chicken strips

I am a novice rider have been riding for 6 months now my chicken strips are a inch long no matter how hard i think im leaning i guess its not far enough any advice or is it all mental

Dont push yourself to far!!! (Thats my advice). You'll end up in a guardrail or on the side of the road. Its not nice.

It's all about practicing PROPER technique! Don't push yourself at all, but rather, learn technique and go practice until it becomes automatic.

It will come with time. I thought I would never rid myself of strips, but they are just about gone now.

i think its all in getting comfortable. take it slow, step by step. not trying to sound high and mighty, as i've only been riding since april. since then, i've put 4K+ miles on my bike. when i first got it i had 1 1.5" strips and now im below a 1/2"!!! i ride windy roads alot and i think its about being comfortable on the bike and not cocky at the same time. i notice mine shrinking now, and im NOT EVEN trying to lose them. im just comfortable on the bike leaning at that angle/speed.

goto a track...

I lost my chicken strips at under 10mph in a parking lot doing figure 8's...  Took me 10 minutes and my whole tire was evenly worn...  HEHE Yeah BABY!!!
 
DH

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ORIGINAL: 1BadCBR07

I lost my chicken strips at under 10mph in a parking lot doing figure 8's...  Took me 10 minutes and my whole tire was evenly worn...  HEHE Yeah BABY!!!

DH

LOL

I did circles around big parking lot tryin2drag ( but could not )  .. hey ! there u go !! another way2get rid off hahahaha

or just take a 25 mph turn at 70...strips will be gone...one one side...you'll probably need a new bike.

I prefer sand paper, works wonders! HAHAHAHA

is it that big of a deal that you have them?

Why does it matter? Is some big guy that just took you lunch making fun of you because you don't lean far enough for him? Ride the bike to your own ability and if you have 1 inch or 5 inch "chicken strips", who cares?

WTF is  chicken strips

just didnt want 2 wear my neww mpp's uneavenly i guess it doesnt matter just know what i was doing wrong if anything

"chicken" strips are the unused portion of your tire along the sides-
If you dont ever lean you will have a substancial strip of fresh tread so to say.  So if you are "chicken" and afraid to lean into your turns you will have larger "chicken strips."
I've only been riding a few months and I still have a couple inches left.  They will go away in time, but for now, Im a chicken. :)

Guess thats me then

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or just take a 25 mph turn at 70...strips will be gone...one one side...you'll probably need a new bike.

 
as a matter of fact, I did that, almost made it too if I hadnt started dragging hard parts.  I did get a new bike

5 inch chicken strips!!! that would be halarious!!

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ORIGINAL: OKIEZAC

5 inch chicken strips!!! that would be halarious!!

yum...

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ORIGINAL: cksean

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ORIGINAL: OKIEZAC

5 inch chicken strips!!! that would be halarious!!

yum...

apparently Krystal's puts'em on sticks now .. anybody tried'em yet?

Does it really matter that you have chicken strips??? It seems to me you have more of confidence issue. Get over it, no one cares. Only you do.

I still have about a half inch on both sides. Im thinking about taking sand paper to them for some reason when I leave from a stop sometimes I actualy lean more than when Im traveling faster through a turn. The result is that if I give it to much gas from the stop that the rear tire has stepped out on me several times and scared the piss out of me. I can't figure Out how I'm doing it. Ohh and this is the reason why its not good to have them because that shiny layer is more slipery. I don't think its a good idea to gradualy widen them each time you make it a little wider that means at some point in your turns you are hitting and might i add counting on that fresh set of shiny tire to stick to the road so your realy just rolling the dice. Ive made mine as wide as they are for most part by weaving back and forth in on lane as much as i could so not to count on that part of the tire later on in a turn.

i've got about 1/2" on the front, and 1/4" on the rear.  it's weird because the front wear is symmetrical, and the rear left is worn more than the right.  does that mean i'm sliding or something? you'd think the front and rear would wear together, right?

Everyone is paying WAY too much attention to their "chicken strips", when it in reality, they don't mean a damn thing about a rider's capabilities.

If your strips are gone from street riding, then you need to count your graces, because someone is watching over you.

yeah, reading way too much into it. they dont mean anything,, except that maybe you ride to fast for the street.  I know some guys, that can scrub a set of Pilots in and have no chicken strips on the rear, and only like a 1/4 on the front, then change the tires to a different profile, and they cant even get to the edge.  so forget about them!!
 
as for the guy that is leaning over while taking off, that so called slippery part of the tire isnt your problem, and I seriously doubt its slipping anyway.  If you are leaning that far over, first, you need to learn how to use your clutch and gas.   have you taken the MSF? I believe they cover that in great detail.