Ok so get up at zero dark thirty and it's hella cold out there, and in the garage. I just returned from six weeks in Southeast Asia so my bike has sat all that time. Everything looks fine, tires appear hard, and I'm out for a short ride. Fire up the bike (whew, it still cranks) and take off. TPMS shows 38 F 41 R. A tad lower than I want, but fine for now.
The bike just doesn't feel right. Steering is heavy, it just feels off. Granted, I've been tooling around on a 125 cc Honda Elite motorbike for the last six weeks, so I chalk it up to that. Later in the day, when it's warmer and I feel like screwing around in the garage, I fire up the compressor so I can fill all tires that need filling. My slime gauge reads 32 F 38 R (WTF?) so I fill it back up to 42/42, which is where I like it. Get back on the bike. Rides like it should, feels good again. TPMS is reading 47/47.
TPMS so far has been fairly accurate, to within a couple pounds of a gauge, but for whatever reason it's really off now. The only thing that is different between now and six weeks ago is that it was a whole lot warmer outside. Anyone else notice that?