The last time I had a tire lose air on the highway, it was an uncomfortable experience. If there was something on the bike that could have warned me so I could have been pulling over earlier, I would be all for that
Ohhh..uncomfortable...heaven forbid...but if comfort is your goal, motorcycling may be the wrong gig for you.
The thing is, nothing bad happened. You realised something was up, and you pulled over or slowed down, and had plenty of time to figure things out and react. Tubeless tires don't deflate all at once like tubed tires. There's plenty of warning time/symptoms. I really don't see any great advantage to this feature other than to make more profit for the manufacturer, or it's just another gadget for gadget heads to play with. An earlier warning won't change the fact that you have a problem. I can't see how it will keep you safer as very few riders will start going faster or continue with their speed when the bike starts feeling wonky.
I developed a low front tire just the other day well into my ride. Still don't know why. Realised something was up. Slowed down. Made it back home, maybe 20 miles out. Pumped up the tire. Went out for a few more rides. No change in pressure. No biggie. No pressure monitor would have helped or changed the situation.
20 years ago, doing 80 mph on my V-max, suddenly felt like I was in a cross wind when there was no wind. Rear end starts to weave a bit. I slow down, pull over, and watched the tire continue to deflate thanks to a nail. Called the tow truck. Made it home. No biggie. No pressure monitor would have helped much if at all.
9 years ago, on the BRP. Bike starts wallowing in corners. Slow down, pull over, check out suspension can't see anything like oil etc. Start riding again. Wallowing gets worse but now the bike wants to follow every rut and groove in the road. Pull over. Nail in rear tire. Road side repair, back en route in 30 minutes or so. No biggie. Tire pressure monitor may have helped me diagnose the problem earlier.
And speaking of shocks. On the QEW, 2 up, 70 mph. Bike feels like I'm getting a flat. Pull over. Blown rear shock seal. Dry things up. Limp back home. No biggie. No shock oil seal monitor.
I could go on, but why?
But hey, if it makes you feel safe, go for it. But consider this too: if the monitors fails, and they could, and you don't know what a slowly deflating tire feels like when you're riding because you've never rode with a tire below the recommended PSI thanks to your handy dandy TPM, and you are heavily invested in the concept of technology keeping you safe...then you have a real problem because you won't have the skill set to realise what's going on and you might keep riding because you have chosen to turn your fate over to technology, instead of you taking "manual" control of every aspect of your machine and your riding skills.
Just another unneeded gadget that deskills riders IMO.
