We all know that its difficult near impossible to get a standard garage tyre gauge to fit, so some use the angled valve extension to overcome this .Being an old Truck/Coach wheel taper I find using a flexible Valve extension (used on twin wheel sets) made from rubber about 4/5INCHES long. No struggling/faffing, Clears the rotors easy pessy 

length is 6/7 inch

Picture please or site showing the valve extension.
I will visit PA (Princess Auto) to see what they have.

Sorry Shep cant do picys any commercial tyre shop will have them. Iv seen them on ebay .

I'm a bit curious why this is posted in the Aussie & New Zealand rides and meetings section...

Shall I move it to something more appropriate?

BTW, 'Snowflake' wheels fit Airheads. Y spoke wheels fit early Ks.

 Sorry TWB with my non computer skills i just plonked it in not knowing where it should be. With a smile and a  Please feel free to redirect 

My 1984 K has the multiple spoke pain in the bum to clean that i thoughtwas called Snowflake. Definitely NOT 3 SPOKE.

Cast 4 spoke wheels (looked on Motoworks site )

No worries, I'll move it over to some other place - how about we go for Frame, Fairing & Wheels! Some do call the K bike Y spoke wheel a snowflake, I've noted over the years, but surely compared to the actual Airhead snowflake it would have been a rather dull snowstorm.

I removed the Y spoke wheels of my '87 K100RS over a decade ago now and replaced them with 18" three spokes from a K1100RS (rear) and an 18" K75S. They are the easiest to clean wheels of any motorbike I own other than the ones I never bother to clean.

Y not sounds a wheely good solution, being June less chance of lots of Snowflakes causing wheely big problems

I've decided they look like a Maltese cross :


or, more true to origin, iron cross :

stanthomas wrote:
or, more true to origin, iron cross :

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/German_Cross.svg/220px-German_Cross.svg.png

Once a sign of reliability, respect and fear.  Now sadly just a lap dog of ruSSia.