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Still raining in Exeter

Fine in Seaton

Fine in Ottery too, roads damp though, also Honiton (says BBC weather).

sorry boys n girls... just had a very frustrating couple of hrs. It seems BMW fit tyre valves that are too short to inflate the tyres. Sounds daft but 3 garage forecourts later and air coming out instead of in. Known issue after looking on bmw forums apparently...

Nine intrepid souls had a fun dry ride today
Sorry you missed out Si and Nick. Hope Si's KTM is better soon and Nick, BMW do a special tyre valve adaptor for a mere £250

Glad you had fun.
The new gravity power of the ktm is a lot quieter.

Completely knackered, back killing. Wouldn't have missed it for the world,great meeting you all. Thanks guys.
Cheers, Steve.

You're very welcome Steve. See you on the next one

Si - you should have brought the WR along.... the road conditions were perfect for it!

Filthy bike is now clean (ish) and the new master cylinder doesn't leak
Shame the replacement TFT screen is that misty I thought I had cataracts

Cheers to Brian for organising us into a vaguely orderly fashion... with the exception of Where's Roy of course

You missed a good ride Simon and Nick; perhaps next time.

Thanks Brian for leading, Andy as tail end charlie and the SWB riders for good day near my home town.

Thanks all for another grand ride out

Ming wrote: ↑Jan 12th, '20, 16:21 Si - you should have brought the WR along.... the road conditions were perfect for it!

Might of been tricky

Gutted to've missed this mornings ride

Sounds like you had fun

Went to just check the tyre pressures at the garage forecourt and the nozzle opened the tyre valve but didn't seal so the air just came out, That was Sainsburys, Tesco and a Shell garage and my own foot pump.

4 out of 4, and googled it. Several forums discussing the issue. Valve body is too short basically but BMW don't recognise it as an error. Feel a trip to BMW coming on

Finally caved in to buying an electric 12v pump with a screw on nozzle, works but not carrying that with me on every ride out

Nick, what about removing the outer and just taking the works of the air pump?
This is what I do currently.

royb wrote: ↑Jan 13th, '20, 11:15 Nick, what about removing the outer and just taking the works of the air pump?
This is what I do currently.

No idea how that would work in my little mind Roy...
It's an issue for BMW to resolve for me. They know the valves are short and cause problems but don't acknowledge it as an issue, beats me...