My chicken scratches


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Fizzi6ergal

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Guys, I'm pretty stinkin proud of myself. After I got home from my ride home last night, I sat down and thought to myself, "I wonder how my tires are wearing." So I went out to check them and I noticed my chicken scratches are probably the lowest I've ever been on this bike.
The pics follow the bike (left pic is the left side of bike etc). I obviously feel a little more comfortable leaning to the left.
 

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MNGreg

waiting out winter
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Nice! What tires are these? I think I saw Michellin, but they dont look like PR's.
 
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Fizzi6ergal

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Its the new Michelin Pilot Power 3. FANTASTIC tire. Just sayin. I haven't tried the PR's, but I've heard great things about them.
 
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Anthony

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I seem to be more comfortable leaning to the right.... (shrug)


Nice wear ....
 
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nismos14

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Way better than mine! lol
 
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MNGreg

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nismos14 said:
Way better than mine! lol
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Mine also.

I have the PR 3's and have about 1/2-1" of chicken strip left on each side of the back, only about 1/4-1/2" on the fronts though. Still better than I had on the stock BT021s.

I was trying to lean more and get rid of the strips, was doing pretty good at it also. Then I read more in my magazines AND also hit a tiny bit of gravel and those darn tar repair strips - back tire slipping caused me to pucker up pretty tight! :eek::D and skip a heart beat... Now I am back to riding more reasonably. I dont feel the need to reduce the strips anymore that much, if I really want to do that I will sign up for a track school day. Purposely trying to rid those strips on street riding will just increase your odds of getting hurt or much worse..

I'm not saying anything negative or bashing anyone for trying to on the streets. To each their own riding. Just saying that trying to get rid of them on the streets isn't something for me anymore.
 
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nismos14

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MNGreg said:
Mine also.

I have the PR 3's and have about 1/2-1" of chicken strip left on each side of the back, only about 1/4-1/2" on the fronts though. Still better than I had on the stock BT021s.

I was trying to lean more and get rid of the strips, was doing pretty good at it also. Then I read more in my magazines AND also hit a tiny bit of gravel and those darn tar repair strips - back tire slipping caused me to pucker up pretty tight! :eek::D and skip a heart beat... Now I am back to riding more reasonably. I dont feel the need to reduce the strips anymore that much, if I really want to do that I will sign up for a track school day. Purposely trying to rid those strips on street riding will just increase your odds of getting hurt or much worse..

I'm not saying anything negative or bashing anyone for trying to on the streets. To each their own riding. Just saying that trying to get rid of them on the streets isn't something for me anymore.
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Nearly the exact same thing happens to me and causes me to pucker up the same! Lol
 
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dart1963

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pilot powers are sticky, good track tires, won't get much life out of them.

I still have about an inch on my pr2 as well... something about the profile, you just don't need to lean that much to get a good turn in... when I ran the pirelli angel ST, I had about 1/8-1/4"... they were amazing tires, hoping to try the angel gt next and hope to get good mileage out of them and better stick in the turns than the pr2.

congrats on getting comfortable with leaning!!!
 
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BKP

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I'm with Dart...
Always figured the PPs were geared towards street/track mix, and the PRs were more of a sport street tire, perhaps not as grippy as PPs, but with significantly greater life. I've about 6200 miles on my PR2s... absolutely no visible wear. And, they're grippy as hell (the Suches Loop, here in Ga, is a great testing ground for them -- for my money every bit as challenging as the Dragon, and they stick the corners, and switchbacks incredibly well).

As for strippies, I have a habit of scraping my pegs, and may have about 1/2" of unscrubbed tread, if that. However, Kerr is right... that's mostly bad form on my part, and I need to tighten it up, hang a bit more... keep the pegs (and my boot sliders) off the pavement... not work on the strips so much as keeping the turn controlled and in that sweet spot, at speed.
 
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MistahT

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MNGreg said:
I was trying to lean more and get rid of the strips, was doing pretty good at it also. Then I read more in my magazines AND also hit a tiny bit of gravel and those darn tar repair strips - back tire slipping caused me to pucker up pretty tight! :eek::D and skip a heart beat... Now I am back to riding more reasonably. I dont feel the need to reduce the strips anymore that much, if I really want to do that I will sign up for a track school day. Purposely trying to rid those strips on street riding will just increase your odds of getting hurt or much worse..

I'm not saying anything negative or bashing anyone for trying to on the streets. To each their own riding. Just saying that trying to get rid of them on the streets isn't something for me anymore.
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I was getting some respectably small chicken strips when I went down (first turn, cold morning below freezing). Now my chicken strips are FAT. But hey, I don't worry so much about stuff like that. It's a STREET bike.

With that said, I wish I had the skills and balls to wear my tires like the OP :thumbup:
 
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Fizzi6ergal

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MistahT said:
I was getting some respectably small chicken strips when I went down (first turn, cold morning below freezing). Now my chicken strips are FAT. But hey, I don't worry so much about stuff like that. It's a STREET bike.

With that said, I wish I had the skills and balls to wear my tires like the OP :thumbup:
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Oh hell ya! If you had backroads like I do on the way home, I'm sure you would probably do the same. It's hard NOT to hit those corners like I do. 25 mph corners that are back to back. These corners, you gotta be quick on hopping back and forth on the bike.
 
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MistahT

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Fizzi6ergal said:
Oh hell ya! If you had backroads like I do on the way home, I'm sure you would probably do the same. It's hard NOT to hit those corners like I do. 25 mph corners that are back to back. These corners, you gotta be quick on hopping back and forth on the bike.
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A lot of my riding is commuting on boring roads :( Try to get out a few times a month tho.
 
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Nastybutler

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I have about 3/4" chicken stripes on my 6R's PR3s. Don't know if it's the profile, or the fact I don't ride it very hard. As for my Street Triple's 2CTs...



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Nastybutler said:
I have about 3/4" chicken stripes on my 6R's PR3s. Don't know if it's the profile, or the fact I don't ride it very hard. As for my Street Triple's 2CTs...



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That is one sexy *** picture and bike man! Love it. Beautiful machine.
 
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mtheartist

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Nastybutler said:
Thanks. I've just about got her where I want her. My step son took this shot with his DSLR in HDR mode.

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That's one sick camera and that bike is so bad *$$ it's Nasty in a good way! To the OP, having those kinds of roads on your way home is enticing. Just be safe out there!
 
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mtheartist

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Fizzi6ergal said:
Its the new Michelin Pilot Power 3. FANTASTIC tire. Just sayin. I haven't tried the PR's, but I've heard great things about them.
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Here's a pic of when I had my 6r, had the PR3's on for about 100 miles when I took this one. Definitely worth every penny I spent on them. You kinda get the best of both worlds with these. Too bad I didn't get to enjoy them. Had barely broken them in when I traded the bike for the ninja.
 

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