and if so, what system and how well does it work? I'm going for another run tomorrow, and now I've worked out how to change the pressures from bar to PSI, I'll be able to monitor in figures that don't have a decimal place.
regards