chicken strips - Page 2

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ORIGINAL: enzogfx

"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. :)

 
I still have chicken strips on my bike and I probably wont be loosing them any time soon if at all.... not because I am afraid but because I ride the street and I dont ride agresivly.... maybe some day my 06 will be a track bike then they will all go away... quit dragging my knee on the street when the guy in front of me was ripped in half after hitting a pickup head on...... just rather not use my daily driver on the track....

Dont worry about it!!!
or you will look like a "tool" like this fella,
or you can buy his "How to" video.
Kinda pathetic I think.
 
Saw this on another site, that came from another site.

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I am thnking about producing an informational video to help those who are tired of being shamed by their chicken strips. After removing my strips I can now hang out at bike night with pride. Here are some pics of the techniques that I currently recommend. What do you guys think? Dont be hatin!

Belt Sander technique: For strips larger than 1 inch start with 80 grit



Manual File technique: A course rasp will get things started


Torch Technique: Be careful not to burn your shizzle


Old School Curb technique: Back into the curb at a 30-45 degree angle and do a burnout

 

That's just nuts, what a complete idiot!!!

For me the less I try the more I lean, Ive put about 8000 miles on my bike in just over a year, at the end of last summer they were about 3/4 in. and now theyre less than 1/4in. I just focus on my line. Speed with accuracy.

What a f**king idiot!!!  That is almost funny exept for the fact that he could KILL somebody!!!  (Not including himself...he's freaking brain dead!)

Um tires are made uot of oil in the first place I dont think its a good idea to turn them back into oil? But sand paper looks like a decent idea. And YES its because of the shiny part of the tire aka the chicken strip that it slides because its loosing traction and nooo I dont need to know how to use the throttle I can blip and shift great thank you. But hey Thanks for trying to tell ME what MY bike is doing while I am riding  good job there MR know it all.

on the manual removal of chicken strips documentary, do you think the guy might have been kidding? kinda like the guys who post instructions on how to flush your oil with regular yard sand...

hmm either way, it's cute.  reminds me of back when i used to aggressive skate - you'd get a groove in your chassis between your 2 middle wheels, and if you had a deeper groove, you were probably more experienced.  sure, if you tried a royale on a handrail without a groove, you were more likely to fall because there was less wheel exposed to grip the rail, but you'd gradually wear the frame in by carefully doing easier grinds on safer rails and ledges ...the same "tools" told the inexperienced skaters to file the frames down, and the real tools took them seriously. 

and chavers - don't get your panties all in a bunch - you asked a question and got an answer.  if you don't like free advice, don't take it.

I know I've recommended (and still do) lightly sanding the tires when you first get them (BY HAND), but a belt sander to remove chicken strips???? Like it was said earlier, it was probably a BS post, but I could actually see a new rider doing that not knowing it was a joke.

And I'll say it again, people are paying TOO much attention to these chicken strips. But, I guess thats what happens when the majority of sport bike riders get their riding tips from the show Superbikes! on Speed Channel.