SPECIALIZED AIRTOOL PUMP PRO

The big foot pads are molded as part of the base they don’t fold up or down and they act as a very sturdy base for the 65 cm tall (25.5 inches) pump. This is a very hefty floor air pump, with a base and tube made from cast aluminum.

SPECIALIZED AIRTOOL PUMP PRO

Specialized lists the AirTool Pro output as 360 cc of air per stroke and a max pressure of 150 PSI (10.3 bar). That’s about twice the per-stroke output of the Topeak Joe Blow, which makes sense because the tube on the AirTool Pro has a larger diameter and longer stroke. My measurements show that it puts out about 0.5 PSI for each stroke, which means just 5 strokes will squeeze about 2.5 PSI into a typical 120/70-17 front motorcycle tire. One thing’s for sure: the AirTool Pro really puts out the goods. So, I put my thinking cap on and after some time, I was finally able to figure out a fairly easy and very cheap way to solve the “big head” problem as you’ll see below.īut first, let’s take a gander at the specs. There’s just enough room to fit the pump head with the open lock, as you can see in the photo.ĭiscussing this later on with the bicycle shop owner, he agreed that the pump head on the AirTool Pro is way too big and won’t even fit on some bicycle wheels. The only bike I could find that works with the AirTool Pro head is the 1986 BMW R65 with the second-gen cast wheels. I don’t know why they had to make the dang thing so big the chuck head on my Topeak Joe Blow Sprint (review) from 2004 is nowhere near this size (and by the way, I still use that pump on a regular basis for bicycles, cars, trucks and yes - motorcycles). Uh-oh right away - I suddenly discovered just how really, really big the pump head on this beast really is. As soon as I pulled into the garage, I had to try the new pump on a motorcycle tire.

Specialized airtool pump