My bike has pretty brand new tires and you can see the chicken strips from a mile away. What's the bid deal? Does it make the ride less smooth?
2006-09-25 11:26:35 · 11 answers · asked by OH yea! 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
Chicken strips is the unused rubber on the edges of the tires. If you dont lean your bike over far enough you'll have them. Meaning that your too chicken to lean your bike over. Eventually your tires will become squared off if you dont use the whole tire when riding. Its not a problem per say unless you have squared off tires and have to make a hard corner at lean angles you havent acheived before, then it can get ugly.
2006-09-25 11:54:50 · answer #1 · answered by moolie_wfo 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do you know what "chicken strips" are? If you have new tires, OF COURSE you have chicken strips!
They are simply the last remaining inch or so of completely unridden tire surface on the outer edges. All it means is that you're not about to lowside on the freeway off-ramp because you're not leaning the bike as far as the tires will go.
On the track, you don't use the middle of the tires. On the street, you don't wear off the chicken strips unless you're fortunate enough to have GREAT road conditions and the skill to lean all the way over.
If you have a cruiser, you'll scrape your engine before you get to the edge of your tires. Cruisers can't lean like sportbikes do.
2006-09-26 09:42:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of chicken strips either, so I'll guess too.
If you are referring to the little rubber nubs that are on every new tire, there are two things you can do:
#1 lean the bike when you turn.
#2 use a pair of nail clippers and cut them off.
2006-09-25 18:55:13 · answer #3 · answered by Firecracker . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chicken Stripper.
2006-09-29 17:27:37 · answer #4 · answered by exert-7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess you are referring to rubber marks on the road from your tire. Sounds like you either have not enough air pressure or you mounted a different size tire on your rim or you are using a tire designed for a purpose different than what you are actually using it for. Those little black marks are pieces of your tire and your tire can make just so many of these little marks before there is no more rubber left to make them with. If you are happy with your tire's performance and tread life then nothing is wrong.
2006-09-25 18:30:19 · answer #5 · answered by waplambadoobatawhopbamboo 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because you mainly ride on straight rodes/freeways where you can't lean the bike over and get onto the sidewalls.
2006-09-25 18:30:06 · answer #6 · answered by yazukka 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What chicken strips are we talking about? I'm a vegetarian so of course chicken strips are bad...
2006-09-25 18:28:45 · answer #7 · answered by Crystal ♥'s Raymond 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Chicken strips = poser. LOL at the vegetarians.
2006-09-25 21:52:25 · answer #8 · answered by Beavis Christ AM 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is not "so bad" or good or anything...it is merely a sign that you do not push your bike to it's handling limits
2006-09-25 18:53:10 · answer #9 · answered by baalberith11704 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i don't even know what chicken strips are... at first i thought you were talking about food! lol
2006-09-25 18:33:51 · answer #10 · answered by blondie_babe2324 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋