Chicken strips

**putput** · 1st April 2010, 15:45

Done my first 1000km on my brand new hyo 250. Done a few long rides round some windy roads but mainly commuting.....havn't worn much tread off the edges of the tyres.. is it likely i will eat shit cornering on these....one suggestion was that i sand the edges??

**quickbuck** · 1st April 2010, 15:53

Originally Posted by putput

Done my first 1000km on my brand new hyo 250. Done a few long rides round some windy roads but mainly commuting.....havn't worn much tread off the edges of the tyres.. is it likely i will eat shit cornering on these....one suggestion was that i sand the edges??

Just got new tyres on the 600... The rear a week ago, and got that scrubbed before replacing the front today.

Thing is, just corner "Normally" from now on... You shouldn't have "Cupped" (squared off) the tyre after only 1000k... If you have your pressures were very wrong.

If you feel a dire need to scrub off the chicken strips, then go for a ride in the shingle....
That will do it. Catch is, if you aren't confident to do that, then you will buff your fairings too....

At the end of the day, as your cornering technique improves, the chicken strips will reduce, to a point your bike won't have anymore. Believe me, that is further off than you think at the present time...

**Toaster** · 1st April 2010, 15:53

Yeah you could run a file around the edges if you are that worried about it. Or just lean over a tad more each time and wear them off slowly.

Since you commute in Auckland, you could always turn the hum drum task of lane-splitting into an adventure and use the cars as a slalom course and wear the chicken strips off that way

**slofox** · 1st April 2010, 15:58

Originally Posted by putput

Done my first 1000km on my brand new hyo 250. Done a few long rides round some windy roads but mainly commuting.....havn't worn much tread off the edges of the tyres.. is it likely i will eat shit cornering on these....one suggestion was that i sand the edges??

Them aren't "chicken strips" Them's "safety strips"...

I doubt they'll interfere with your cornering actually. If you add lean gradually over time, the strips will slowly shrink...

**emaN** · 1st April 2010, 16:06

haha...nice troll.

**p.dath** · 1st April 2010, 17:25

You've just started riding I'm guessing (since you have a 250, and just bought it new)?

In which case, don't worry about it. You wont be operating anywhere near the limits of your tyres.

**caseye** · 1st April 2010, 20:40

Originally Posted by Toaster

Yeah you could run a file around the edges if you are that worried about it. Or just lean over a tad more each time and wear them off slowly.

Since you commute in Auckland, you could always turn the hum drum task of lane-splitting into an adventure and use the cars as a slalom course and wear the chicken strips off that way

Aw man! toaster he'll get in da poo poos for that sort of carry on.
p.dath said it best, just ride, you are a long way off having no Chicken strips, but one day they siimply wont be there and you will still be riding shiny side up.That is the importnt part.

**bogan** · 1st April 2010, 20:42

just find a drain that kinda forms a V in which the chicken strips rest, and do a skid bro

**davebullet** · 1st April 2010, 20:46

Some tyre profiles make it impossible to completely remove the strips. Sure I don't ride my bike near it's limits, but if I look down the angle of the edge of the tyre, I'd be grounding the muffler before I could remove them.

**woodyracer** · 1st April 2010, 20:54

let me take it aorund hampton downs.....ill get rid of them for you

**CookMySock** · 1st April 2010, 20:58

Be careful riding the comet at large angles of lean on rough roads. The cheaper suspension doesn't really do a shithot job of keeping your tyres on the road so just take it easy or take it to the track.

Steve