Getting rid of chicken strips on the road

Lost mine... on the back, I think front in impossible tbh

Easiest way is a nice roundabout... But that only really helps the right side in most cases. Other way is to find a road like the cat and fiddle (that's way north of you... UNLUCKY! ) that you can see round the bends and the road surface is perfect for getting leaning and the power on EARLY!

Originally Posted by El Saxo

I've been getting more confident on my commute home from work and leaning it further, but still don't think I'm ever likely to go right to the edge of the tyre on the road, though it's nice to know there probably is more grip / lean available, should I need it one day.
My tyres get squared off in next to no time though anyway, with all the motorway miles I do each week, so by the time I got rid of any chicken strips they'd just grow back after a week!

Heh, luckily (?) thi is on my fun bike so it only comes out for playing, the CBR takes all the commuting miles

[fizzwheel]

what tyres you got ? As Stu says, it depends on the profile of the tyre sometimes to.

I managed to get right out the edge of a rear Michellin 2CT, but I cant get near the edge of the rear Diablo III.

Originally Posted by muffles

Heh, luckily (?) thi is on my fun bike so it only comes out for playing, the CBR takes all the commuting miles

hehe, my poor SV has to do it all, especially since I got rid of the cage.

What tyres do you have on the other bike? If they were full-on sports tyres I have to admit I'd be pretty tempted to try and get them all the way over. Not that I'm saying it's a good idea, mind...

Tyre pressure also effects it. So if you have it low it will get to the edge of the tyre dead fast... Not that its a good idea. Makes the bikes handling sloppy at best.

Oh fun bike I;ll never keep up with that pimped Honda C90!!!

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

what tyres you got ? As Stu says, it depends on the profile of the tyre sometimes to.

I managed to get right out the edge of a rear Michellin 2CT, but I cant get near the edge of the rear Diablo III.

...and on the road I couldn't get nearthe edge of my Supercorsas. The profile is simply too agressive, it falls away. On track I got to just under 1cm.

All this chicken strip stuff - to be honest - does it really matter

Originally Posted by Ed

...and on the road I couldn't get nearthe edge of my Supercorsas. The profile is simply too agressive, it falls away. On track I got to just under 1cm.

All this chicken strip stuff - to be honest - does it really matter

Depends which way you look at it.

It doesn't matter in the 'bragging rights down the local bike meet' sense, but on a personal level it's encouraging for me cos it means I'm getting more confident and getting more out of the bike.

Do a trackday Muffles! I did one on monday have haven't stopped bleating on about it since

Your strips will turn into blobs of rubber! Got nothing at all left on the back and a few mm's on the front now.

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

Lost mine... on the back, I think front in impossible tbh

Easiest way is a nice roundabout... But that only really helps the right side in most cases. Other way is to find a road like the cat and fiddle (that's way north of you... UNLUCKY! ) that you can see round the bends and the road surface is perfect for getting leaning and the power on EARLY!

Yeah it's the back I'm on about, I gather the front generally requires further lean compared to the rear, so that you can't out-lean the front first? Or at least that's one reason I've heard...

That road looks a fair bit better than the one I'm using, shame it is so far away!

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

Tyre pressure also effects it. So if you have it low it will get to the edge of the tyre dead fast... Not that its a good idea. Makes the bikes handling sloppy at best.

Still got standard pressures at the moment, happy enough with them but don't know any better!

Originally Posted by krhall

Oh fun bike I;ll never keep up with that pimped Honda C90!!!

Indeed

That's because it has...

Originally Posted by El Saxo

hehe, my poor SV has to do it all, especially since I got rid of the cage.

What tyres do you have on the other bike? If they were full-on sports tyres I have to admit I'd be pretty tempted to try and get them all the way over. Not that I'm saying it's a good idea, mind...

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

what tyres you got ? As Stu says, it depends on the profile of the tyre sometimes to.

I managed to get right out the edge of a rear Michellin 2CT, but I cant get near the edge of the rear Diablo III.

Originally Posted by Ed

...and on the road I couldn't get nearthe edge of my Supercorsas. The profile is simply too agressive, it falls away. On track I got to just under 1cm.

All this chicken strip stuff - to be honest - does it really matter

BT-016s - OEM though, which aren't the multi-compound ones.

My chicken strips do matter to me, I won't deny that, but not massively. It's just something I personally would like to get rid of, it's not for anyone else (i.e. pub talk!) it's just me