'Chicken Strips' Are they important to you?

**dipshit** · 1st September 2008, 22:17

Originally Posted by jrandom

Seriously, though, I mean, we go on about how chicken strips are meaningless, but who among us would feel totally comfortable turning up to any kind of gathering of motorcyclists with silicon visible on the rear tyre?

Why not?

Fuck, I don't even care they are visible on my profile pic on KB with so many tossers around.

**jrandom** · 1st September 2008, 22:19

Originally Posted by dipshit

I don't even care...

Rightio.

**The Stranger:Me** · 1st September 2008, 22:20

Originally Posted by CB ARGH

Please tell me... wtf is a chicken strip?

Only thing worse than having chicken strips is not knowing you have them.

**Mom** · 1st September 2008, 22:22

Originally Posted by The Stranger

Only thing worse than having chicken strips is not knowing you have them.

Are they contagious like chicken pox?

**The Stranger:Me** · 1st September 2008, 22:26

Originally Posted by Mom

Are they contagious like chicken pox?

Well I I must admit, I have caught it over winter, but I'm sure its cause i went out only wearing those fucken Pirellis.

**Mom** · 1st September 2008, 22:29

Originally Posted by The Stranger

Well I I must admit, I have caught it over winter, but I'm sure its cause i went out only wearing those fucken Pirellis.

How embarassing for you

I think I have some cream for that

I will give it to you to rub in yourself, dont want you getting overheated while you have the chicken thingimagigs...

**GaZBur** · 1st September 2008, 22:33

My previous race tyre had 1cm chicken strips left. The current tyre has none because I have ridden off the edge of the tyre. Don't mean I am cornering any great deal better but that I should go to a higher profile tyre so there is some left so i won't ride off the edge again. Its about rim size, tyre size and profile as much as lean angle. Some tyres need you to ride on the sprocket before you loose the chicken strip on the edge. If you make fun of someone elses strips you are a knob head.

**Mikkel** · 1st September 2008, 22:34

A neat trick for getting rid of your chicken strips: practice cornering while leaning out out of the corner... dirtbike style. Will see you get the bike over further without having to push quite as hard.

Incidentally this can be used to scrub in new tyres a bit faster too.

That aside - noone really cares if you got chicken strips or not. It's just one of those bullshit conversation starters that we enjoy as bikers. An icebreaker if you will...
Same goes for footpegs and kneesliders - just before you post another thread about those.

**jrandom** · 1st September 2008, 22:38

Originally Posted by Mikkel

A neat trick for getting rid of your chicken strips: borrow YamahaR64Life's belt sander

+1

**Steam** · 1st September 2008, 22:44

I used to be ashamed of my massive chicken strips, but now I don't give a rat's arse. My tyre is getting squarer and squarer, and that's okay.
I'm a tourer and commuter, not a thrillseeker.

**Dakara** · 1st September 2008, 22:46

Heh, my Mrs was the one to educate on what they were... true story.

I suppose it is funny to see a sprotbike with really fat strips on em, meaning a bmx tyre would do the same job. But apart from that, meh... I still have tiny ones on the rear and bit bigger on the front. Can't say I care.

**bomma** · 1st September 2008, 22:50

i just use it to judge if the poor bike is getting the attention it deserves....a lot of people commute on bikes and its just sad to see the things cooped up and restricted to "50" kph

EDIT: not something to judge skill though, any knob can scrubba dub dub their heart out but important thing is to keep the shiny side up and enjoy the ride