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Originally Posted by Homers GSA
Just for giggles, can anyone here remember the air inflator that was a long hose with an air fitting on one end, and a spark plug thread on the other.
Unscrew a spark plug, start the car and it pumps the tire up.
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What were they called? A Schrader valve or something like that. Had one back in the 70's. As you say, not much use on a single but it worked well enough on multi cylinder engines with normal sized plugs - ie cars! Most of the Japanese bikes we all rode back then had smaller plugs that it wouldn't fit.
Biggest worry was that you'd be filling your tyre with petrol vapour rather than air. The manufacturers said no, everyone else said yes. I had no idea but I do remember making sure nobody was smoking nearby when we were checking tyre pressures!
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