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My car has TPMS that shows me the tire pressure at each wheel. I love it.

In past cars that didn't have TPMS, I would often notice low air by the feel of the car.

I have to assume that in a motorcycle, you'd notice low pressure much sooner than in a car. I think blowouts generally occur when you drive on a drastically over or under inflated tire for a long time. Like, your tire is normally 32psi, but you are on the highway for miles at 15psi. Eventually it'll heat up and come apart. I would think you'd feel that sort of differential before you drove on the tire long enough for it to heat up to "blow out" circumstances. Obviously, running over something nasty at freeway speed would be a slightly different circumstance in a car or on a motorcycle.

Didn't Nostatic hit a big rock or cinder block on the freeway on a bike?

I've never had a blowout before, thank goodness and knock on wood.
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