Chicken Strips

[SPORK]

Hello!

Stupid me often sees the term 'chicken strips' on the board, and have no idea what they are. I presume they are something on the tyres or something, and can be used to see what way you turn alot (wearing down?)

Well, thanks for helping a lost newbie out!

[Two Smoker]

Yep chicken strips are the tiny strip (or sometimes large strip) or rubber that hasnt touched the road, it is a definate line on the tyre and shows how far you lean the bike over...... the faster the rider the smaller the chickens strip..... untill you get really fast then you have no chicken strips.... im sure someone has a photo.....

[bluninja]

Chicken strips are those areas at the edge of the tyre that don't wear because the bike isn't leaned right to the edge of the tyre. The term chicken strips implies that the person riding the bike with them is just too chicken to lean the bike over fully.

HTH

[dangerous]

Yep chicken strips are the tiny strip (or sometimes large strip) or rubber that hasnt touched the road, it is a definate line on the tyre and shows how far you lean the bike over...... the faster the rider the smaller the chickens strip..... untill you get really fast then you have no chicken strips.... im sure someone has a photo.....

frount= small chicken strip and rear= no chicken strip
So were do I rate on the chicken strip o meter?

[Two Smoker]

So do these chicken stripes rate? frount= small chicken strip and rear= no chicken strip

Thats a good set of photos to show the difference...... might have to roll of the edge a bit to get rid of those front ones Dangerous lol looks well used that rear tyre..... ive got the same problem with my front.... Its because of the profile and my pegs for my bike.....

[SPORK]

Ahhhh, thanks all! Gee, nice quick replies!
Good to know that if I need a question answered, it will be

Now a lot more posts make sense :2thumbs:

[FROSTY:Me]

but then again certain amoungst us stuff that whole theory by haveing 2 inch wide chicken strips and still riding rings around the rest of us

[dangerous]

but then again certain amoungst us stuff that whole theory by haveing 2 inch wide chicken strips and still riding rings around the rest of us

Bring em on then buddy :cool2:

[SPORK]

So how much is a good amount to lean on like, a bend that has say a 140 degree angle? And does putting your knee out make you turn much sharper/better?

[Two Smoker]

So how much is a good amount to lean on like, a bend that has say a 140 degree angle? And does putting your knee out make you turn much sharper/better?

putting you knee out probably wont do much, getting off the bike and shifting your weight to the inside of the corner will change the centre of gravity, thus meaning you can carry more corner speed.....

BUT, for the initial purposes of learning and riding, just work on counter steering, i didnt get my knee down until i had been riding for 4 months and some people didnt get there knee down for years...... and then there are others that havnt at all..... but there are some bloody fast riders out there (SpankMe and Cycosis) that dont move on the bike at all....

[Kwaka-Kid]

Just to give you a visual of how to get rid of Chicken strips... Look at the picture of Ruben, That man has no chick strips...
now, take a look at the picture of the yellow beast... it has chicken strips 3 inchs wide each way as thats as far as i lean.

Also note the lazy left foot grinding on the hairpin of taupo there... That explains why im missing half my boot! not to mention 4 toes - but the point is the boots cost money! toes grow back.

Sux when you have to change up a geat mid corner eh - And NO i wont go to GPshift.

[wkid_one]

That is a pic of Ruebin mid low side - hardly a good example of how to get rid of your chicken strips

[FROSTY:Me]

andand then there are others that havnt at all..... but there are some bloody fast riders out there (SpankMe and Cycosis) that dont move on the bike at all....

i reckon u could glue spanks ass to the seat and he wouldnt notice
and he would still be bloody fast

[wkid_one]

i reckon u could glue spanks ass to the seat and he wouldnt notice
and he would still be bloody fast

But it would be FUCKEN FUNNY when he came to a stop!

Chicken strips are a moot point. I had none on the VTR or R1 rear - always had them on the front to some degree. But these bikes always had nice big small curve tyres on them (180-190's) - which are pretty easy to get to the side off.

Try this on for size - take a ten speed and try to get to the edge of its tyres - you can't because it is too steeply angled. Generally the narrower the tyre - the harder it is for you to reach the edge. Have a look at bikes with 190mm tyres...they are nice and flat and you don't need to lean far to be in contact with the edge of the tyre - having no chicken strips doesn't mean you are quick.

[SPORK]

Try this on for size - take a ten speed and try to get to the edge of its tyres - you can't because it is too steeply angled. Generally the narrower the tyre - the harder it is for you to reach the edge. Have a look at bikes with 190mm tyres...they are nice and flat and you don't need to lean far to be in contact with the edge of the tyre - having no chicken strips doesn't mean you are quick.

Yeah, I get ya. Makes sense though. I was riding my bicycle the other day, and I noticed that even when doing really sharp corners, you couldnt lean much, or ever, because of the CoG being high, and the thin-ass tyres.