How do you check your tire pressure?

Question

is there any device that measures your tire pressure? also does anyone know what the exact numbers of the tire pressure should be and is over inflating it ok?

Answer 1

  on the side walls of tire's theres a place were it's say's what the tire pressure should be .go with that . and yes there's is a pressure gauge you can bye at near by auto part store. good luck

Answer 2

Buy a gauge and use it when your tires are cold not after you have drove on them.Go by what the manual says not the tires.Most bike tires run about 36 - 40 psi.

Answer 3

You have already been told you use a tire gauge. One person said to use your owner's manual- which is correct. Do not use the tire pressure listed on your  tires! That is the maximum.

Many bikes have a sticker attached on the right front fork that states the appropriate PSI (pounds) you need in the front and back tire of you bike. On a car, there is a sticker on the side of your driver's door (the edge between the outside and the inside of the door). All of these numbers are determined by the vehicle you drive. Over-inflating is NOT ok. You can break the bead on the tire while driving, cause the belts within the tire to split, or worse, blow it up right at the pump (not likely, but worst case scenario.)

Talk to someone you know that knows things about cars and/or motorcycles. You can sometimes tell who they are: they have grease under their nails :-)

Answer 4

Tire pressure gauge - you can get one for about $5 if not less.  Most tires come with the PSI (pound/square inch) rating stamped on the sidewall.  Most passenger tires should have about 32 psi in them.

Answer 5

A tire guage and it will tell you right on the tire how much air is supposed to be in it.

Answer 6

A tire pressure gauge and read the tire?

Answer 7

Use a tire pressure gauge.  You can check the bike's owner's manual to find out the correct PSI for the front and rear tires.  

Answer 8

I know absolutely nothing about vehicles of any type, but I do know that many people in our neighboorhood (including my parents) have a small device to check their tire pressure. I believe they can be bought at Wal-Mart or Canadian Tire, and aren't that expensive.

Hope that helped. :-)

~A

Answer 9

A tire pressure Gauge. You can get them at a lot of stores I think.