Chicken strips and what they mean re riding style?

[iaingsx1300r]

Good to see another 14 out there even if it is articulated (Mossy1200). Curious...do you get the brief cam rattle on startup? Put a post up a wee while back to see if anyone had fitted a manual tensioner but not a lot came out from under the rocks on that one.............

[mossy1200]

Good to see another 14 out there even if it is articulated (Mossy1200). Curious...do you get the brief cam rattle on startup? Put a post up a wee while back to see if anyone had fitted a manual tensioner but not a lot came out from under the rocks on that one.............

No rattle.
haven't heard anyone on 14 sites mention it either.

[ellipsis]

I got chicken strips on my 3rd wheel.

...soft cunt...

[Drew]

Varies between tyres on the same bike too.

The Pilot Powers I ran had zero Chicken Strips on the rear, changed to RA2 and always had 5 mm or so on the rear despite no reduction in speed, grip etc.

Also something I have noticed is the width of tyre changes quite a bit between brands. The 180 rear Conti was actually 175 - Power was a bit over 180 (183 I think) T30's I've just spooned on 181. Pilot Road was 184.

Fronts vary too ........


T30's have only had one shortish ride - rear strips need some work!


Best not to get too worried about them - somewhere I read a statement from (I think) Aaron Slight that the meaty grippy bit of the tyre is not the edge - you can't power it on if riding on the edge. This makes sense and backs up the you may be riding faster without hitting the tyres edge theory.

Fucked if I know really.

Oh my goodness. Someone with some technical info. You shall be burned.

Tyre sizes are relative to a few things, and for some reason not actually truely represented by the numbers on the side. Jay Lawrance might be able to explain why, I honestly can't think of a time someone explained it to me for me to recall incorrectly.

Chicken strips mean squat. If they're huge it means someone is very cautious I think, but there's nothing to judge about those people till they start harping on about how good they are on a bike.

[Banditbandit]

Chicken strips mean squat. If they're huge it means someone is very cautious I think, but there's nothing to judge about those people till they start harping on about how good they are on a bike.

Yeah .. that's about it .. knew a guy with a GSXRthou - claimed he was a very fast rider ... looked at his rear tyre - it was bald down the centre but sill looked slick and had mold marks anywhere where it might have contacted the road if it had been leaned over ...

Fast in a straight line .. but he'd rarely even leaned the bike ...

[raziel1983]

Good to see another 14 out there even if it is articulated (Mossy1200). Curious...do you get the brief cam rattle on startup? Put a post up a wee while back to see if anyone had fitted a manual tensioner but not a lot came out from under the rocks on that one.............

Had a 06 ZX14 that did it, Just takes a sec for the hydraulic tensioner to kick in, Normal.

Also, Had a random guy at a servo (filling his car) grinning smugly while looking at my rear tyre, He then asked me if my bike had to much power or do I use the rear brake a lot, Because my tyre was worn in the middle.....

[mossy1200]

Had a 06 ZX14 that did it, Just takes a sec for the hydraulic tensioner to kick in, Normal.

Maybe the 1441 motor doesn't have the same system.

[iaingsx1300r]

Had a 06 ZX14 that did it, Just takes a sec for the hydraulic tensioner to kick in, Normal.

Also, Had a random guy at a servo (filling his car) grinning smugly while looking at my rear tyre, He then asked me if my bike had to much power or do I use the rear brake a lot, Because my tyre was worn in the middle.....

Yeah, that seems to be the consensus for earlier models like mine. I'll have a dig around to see if the 2013 tensioner is interchangeable - thanks