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Hey.. For a sportbike... street use.. and no race tracks.. I heard nitrogen was good for tires and I heard nitrogen was real bad as it reduces traction or grip : bad for curves

I need to know more about it.. anyone have it in theirs or heard about it?

What I wanna know is...why would you need such an edge on public roads? There's no way you can legally exhaust the capability of simple O2 in your tires at legal speeds? What are you trying to accomplish by wasting your time on such a topic if you're not on the track?

Question: How would nitrogen, in the tires, reduce traction of the rubber on the tire, on the outside of the tire?

It's not about getting an edge. It is because I ride to work alot and its long distance.. therefore i heard it is better for longer tire life and also I don't feel like checking the tire pressure all the time.

And I heard the tire doesn't warm up as good and wont grip in corners as much therefore would it make me slide in a curve when I am leaned quite enough?

Well, you're better off making sure your rims are true and there's a good seal upon installation than worrying about pure nitrogen vs. standard O2. I've never heard of internal air influencing the density of external compound structure of rubber. If it does, it's certainly doesn't out weigh the cost per performance factor.

Nitrogen is better. It will keep the tire inflated longer (regardless of the rim seal... air leaks out through the tire itself...so does nitrogen, but nitrogen is slower) and every time you add air it adds water inside the tire... the air leaks out and you add more air, more water... that water can condense at times and cause weirdness.

nitrogen, as in nitrogen-oxide? isnt that the crap that is in NOS. . . hmmm i donno but if it is, and its flameable, to hell with putting it in my tires. If its not, then cool



JWF

No... Nitrous Oxide for engine/human inhalation is N20, tire nitrogen is NO2.

CBRTRIBALS wrote:
And I heard the tire doesn't warm up as good and wont grip in corners as much therefore would it make me slide in a curve when I am leaned quite enough?

Hmmm... If the tire doesn't heat up as much, then the tire doesn't expand as much... And if the tire doesn't expand as much, the contact patch remains larger. More contact patch = more traction doesn't it?

dieziege wrote:No... Nitrous Oxide for engine/human inhalation is N20, tire nitrogen is NO2.

thats just one charector swtiched, two close for comfort for me, ill stick to air.





JWF