Monster 1200S Tyre Pressures conundrum

Just bought myself a 2019 Monster 1200S and am just finding my way around it after decades of Ducati ownership (and many other makes). I’ve always done most of the maintenance myself, in fact everything except the desmo valve clearances really. So much to my amusement I read the 330 page handbook, most of which is how to use the instrument panel, and finally found the section on drive chain adjustment. I laughed out loud to find this is now considered something for your local Ducati main dealership. Grinning squinting face :laughing:. Finally found out how to do it on line - phew!

Next up was to check the tyre pressures. The handbook to my amazement shows the front tyre pressure to be 2.3 bar and the rear 2.1 bar. What trickery is this? I’ve never owned any motorcycle with what I consider back to front tyre pressures. Sure it must be a typo in the handbook?? I have searched forums and not found anybody else querying this. Perhaps I just haven’t been thorough enough? I managed to download a 1200R workshop manual which shows pressures more in line with my thinking, i.e. lower front than back. The Michelin website amongst many others on a Google search confirms what I think should be normal, yep you got it 2.3 bar front and 2.5 bar rear.

Then recently I downloaded a digital copy of the Owners Handbook from UK DOC and lo and behold the page showing recommended tyre pressures is 2.3 front & 2.5 rear. Well bugger me! I can’t be the only one who has come across this? Am I going mad!?

I attach the poor photo from my handbook and the excerpt from the downloaded digital handbook. The previous owners of my bike must have all set the tyre pressures to the handbook supplied and experienced pretty wierd handling characteristics?

Hey ho! Onwards and upwards.