Show Off your chicken strippies

[JT]

Lol

Yea can't wait to throw my new tires on and hit some twisties


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[JoJoJodyJo]

You're up in Bakersfield, how are the Tehachapi's any good rides up there?

 

[BoneJj]

Haha. That just means there's more left turns in my town than right turns. Actually, in thinking about my routes, there's not one straight road except the freeway and most of the turns are lefties, so maybe I can partially claim those chicken strips. Lol

IDK, I live in florida where there very few roads that have turns and none of them compare to anything close to a "twisty" as most northerners know them to be and I had my tire within 1.5-2 inches of the side lip within the first 200 miles. It would have been in the first 100 miles but I had to ride 100 miles of interstate to get home after buying the bike, in the damn rain.... LOL.

My other bike before that was a vulcan 900 and that thing couldn't get over too far or it would scrape the floor boards, hence why I sold it... LOL.

My older bikes though, it's been so long since I had them that I can't remember what the deal was this those tires.

 

[JT]

You're up in Bakersfield, how are the Tehachapi's any good rides up there?

There are a some nice twisties about an hour to the east or west. Tehachapi surrounding mountains have some nice twisties


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[Scott_Thomas]

There are a some nice twisties about an hour to the east or west. Tehachapi surrounding mountains have some nice twisties


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Doesnt help me in Pa Jesse. LOL!

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[ej'sfz]

I am reall happy with these tires... already have a couple thousand miles on them and they are wearing great for being commuted on everyday, and id say they hold up pretty damn well in the corners too.... ran about a 75 mile trip today not one complaint!

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[Weslowski]

Getting there

 

[docster]

This is from my supermoto 2 weeks ago. Grippy track and tire was brand new when I started the day haha.

 

[defiant26]

WoW Nice!

 

[JonKerr]

Nice. Typical supermoto track day tire.

 

[nismos14]

dar they go, that's my old tire, battleax's, the Q3's are proving harder to get to the same point so far, don't really understand why lol.

 

[dart1963]

dar they go, that's my old tire, battleax's, the Q3's are proving harder to get to the same point so far, don't really understand why lol.

My PR3 and PR4 never get past about 3/4"... when I had the Pirelli Angel ST, they went down to a 1/4" fast.... think it's just the curve profile, some tires tip over quicker... I'm definitely not a fast rider, nor do I push my bike, but those Pirelli's just seemed to tip over with ease

 

[nismos14]

My PR3 and PR4 never get past about 3/4"... when I had the Pirelli Angel ST, they went down to a 1/4" fast.... think it's just the curve profile, some tires tip over quicker... I'm definitely not a fast rider, nor do I push my bike, but those Pirelli's just seemed to tip over with ease

Definitely true, I hear that about some of the tires out there. Overall I'm not sure if I prefer the battleax's or the Q3's, both great tires. I will probably go back next time around if I still have this bike lol.

 

[JonKerr]

Q3s are a pretty steep curve. I still have 1/2" on mine and that's with a knee down and a toe touching with 1" offset raised pegs. The bike can't physically lean far enough with a Q3 to fully remove the chicken strips.

 

[nismos14]

That's good to know, because on the BT16's I had them almost gone, on the Q3's they aren't getting there.

 

[JonKerr]

Yeah BT016s and 023s there were no chicken strips. Pirelli Diablo rosso, Q2s, Q3s, and BT003s all had a much steeper profile. 003s weren't as steep as the others but a full track day and a set of knee pucks half worn out and there was still 1/4" untouched on there.

 

[BIG O]

Body position also has a lot to do with it.

If you don't move off the seat much while leaning then you will most likely heva smaller strips up to a point.

Whereas if you get of the seat and hang off the bike you might have larger strips.

By hanging off the bike you keep the bike more upright and have less lean angle.

Not to mention suspension settings

 

[Brock Kickass]

I find my Metzlers stick really well. I feel a lot more confident on them than on the Dunlops that came on my FZ1. This is about as far as I like to push them over on the street.