Chicken Strips

I normally get the front much more, it's entirely down to riding style

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

it is the tyre profile that is the problem, like said on the p powers they are much more rounded and go to the edge easy, i havent ridden on z6's so i cant comment on that. i dont know if its my riding style but i always get the rear right to the edge but there seems loads left on the front? i mean like 10mm chicken strips each side.

I think this is meant to be better, shows that you are using the throttle in corners and not pushing the front to much.

yeah sure is, but i think this is a sign that you are pushing the front! i stand to be corrected on that one though.

Originally Posted by mototech

I think this is meant to be better, shows that you are using the throttle in corners and not pushing the front to much.

I am not sure that is an entirely accurate analysis ... I can’t see that getting right to the edge of the rear has anything (directly) to do with throttle usage. On what basis/logic did you draw this conclusion?

Where the weight is acting on the bike? I don't have much positive throttle through the corners so this does kind of make sense to why I go to the edge on the front.
Could be DIY-science though hehe

Right so my front is now almost rid of strips(we're talking 3mm and the rear is down to 8 ish i'd say, i adjusted my style at the weekend to sit back and put a bit more weight on the rear instead of the front, so it has dropped a bit off the rear. Completely ruined the waterproofs(yes the ones i split at the AR with the dodgy zip Baph ), was testing if i was anywhere close to the ground with the knee, not even half a cheek off the seat and my knee was down, scrape rip in the waterproofs lol. So i was pretty low at that point and kept it like that on the ride through a lot of corners, and still strips on the rear are big-ish. So i'm aggreeing on tyre profile or pressure.

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

Where the weight is acting on the bike? I don't have much positive throttle through the corners so this does kind of make sense to why I go to the edge on the front.
Could be DIY-science though hehe

Bingo

Originally Posted by mototech

Bingo

Hummm ... I see what you are saying, but I am not convinced that is always the case …

I’d like to think that I have pretty good throttle control and distribute the power through a corner, actually changing the bias from heavy front, through nutral-ish to heavy-rear (talking on track here where you are on the brakes and power hard and at serious lean mid-corner). Yet I still have larger rear strips …

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

I am not sure that is an entirely accurate analysis ... I can’t see that getting right to the edge of the rear has anything (directly) to do with throttle usage. On what basis/logic did you draw this conclusion?

I would have thought that, if at your maximum lean angle, you are able to bias the weight forward/back enough to influence the size of your chicken strips, then it just means that you can lean a lot more. there's no way you can be braking/accelerating hard enough to be doing that if you're near the proper maximum lean

Originally Posted by weazelz

I would have thought that, if at your maximum lean angle, you are able to bias the weight forward/back enough to influence the size of your chicken strips, then it just means that you can lean a lot more. there's no way you can be braking/accelerating hard enough to be doing that if you're near the proper maximum lean

Quite, you are only getting seriously 'on the power' when you are on a fatter part of the tyre ...

And yes, if you are not 'balancing' the throttle when at true/good full lean, I can't see how you are staying rubber side down - so surely you can't be at massive lean?