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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #25 on: 19 July 2013, 12:53:06 pm »
Y'all see, the white ones ARE the fastest! (well with Rossi on it anyway ::)  )
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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #26 on: 19 July 2013, 12:56:41 pm »
It used to be YELLOW but he went so fast the colour just stripped off :lol
Sorry, think I stole that reply from someone else...
It's actually YELLOW but he went so fast it got white hot :D 
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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #27 on: 19 July 2013, 02:36:20 pm »
Need to remember that tyre size and shape effect chicken strips to. I once put on a taller tyre ont the 955 kitty. Old ones had no strip but the taller ones I never got all the way over.
Lent just as far and had small slides on both.
Also riding style makes a big diff. I have no strips on the gen 1 fazer but have friends that leave me standing on twisties on similar bikes yet have small strips.

Way to many various things to get hung up on it.

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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #28 on: 19 July 2013, 03:52:27 pm »
Guys, is there really kudos in the amount of unused tread at the edge of your tyre?  It bothers me not a jot.     

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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #29 on: 19 July 2013, 04:05:14 pm »
Guys, is there really kudos in the amount of unused tread at the edge of your tyre?  It bothers me not a jot.   
Its not really kudos as such. Its a good measure for yourself in how you feel your doing in the corners. The way your rubber wears tells you a lot about how you ride.
Its just the bullshitters that go on about knee down corners and peg scraping when they've clearly got huge chicken strips. Every tyre tells a story!
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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #30 on: 19 July 2013, 06:34:47 pm »
As Ghostbiker says, the tyre profile has a lot of effect. The tread pattern may continue further round the tyre depending on style and manufacturer so chicken strips can't be taken as an accurate measure of lean angle unless you use a protractor.
Centre of gravity is another factor. Because the tyre has significant width, the further you lean over the further away from the centreline the contact patch is (obviously), but the effective lean angle is the line through the C of G to the contact patch... so the lower the centre of gravity the lower the cornering G force is for a given angle of lean as measured on the tyre. So lightweight riders will actually be leaning the bike over slightly further to corner at the same speed as a heavy rider.
Hopefully this crude drawing (exaggerated for clarity) may explain it better.





Of course, hanging off (or moving their body the wrong way as I witness quite often) will have a larger effect.


I just took a stroll round the bikes parked at work and of the twenty proper bikes (I ignored the learners and scooters) one had no chicken strips, one had none on the right yet a whole inch of unused rubber on the left (presumably a roundabout specialist) and the other 18 had strips of an inch or more on both sides.
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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #31 on: 19 July 2013, 06:39:22 pm »
A young fella at work purchased a brand new R1 a few years ago. 
Yeah he had matching one piece leathers fitted with nice big knee sliders.

Poor sod was parking up at work one morning - just so happened the works bus was pulling in at the same time - he was was just turning the bike round (probably hit full lock) and flopped over.  What was worse is I am told he got stuck under the bike, a couple of the folks getting off the bus helped him out.

Now we've all had these embarrassing moments, which is what I told him when I bumped into him later in the day, but then I couldn't help but add - at least you finally got your knee doon!

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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #32 on: 19 July 2013, 07:18:06 pm »
I bet the winter nights fly by in fazerriders house ::):)):)):))
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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #33 on: 19 July 2013, 07:21:02 pm »
Like someone said tyres differ and profile makes a big difference.
 
The other point to think about is chicken strips show the limit of your footprint so theres still a way to go before you go off the edge.
 
But still strips are the mark of your riding, get the sandpaper out LOL.
 

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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #34 on: 19 July 2013, 08:51:04 pm »
The first time I ever heard about chicken strips was when some guy at work asked me if I was a roundabout demon. I had no idea what he was on about, so he then says 'you've hardly got any chicken strips'...nope..still not a foggy.

Turns out he was an ex-racer who had crashed badly (which explained why he had a standup computer setup - he literally couldn't sit down). Anyhoo, when I went and looked I had about 5mm of unused bits on the side of my tires so it finally twigged.

Next thing I know I'm booking a session at snetterton, getting the exhaust and the side of my boot down. After that there was just these little rubber balls on the edge of the tyres and a foc off big grin on my face.

The fazer6 couldn't hack it on the straights with the other bikes, but I was going round the outside of them on the bends, that bike handles so sweetly for a street bike and the brakes really inspire confidence. 80mph round the bomb hole, hard on the brakes and through the chicane, only to have all the thou's blast past me and the R6's and GSXr6 and 750's would get past me up to the next bend, then I'd be round the outside of them and out of the corner before they were.

I know we were told it wasn't a race, but man there were some red faced 600 sports bike riders that day. Weird thing was, when I was fully leant over and had my head about 6 inches from the chain and rear tyre of the bike I was passing it felt like I was at perfect peace. Every little detail was clear and it seemed everything was moving in slow motion - fantastic feeling. Would love to have been a racer I think, but my parents were so set against bikes I didn't end up getting one until I was 30.

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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #35 on: 19 July 2013, 08:55:01 pm »
I bet the winter nights fly by in fazerriders house : :) :)) :)) :))

Dammit! You mean geekiness is still uncool?
I play number-plate scrabble and do mental arithmetic on odometer numbers to pass the time on boring motorway commutes too. :lol

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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #36 on: 20 July 2013, 12:36:26 am »
Dammit! You mean geekiness is still uncool?
I play number-plate scrabble and do mental arithmetic on odometer numbers to pass the time on boring motorway commutes too. :lol
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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #37 on: 20 July 2013, 09:30:03 am »
Me thinks you all think too much about things like chicken strips.
Enjoy your ride and get home safe and sound, that's all that matters.

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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #38 on: 20 July 2013, 09:43:25 am »
No chicken strips here!
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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #39 on: 20 July 2013, 10:29:47 pm »
I hadn't noticed mine till a mate pointed them out when I went riding with him a little while ago, they're practically gone. I'm not massively bothered personally but it's still a badge of pride to not have them. But I wouldn't talk down a rider because he does have them, my mate has an inch either side on his er6f, but he makes it round the corners ok, so who cares?

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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #40 on: 05 September 2013, 12:17:15 pm »
I have a feeling my chicken strips will be turning to breasts and then with feathers on  :rolleyes
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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #41 on: 05 September 2013, 12:29:54 pm »
^ :lol




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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #42 on: 05 September 2013, 12:33:10 pm »
This was the first outing on this new rear tyre, so I was just scrubbing it in. Brakes and other bits were new too. See http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,9572.msg96846.html#msg96846
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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #43 on: 05 September 2013, 02:08:45 pm »
I ride to my capabilities not the bikes, much as i would love to be a 46 rider, i accept it aint never gonna happen, hence mt Chicken strips are measured in inches not mm  :o
I am a granny and ride like one  :b .....but i have a lot of fun  :lol

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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #44 on: 05 September 2013, 02:32:03 pm »
cool Perhaps if I turn out to be a grandad rider we could do a Arthur Mullard and Hilda Baker........I just hope there aren't any granny bashers amongst the group ;)
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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #45 on: 05 September 2013, 02:34:39 pm »
I ride to my capabilities not the bikes, much as i would love to be a 46 rider, i accept it aint never gonna happen, hence mt Chicken strips are measured in inches not mm  :o
I am a granny and ride like one  :b .....but i have a lot of fun  :lol


Hey Loz, don't knock yourself, you're out there riding. Do it at your own pace and just enjoy. Who gives a toss how big your strips are. Doing Miles will increase your confidence the world of goodand gradually you'll increase the angle of dangle.


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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #46 on: 05 September 2013, 03:11:18 pm »
Strips, Shwips..thats what i say.Anyone that rides a bike is better than average imo.if a guy works hard enough to be able to afford a gixxer thou then he should have one if he likes regardless of how hard he rides it.Performance machines are also a thing of beauty & im all for looking at as many of them as possible when im out and about instead of checking out other blokes knee sliders.
if we were all hardcore then none of us would stop for bacon butties at the cafs as we'd all be feeding through straws on the move whilst scraping our bonce off the road.
of course it's natural to look at our own tyres & be a bit proud that we got over a bit further than last time but i dont think it's fun to take the piss out of other folk about it, well unless it's genuinely joking or someone's making a point of how great they are but instead of arguing with those types at cafs it's best to keep quiet then thrash them on the road. :b
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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #47 on: 05 September 2013, 03:19:35 pm »
OO forget chicken when the bacon Bacon butty is about
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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #48 on: 05 September 2013, 03:21:44 pm »
Thanks guys... now I'm hungry...  :lol

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Re: Chicken strips
« Reply #49 on: 05 September 2013, 03:42:17 pm »
The op started about getting rid of his strips on the fazer. And he is down to 5mm I would say that is as far as it will on on these bike befor the exhaust is grounding out along with foot rests.
I dont get how some sports bike riders are hanging off the side round a roundabout to get their knee down yet the bike is almost still upright
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.