Wilsons Sandbox

Listers, A guy stopped in to visit for a couple of days riding a K1200GT. He left this morning at 7 am and he and his buddies adjusted tire pressures right before leaving. He's using the Dyna Beads and showed me a sample of them the other night. I've got to tell you I was surprised how small they are. I've read about them a few times but don't recall anyone telling me they are smaller than 1/32" in diameter. I didn't measure them but they looked that small in the package he showed me. He mentioned he was told they are the same size as #12 shot. When he removed his valve cap to check his air pressure he commented on he could feel air releasing from the valve. I mentioned I'd just read that you were suppose to add air before checking the pressure to move the beads away from the valve core. He said something about using the longer "filtered"??? valve core. Anyway, he added just a touch of air and then checked his pressure. The tire was down about 11 psi. He topped it off and it didn't seem to be leaking. I wonder if the replacement valve core spring is weaker than some stock valve core springs. When used on higher speed bikes maybe at higher speeds the valve core opens just a tad and then a bead can get stuck causing a leak. It makes sense to me but I've got no more experience than a few threads about the beads and this bike. As a side note... a 1980 Yamaha XS650 Special uses the same battery as a KLR. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT ____________________________________________________________ Enter for Your Chance to WIN* The TotalBeauty.com Summer Spa Sweepstakes! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/JKFkuJi7UfhgCmunTNzVzPZ9HwP4OuiCnnfuh5FFNdbGA7CCpmvFsg/