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Performance and CustomizingShare your tips and tricks on customizing your sportbike. From windscreens, footpegs, undertails, flushmounts, paint, exhausts, and tires.
Ever since I saw the way the valve stems on the Daytona 675 are designed curved outward for easier acces when you are trying to check your tire pressure or put more air in, etc... I've wanted to throw some on my 06 R6.
On the R6 it's the standard straight up ones that are a pain in the ass to get to with a hose when trying to fill up or when trying to check your pressure.
I found these, but does anyone know if these will fit the wheel properly on a 2006 R6?
Or, while on the subject, does anyone know of any others that are a well known good choice among many riders / bikes? I don't really need anything fancy, I just want them for the convenience so when I go put more air in the tires at the gas station I'm not fighting trying to work around the brake discs and shit.
Just a small little mod that I've been meaning to look at for a while, but only recently got around to searching for.
Also, on a similar note, can anyone suggest a pretty nice digital air pressure reader. My buddy with the Daytona 675 had a pretty nice little one that you just hit a button then push on to the valve stem and it gives you a very accurate air pressure reading. Preferrably something not too expensive though.
I've always wanted a nice accurate one, because I never trust the little pressure read out that the gas station compressors give.
Can't really help out with your valve stem issue. I've got my own compressor and my valve chuck fits my straight stems with no problems.
The digital tire pressure gauge I use I picked up at Sears for like $10-15. I don't have a name, but its an anodized red color, and fits into tight places. It's accurate with all my other gauges, and matches the readouts on my trucks tire pressure monitoring system.
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i'm sure you could get a regular rubber one from advance auto or a real tire shop they are like 1.50 a peice or some shit as far as those sweet aluminum ones i dont know it says they are 8.5 millimeter you would just have to measure your valve stem hole. maybe your dealer would know if they would fit or not. better yet i bet if you go to a european motorcycle dealer they will have the stock valvestem for those bikes and maybe they would know if they are universal or specific to european shit.
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Lots of places have either curved or 90 degree stems. Probably the cheapest place to get them would be an auto tire store. Whenever I have tires mounted at Cycle Gear they ask me if I want new or 90 degree stems, so I know they have them (but that may just be the local shop).
Valve stems are basically standardized in size, aside from the extra-large ones used in certain older HD vehicles and trailer wheels.
Basically they're fool proof as far as picking the correct size... And yeah, stems aren't that hard to find, I'd just call around locally, especially bike shops.
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Valve stems are basically standardized in size, aside from the extra-large ones used in certain older HD vehicles and trailer wheels.
Basically they're fool proof as far as picking the correct size... And yeah, stems aren't that hard to find, I'd just call around locally, especially bike shops.
Apparently I'm finding out that's not exactly true for motorcycles...
are designed for Italian wheels as they say there apparently... Now they are listed in the Yamaha section, which is what I linked from, so maybe they do work for all Yamaha wheels... I don't know....
but there are different size stems, as it says in the descrption area for the ones linked here...
It says at that one that those stems they are showing fit most Jap and American bikes, but European and Italian bikes use a smaller hole, and I believe the cool looking colored ones I linked are made for Italian / European bikes and / or wheels as they say there....
Interesting to hear. Pretty sure the .435 stems you linked are the standard size used on cars. An auto parts store could confirm that....then just grab a valvestem for free from any tire shop and compare to the one in your rim now.
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Based off the links you posted you are correct. The Kurveygirl ones are .453" or 11.5mm. The Drop Forged ones are 8.3mm or .327".
It sounds like the Drop Forged ones are too small for your wheels. The larger Kurveygirl ones should fit. This is only based off the 2 links you posted, I have no idea what size the damn hole is in a Yamaha wheel...
Edited with a bit more research:
Yamaha parts fische lists the stem as a T412 model. Running a google search for T412 told me T412 is a straight rubber valve stem that fits a 0.453" hole.
In short you are looking for anything that fits T412, 0.453" or 11.5mm.
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Last edited by Str8away Hater : 12-25-2007 at 09:16 PM.
Based off the links you posted you are correct. The Kurveygirl ones are .453" or 11.5mm. The Drop Forged ones are 8.3mm or .327".
It sounds like the Drop Forged ones are too small for your wheels. The larger Kurveygirl ones should fit. This is only based off the 2 links you posted, I have no idea what size the damn hole is in a Yamaha wheel...
Edited with a bit more research:
Yamaha parts fische lists the stem as a T412 model. Running a google search for T412 told me T412 is a straight rubber valve stem that fits a 0.453" hole.
In short you are looking for anything that fits T412, 0.453" or 11.5mm.
I have the 3/4" long straight ones in the link to Kurveygirl. The short length allows easier access to add air or check pressure.
They look great and fit perfect, but they are heavy as hell. It takes over 1/2 ounce of weight to offset the weight of the stem. I'd suggest keeping the rubber ones unless the balancing weight doesn't matter to you.
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Aluminum body by what they say, not sure what the inside is. If they're aluminum, can't be that heavy, but who knows....
So far the ones that wont fit that I linked, the Kurveygirl ones, and the Ariete brand ones at that PJ's parts link are the only ones I've seen or been linked. I just wanna know if there's any pretty good ones that are popular among a lot of people and known to hold up well, and seal well so there's no leaks and stuff. Or is it just a matter of picking from these few that I've seen?
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