Show Off your chicken strippies

[Spunky99]

I got back from The Snake today and photographed my tires before locking the bike up in the garage.

None here.....

Or here....

How about the front tire?
Ahhhhh....there they are....

 

[CrazyCawi]

damn spunk...lookin forward to a vid your your rippin through the snake

looks like you dipped out pretty hard to scrub them strips down to the edge

 

[daddyrack]

i think i may have the biggest ones

 

[CrazyCawi]

Id rather you have bigger ones and come home in one piece then try to do what your not ready for and go home in a bag. Ride smart, stay alive. Keep working at your skill and body positioning and itll come!

 

[daddyrack]

I dont really ride to hard i just use her to commute and just take slower rides with my lady.

 

[CrazyCawi]

and thats all you need to do, keeps you smiling and thats what matters.

 

[Rookasaki]

I got back from The Snake today and photographed my tires before locking the bike up in the garage.

None here.....

Or here....

How about the front tire?
Ahhhhh....there they are....

Dang brother!!!:thumbup:

 

[Spunky99]

Let me make some comments about my lack of chicken stripes......

1. The fastest guys on The Snake don't drag a knee.
2. You don't have to go fast to use all of your tire in the turns.
3. Going at a moderate speed with correct body positioning is all I did.
4. The fast guys are using semi-legal track bikes with LEDs for lights and racing slicks. We aren't going to come close to their performance with street legal bikes on normal tires....
5. My wife was not happy when she saw the tire pics...:spank:

My tires had maybe 300 miles on them when I started the morning in the twisties so they really weren't broken in yet. I used to race a NSR 50 so I know how to position my body to take maximum advantage of traction while in a turn. There was a car flip the day before that put tons of oil all over a section of downhill and one of the fast guys busted up his plastics when he fell on a cherry Kawi on a downhill run so I was extra cautious. I set up well in advance of each and every turn methodically and didn't touch my brakes through the turn at all. I practiced throttle control and lane positioning on each turn so that my lines were perfect and my speed was perfect at the turn entry.

If you just barrel into a turn and have to slow down, you are doing it wrong. I found my bike sliding when I was braking on the downhill...both front and rear tires partially locking and it was a bit scary but carrying that speed into the corner would have screwed my line and caused a bad exit. It is a HUGE difference locking both wheels before a turn on a 200 pound 7.8 HP bike vs a 500 pound monster with 140 HP. I hit the oil patch from the car flip and locked up the rear tire at one point and slid across the double yellow line and that was scary. Luckily I did that in the morning when the traffic was extremely light. Getting to know the area before you go fast is a wise choice. Here is the video of the car that crashed and oiled the road.
Celica Crash Friday 4/6 (Aftermath) - YouTube

So as others have said...keep it slow and work on body positioning....

 

[RoadTrip]

I really want to hit those roads someday, here in Texas we have an occasional tight turn or two, but mostly sweepers. So, hanging off is not really necessary 99% of the time. However, there are a couple of little sections on some prime backroads that have several connected tight ones, it is there that I get to put my ass off the bike in ernest and ride it from the side, it actually makes the turns seem a lot more in control cause you don't have to lean the bike nearly as much, and of course it's fun as hell. It's amazing that after 16K miles, I am still learning and progressing, love this hobby. Chickies are about 1/2, BTW, but I don't chase em.

 

[MNGreg]

Here are mine from today. About 1 inch left on each side.

I know I have a way to go yet, but I don't think this is too bad for someone who really only rides on the weekends and only has 2690 miles of experience on a motorcycle.

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[RooKie]

i think i may have the biggest ones

Haha, I just switched tires 300 miles ago, so my whole tire is a chicken strip and I'm not too worried about getting rid of them. I don't need to drag knee to have a great time on my FZ6R. :thumbup:

 

[MNGreg]

Rookie... I LIKE your profile pic!! Its cute!

 

[RooKie]

Rookie... I LIKE your profile pic!! Its cute!

Thanks. That's my lil boy. He's already talking about how he's going to take my motorcycle when he gets older, hahaha. Kids are just too adorable.

 

[jpowell2101]

My Chick-Fil-a Strips

 

[kevin8198]

Or here....

Look like a couple nails sticking in there, what are those?

 

[Spunky99]

Dunlops are sticky.....picked a couple of pebbles from the driveway....

 

[kevin8198]

Dunlops are sticky.....picked a couple of pebbles from the driveway....

Well thats good, they look like rusty nails

 

[Spunky99]

Well thats good, they look like rusty nails

After the last rain we had reddish dirt come out of the retaining wall drain slits and it got all over. So The pebbles had that red rusty look....I'd be pissed if I had nails through my tires with maybe 400 miles on them....

 

[buzzbomb]

Dunlops are sticky.....picked a couple of pebbles from the driveway....

Come on, man! Think about the people your replying to. Your answer should have been: "Those aren't nails, they're tire deflection preventers. I read about them on the R6 forum and picked them up off ebay."

 

[Nastybutler]

I never got close to getting rid of my chicken strips on my 6R. But after 1400 miles on my Triumph, here's how they stand:

God, I love this bike! :steve: