| Author | Message | ||
     The_new_guy |
What are Chicken strips? I thought I knew what they were but now I have second thoughts. Are they painted lines on the tread surface or unworn rubber on the tread surface cause by not using a tire to its fullest? Thanks everyone, Gregg | ||
| M1combat |
The second one... | ||
| The_new_guy |
Well, I guess I'm a chicken then! I don't care though. I ride as fast as I feel comfortable. I have about an inch of rubber on each side. | ||
| Metalstorm |
I ride as fast as I feel comfortable That is probably the smartest & most responsible thing I've read all year. Kudos  | ||
| Aesquire |
When the chicken strips are gone...... then you fall down. I've got a centimeter left on my lack of courage. I like it that way. | ||
| Slaughter |
Well, I guess I'm a chicken then! I don't care though. I ride as fast as I feel comfortable. I have about an inch of rubber on each side. YOU are a guy I'd ride with ANY DAY! Yesterday I saw another get life-flighted right in front of us (we came up on the roadblock while the helo circled to land) Turned out that it was a white XB-9R and I'm still trying to find out if he/she's known to our little group of people out here. | ||
| Diablobrian |
Don't let anyone push you to ride faster than you are comfortable with....in any situation. Sounds like you have a more realistic grip on your abilities than many do. Good job  | ||
| 99buellx1 |
 Haha! A friend did this to a buddys bike and he rode around like an idiot for weeks with it wrote on there. He was completely afraid of leaning it. The chicken strips actually start at the top of the letters. | ||
| Interex2050 |
99buellx1, a little off topic but is that an automotive muffler attached by an aluminum duct? it's an interesting setup... | ||
| Rigman |
Killin me  | ||
| 99buellx1 |
Yes. Cherry Bomb with some flex tubing. That was also done without his knowledge and was funny as hell. | ||
| Interex2050 |
Oh dear... I almost feel bad for the guy | ||
| Sgthigg |
Oh man! What kind of marker works?? | ||
| Pupu |
i have about 1/2 chicken strips, but unless i go to a track, they are gonna stay there. i have seen to many pics and vids of people wrecking due to gravel, paint, deer and other bikes and cagers to worry about how big my chicken strips are. | ||
| Buellshyter |
You could always take an orbital sander to them...lol | ||
| 99buellx1 |
Paint pen. | ||
| Wademan |
Don't feel bad if you have chicken strips on a Buell. The short A@# wheelbase makes less lean required compared to a longer wheelbase bike through the same turn at the same speed. That picture is funny as hell... LOL If you ride for the right reasons (not posing) I dont give a dang if you have strips. Wannabe Rossi's don't live long on public roads and you are a smart man for riding your OWN ride. | ||
| Kurosawa |
Chicken strips are insurance against road rash. They are a tactical reserve. If you routinely use your tires to the edge on the street and your radius suddenly decreases due to having to avoid a dead dog or whatever on a familiar exit ramp, you're hosed. | ||
| Buellisti |
I don't have chicken strips on the left side. I have make a slow motocop style u-turn to get to the office every morning. My right side has about a 1 to 2 cm caution strip. If its missing, you're lacking in caution. | ||
| Skyguy |
I also save my edges. Especially on the front tire. I often ride all but a millimeter off the rear but save much more on the front. When I start catches the edges of my front tire I will need to have a serious talk with myself. | ||
| Eboos |
I've got about an inch or so on mine. Even on both sides, that was a welcome surprise. I thought that I favored the left too much. | ||
| The_new_guy |
yeah, like a few of you said, i don't believe i will reduce my chicken strips too much more(on the street). I got them where they are by choosing the most favorable roads in my area. Most roads have too much gravel and deer. I'm improving at a satisfactory pace though. Not too fast though. Gregg | ||
| Cadhopper |
With the OEM dunlops on my SV I always had chicken strip because I never trusted the tires enough to lean over that far. It always felt like they where going to break loose no matter what air pressure I ran. After putting on the Pilot Powers I regularly use the full limit of the tires on VIR and on a few select roads. If your not comfortable riding that hard PLEASE PLEASE don't try it. It's better to have a slow ride home than a fast ride to the hospital. If you want to use the full limits of the tires go do a track day. You won't quit smiling for a week. After my last run on VIR. It was a fun day.    | ||
| Josh_ |
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| Txfatcat |
me too...I push the limits all the time by using all the tire. If I am not getting the most out of my bike then I might as well have training wheels on it. I have however taken it slow and then leaned the bike more and more so that I feel comfortable...but still cautious. | ||
| Slaughter |
Our mountain roads have occasional dirt, rocks and deer and once a year, a bear. One of my riding buddies was passed by a white Buell XB9 who later was life-flighted out. I'm trying to find out who it was so I can pick up some spare parts for my racebike. | ||
| Cadhopper |
Our mountain roads have occasional dirt, rocks and deer and once a year, a bear. Bear  Holy crap, not only will you eat the pavement but you'll also get your face chewed off after you piss him off. That's what I was saying earlier you need to choose your roads carefully but the best and safest place to go faaaaaast in the curves is on the track. | ||
| Xb9ser |
one day I went rideing with some guys on buells and a 1200 ninga.I had not had mine but a few months and was way slower. when ask why I didn't ride faster? My anser was, I just got rid of my exwife I had everything to live for.(I had my 14 and 15 year old kids living with me, not there mother.) | ||
| Curtyd |
RACE the track, RIDE the streets... IMHO | ||
| Kootenay |
I do not feel I ride excessively fast, yet my tires are scrubbed to the edges (all public highways--no racetracks closer than a whole day's ride--but then again, these are rural public highways in serious mountain terrain). Chicken strips are insurance against road rash. They are a tactical reserve. I don't agree with this idea. A "tactical reserve" is useless if you don't know how to use it. Many cornering accidents are the result of riders running wide or even panic braking when they feel they're "too hot," rather than leaning harder. Most sportbikes are capable of lean angles far beyond what their riders are willing to attempt--and Buells are on the ragged edge of that scale (one reason for BIKE mag's "best cornering bike" rating last summer). A good mantra is, "When in doubt, lean more!" It always works for me. I've seen bikes with tires that are worn out in the center, but with 1" chicken strips of virgin tread on the edges--and a definite shoulder where the 'strips begin. I look at these, and ask "why?" Because I wouldn't ride if I couldn't lean 'er over every now and then... All that said, I guess I should also add that I don't think anyone should be riding over their confidence level--but I honestly feel that any rider should learn to corner effectively, and that includes leaning onto the tire edges. It's a part of riding, just as much as effective braking is. (Message edited by Kootenay on August 01, 2006) |
