This sound great. Is it possible to install the new sensor and then do the setup? That way the shop can dismount the tire and swap the sensors in one step.
That is sweet. I have the original sensors in my '08. I've been too lazy to take the tires off and get the sensors sent out to have the batteries replaced. For $30 I'll just replace them. Thanks for the pictures of the process. Makes it very easy to understand.
Did you go with rubber or metal valve stem?
This sound great. Is it possible to install the new sensor and then do the setup? That way the shop can dismount the tire and swap the sensors in one step.
O'Reillys has the Autel sensor for $28 and it's in stock
So I wonder how long will the Autel sensor last? Maybe it doesn't matter at that price, though.
What I have never understood is why they don't just include a piezoelectric generator in the sensor.
That way the battery gets recharged whenever you ride it as braking or acceleration puts energy back into the battery.
But then if they did that I suppose they couldn't charge $300 for a new $25 sensor every few years. <sigh>
It sure seems to be to be 'revenuing' by Kawasaki.Same reason I'm here vs the "other" forum. I believe in the freedom to fix your own stuff which is why I'm posting all of the results of my experimentation. I'm hopeful someone will let me play with a new model sensor.
It sure seems to be to be 'revenuing' by Kawasaki. It seems that the entire rest of the world has gone to sealed T.P.S.'s made by large brand companies such as Schrader. They are readily available for very reasonable sums, and the sensor mfg's make it easy for any tire service business to readily replace them as needed. Kawasaki surely did not just happen to miss what was going on, in fact they contracted Schrader to make them custom sensors with a secret decoder ring code to force customers to purchase these 'mangled' sensors from them at simply ridiculously inflated (mild pun intended) prices. Frankly this would simply not fly, at least in the US, if it were any brand of auto but less common vehicles tend to slip past the regulators.
On a similar topic: we (US) are sizing up to have an impressively large tangle between farmers and other heavy equip. users vs. John Deere regarding Deere making their equipment unserviceable by any but their dealer network. Of course there are two distinct views on this but in the end I believe J.D. will be cowed into some type of 'reasonable access' to their equipment by the US gummit. As an aside, I am looking at garden tractors right at the moment and while it would have been a no- brainer but to buy a 3XX or 5XX model from Deere, I am quite put-off by Deere's (and other large equipment manufacturers) behavior in this area. And while there are no such limitations on small equipment such as lawn tractors, it is rubbing my fur the wrong way just purchasing anything from them. The only problem is that they have little competition regarding quality and a dealer network.
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