I did place Nitrogen in my motorcycle tires. After running 80 mph in 100degrees ambient I saw a 4psi increase?

Question

I did place Nitrogen in my motorcycle tires. After running 80 mph in 100degrees ambient I saw a 4psi increase?

Answer 1

everett is correct. To expand a little. Nitrogen will expand as "regular air" will. The slight advantage nitrogen has over air is it takes longer to leak out of your tire and it doesn't create as much heat inside your tire and thus there is less condensation inside your tire.

Answer 2

i think whoever put your nitrogen in didn't purge the air well enough...

Answer 3

Yeah? Thats normal. When gas warms up it expands. Just like if you put regular air into the tire. If its warm out side, its a higher psi, if its cold its a lower psi. Thats completely normal.

Answer 4

The heat from the friction with the road and the temp outside made the nitrogen expand

Answer 5

Nitrogen expands just like air when heated.  The benefits of using Nitrogen is to prevent pressure loss due to leakage.  In all honesty your money would be better spent on buying a good tire pressure guage and checking the pressure every time you fill up with gas or at least once a month.

j

Answer 6

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