I bought one 5 years ago called the cycle pump.Made for ADV's when changing between off/on road. Has clips for battery with a fuse or plugs into a socket. Very powerful and small but probably expensive now with our exchange rate.
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[SUGGESTION] Tire inflator
- Thread starter WunderCat
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Roadghost
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Best one I ever had looked like this:
That's a classic. My dad had one that came with his '57 Buick Super when he bought it new. Lasted for 40 years.
Not really portable but I love my Milwaukee M12 inflator. Shows the current psi on the screen and you set it to your desired psi and it automatically turns off. https://www.homedepot.ca/product/mi...rdless-compact-inflator-tool-only-/1001128921
The pic is of the driven gear of one of the cheap 12 volt cigarette lighter compressors. When the tiny drive gear hits the gap the gig is up. I don't know how common this is but cast products of any material can have internal stresses that cause warps and cracks.
One in my group got a flat near the Dragon a couple years ago and we picked up a portable 12v pump from the closest Walmart for $20. Works great and is very small and portable. Pretty sure you can find them on Amazon. Won't plug into wall but it meets your portable criteria for car and bike (if it has a plug).
i-WERKS
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I'm with gibbons. I love my Milwaukee inflator. Don't have to deal with wires.
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i picked this up for 20bucks, don't know how well it works didn't use it yet
WunderCat
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I went ahead and purchased Topeak Joe Blow Sport 3 as somebody suggested before. I was pumped up moto tires (was on around 23psi on both, needed 28 and 33) and 2 bikes tires. I guess I was so pumped up.
Happy that it supports Presta too.
This floor pump completely blew away 2 other handheld pump that I have (hate this things).
Happy that it supports Presta too.
This floor pump completely blew away 2 other handheld pump that I have (hate this things).
I can't fight the urge to chime in with I liked to use telescoping bicycle pumps - their low capacity made it easy to set air adjustable forks/shocks without overpressurizing them
But that advice is pretty useless these days
But that advice is pretty useless these days
I have the Topeak Road Morph G hand pump.
I use it for the dual sport. It's about 13" long and thin enough that it takes up no space in the backpack. I use it when airing up and down when going between the pavement and trails.
Going from 18 psi to 24 psi in the front takes about 40 strokes.
Love that I don't have to rely on electrics.
Wouldn't want to seat a bead with that thing though. Especially a tubeless tire...
I use it for the dual sport. It's about 13" long and thin enough that it takes up no space in the backpack. I use it when airing up and down when going between the pavement and trails.
Going from 18 psi to 24 psi in the front takes about 40 strokes.
Love that I don't have to rely on electrics.
Wouldn't want to seat a bead with that thing though. Especially a tubeless tire...
You use a normal bike pump for shocks? Don't you find you lose too much air when you are taking it off? Do you just start high and have worked out that you lose 10 psi when you take it off?
I still checked with a pressure gauge after... checking the pressure once only lost a tiny bit of air (unreadable), if I checked like 5 times then I would have lost .5 PSI. Admittedly it has been a few years since I had the VF500F. I do not currently own anything that has air shocks
Looks like they have a mini-version at 26 cm. Topeak Mini Morph Bike Pump: Amazon.ca: Sports & Outdoors
... and an even smaller one at 22 cm: Topeak Pocket Rocket Master Blaster Bike Pump: Amazon.ca: Sports & Outdoors
Those will work, but on the small one, you are looking at something like 1000 strokes to inflate a motorcycle tire from flat (assuming no air leaks in the process). In one of the reviews, someone was happy that it took about two minutes to pump up a 26x1.95. What is the volume of a motorcycle tire, eight times that? So 15 minutes of furious pumping and you are good to go (hopefully).
Just ordered that pocket rocket one … I hear what you're saying Grey but I don't ride more than a couple of hours away from home and I figure a nail or screw in a tire will be a slow leak so the tire will never go to full empty right away. I just need something to pump some air in as needed until I get home or to the closest repair shop.
If I had a bagger with space, I'd surely get something else but with this one I can throw it in the seat bag of my GSX and be done.
If I had a bagger with space, I'd surely get something else but with this one I can throw it in the seat bag of my GSX and be done.
Are we talking about pumps you use at home or pumps you carry on your bike?
I carry the Slime mini tire inflator on my bike, it was the smallest one I could find and it was like $30 at walmart. At home I just use a regular bicycle hand pump, works faster than an electric compressor.
I carry the Slime mini tire inflator on my bike, it was the smallest one I could find and it was like $30 at walmart. At home I just use a regular bicycle hand pump, works faster than an electric compressor.
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