Chicken strips

[Jord]

I know this is a silly subject but thought ide get your guys thoughts.... how do you get rid of them!! I’ve taken the bike as far over as I feel is possible, granted I’m no Rossi but the guy I ride with regularly and keep pace with has no strips at all! What am I doing wrong? 

[mossrider]

You're not doing anything wrong. Those Mich's have a very aggressive profile and would be difficult to scrub even on a track, let alone the street. I know it's tough not to care but try to ignore the strips, they really don't mean anything to those that know anything. Your buddy could be on a more pedestrian tire or riding dangerously or with poor form just to get rid of the 'strips'. I could post pics of certain track rubber that still has strips and the riders have had knees and elbows down and still leave rubber edges. 

That's actually a pretty common amount of rubber left on a street tire as manufacturers design them with a little extra for 'just in case' scenarios.  In an emergency you'd be surprised how big of a bad check those tires would cover.

[Jord]

That’s a bit of comforting news thanks moss. I know it shouldn’t bother me but as you probably know it kinda does lol. Thanks 

[Devilman]

Nothing wrong with having chicken strips. If you worn them down street riding then it could be the possibility that A. your tires are cheap or defected or B. You ride like a A-hole on the street. Don't be a A-hole because it is a lose, lose situation. LOL

[topazsparrow]

1 hour ago, mossrider said:

You're not doing anything wrong. Those Mich's have a very aggressive profile and would be difficult to scrub even on a track, let alone the street. I know it's tough not to care but try to ignore the strips, they really don't mean anything to those that know anything. Your buddy could be on a more pedestrian tire or riding dangerously or with poor form just to get rid of the 'strips'. I could post pics of certain track rubber that still has strips and the riders have had knees and elbows down and still leave rubber edges. 

That's actually a pretty common amount of rubber left on a street tire as manufacturers design them with a little extra for 'just in case' scenarios.  In an emergency you'd be surprised how big of a bad check those tires would cover.

"With poor form"

 

haha Bingo. I do that on purpose to scrub the outer edges for dingleberries who think they prove something by pointing out the strips.

Just counterlean the bike and you can get 99% of it. You don't even have to be going that fast to do it. That's the point of proper riding form, you can carry way more speed with less lean by properly shifting your Center of mass around.

[klx678]

There was an "article" in a magazine showing how to use a rasp file and some rubber cement to make it look like you were using all the tire...  

Really, who cares.    I'm not too worried about getting over to the very edges of my tires.   No ego there.   If I think I'm fast all I have to do is hook up with a few friends who can put me back in place.   There's always someone who is faster - and may just have those strips - as well as someone who can tell you how they are that fast.

Just think of them as your margin of safety.  You get in too hot, lean further, you have more to go.

[Cruizin]

Rubbing those off will just take time. Don't focus on trying to lean farther, or you'll wreck!

Just keep riding those twisty roads and before ya know it, you too will need a new rear tire.

I swear, the whole "chicken strip" thing was made up by a tire sales rep. 

Just ride and have fun, ignore the whole chicken strip shet. 

[Bigturbomax]

I agree with what everyone here is saying. Ride your own ride and practice using LESS lean angle. Don't sweat what anyone else thinks. I've been getting back into the sport over the last few years and learning more than i ever did when i was younger. 

I'm sharing these pictures of my back tire to exemplify the point. They were taken after some parking lot hang off and tight counter weighted figure 8s. I like to practice those maneuvers to stay sharp and ready to take evasive action. I also regularly practice quick stops. I guess what im saying is.....i was in a non-traffic situation while taking tight u turns AND counter weighting the bike.....and i STILL have this much unused rubber. pretty similar to what you got. 

Just keep riding, have fun, stay safe and forget about that tire

PS take a track day if you can get one. Im dying for one haha

Edited May 26, 2020 by Bigturbomax

[DewMan]

I leave the chicken strips alone.

I ride to enjoy the experience, not to care what anyone else thinks..

[Beemer]

The guy that made up the thing about chicken strips probably had man issues. He probably never turned a wrench in his life and had soft, iPhone hands and got teased for it so he made up the chicken strip thing to patch his hurt feelings. It's all so dumb.

[klx678]

41 minutes ago, Beemer said:

The guy that made up the thing about chicken strips probably had man issues. He probably never turned a wrench in his life and had soft, iPhone hands and got teased for it so he made up the chicken strip thing to patch his hurt feelings. It's all so dumb.

Nah, can't be iphone hands... we've been hearing about them since the early 80s, maybe even earlier than that or under a different name.   

Perhaps we should call that last 1/2-1" intelligent strips.  Demonstrating a street rider who knows their limits on the street require a margin of safety.   

Track time is a whole different animal.

[InsaneDawe]

17 hours ago, topazsparrow said:

"With poor form"

haha Bingo. I do that on purpose to scrub the outer edges for dingleberries who think they prove something by pointing out the strips.

Just counterlean the bike and you can get 99% of it. You don't even have to be going that fast to do it. That's the point of proper riding form, you can carry way more speed with less lean by properly shifting your Center of mass around.

I was gonna say, every since I learned how to lean properly on track, I get no where near the edge of my tire on the street even though I probably go too fast to admit. Although that may be a different story if we had "canyons" near Chicago. 

[botticelli]

Never use tire wear or "Chikn Strips" as an indicator of "proper" riding.

Your tires will change, and scrub in differently based on......

your weight, suspension setup, tire type, brand, compound, temperature, and pressure, weather of the day, road/track condition and 5856584932 other factors. 

Don't even think about it, use your brain power to improve your riding...YES

Giving any more brain cells to chicken strips... NO

 I can have a great day on the road or track session and have big ass chicken strips, and on a less than stellar day or slightly colder, or PSI or or 100 other things, have fully scrubbed in rubber.

Hope this helps,

~Pete

[Beemer]

Father: "Honey, I hate to say it but our boy lost his chicken strips today."

Mother: "Oh dear god no! Our little boy is becoming a man." (breaks down in tears) 

[phanomenal07]

Definitely dont worry about it bro. I'm super slow on track and I'm using almost all my tire. I'm trynna improve everything else I do on the bike so that I can go faster with the same lean angle. I'm not exactly sure what happens when you go pass the edge of the tire but im not sure I want to find out.

[Beemer]

To get rid of chicken strips it's easier and safer to just use this method.

[Pursuvant]

Isn't the reason we reconfig and modify regularly, to makes sure the bike is always better than we are at any given moment?

[Pursuvant]

On 5/25/2020 at 5:18 PM, klx678 said:

There was an "article" in a magazine showing how to use a rasp file and some rubber cement to make it look like you were using all the tire...  ">

Chicken strips aren't on your tire. They are that imaginary collection of thoughts that is the ego - and we know from brain science there is no corresponding reality to that imaginary feeling "I am on the inside made of thought, confronting a world on the outside made of matter".

Are you a thought, or are you that which is aware of thought?

A life changing discovery, that can cause the ego that ruins all relationships, to disappear by simply seeing it was never there to begin with 

 

[Mr.Puss]

What are you doing wrong? I'll tell you, real men /women embrace their chicken strips.

[1down5up]

On 5/25/2020 at 2:54 PM, Jord said:

I know this is a silly subject but thought ide get your guys thoughts.... how do you get rid of them!! I’ve taken the bike as far over as I feel is possible, granted I’m no Rossi but the guy I ride with regularly and keep pace with has no strips at all! What am I doing wrong? 

How old is that tire anyway? Gradually improve your skills as you go is the best way to ride imo. Ride safe, hit the twisty's when you can!

[D.A.]

Whenever I put on new tires, one of the first things I do is ride the bike to a big, empty parking lot to scrub-in the edges of the new rubber. Similar to @Bigturbomax, I’ll do low speed, full lock circles and figure-eights, going about 5 miles an hour with the bike leaning all the way over and me counterbalancing way off the opposite direction. Doing this for 40 minutes will break in those edges. 

But I don’t do it to because of the squid-ish social phobia related having chicken strips. I do it because if I’m out riding the twisties at speed and get the bike leaned over so far it’s on the edges of the tires, I want those strips to grip the road rather than slip the way brand new rubber does.

Meaning, I scrub in the edges of the tires for the same reason I scrub in the center — for traction. 

[Jord]

In that pic ide say probably about 200 miles. That tire is now binned. Long story, but I’m waiting on a new tire now 

Edited August 28, 2020 by Jord

[Jord]

17 hours ago, 1down5up said:

How old is that tire anyway? Gradually improve your skills as you go is the best way to ride imo. Ride safe, hit the twisty's when you can!

 

[rider]

 

You could just eat 'em.

Sorry. Somebody had to do it. And I haven't had supper yet...