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Chicken Strips

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tintop

Joined Oct 2010
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Afternoon all,

Now we all like to think that we can abuse our tyres and ride quciker better smoother etc etc than anyone else - but why do we all get hung up on the fact that we may or may not be using 100% of our tyre and thus not being the quickest fastest smoothest guy on the block.

I pulled up after a little blast out at my local - gave the beast a little final blip as I swung my leg over, and removed said lid like I'd just stepped out of a spitfire cockpit, ruffled my hair and strode into the bar, greeted by the usual piss take ect etc from the lads and a cheery smile form the barmaid.

It was only then a little old bloke took my legs from beneath me and comes over - that your bike mister, your rear tyre looks like a ***** been riding it .......

Speechless - What do you think -

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Its not that bad but as you can see - its shot in the middle so another 130 nicker down the pan ....... and now very embarassed as I have the worlds biggest chicken strips -

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Time to get scrubbing me thinks ......
 
It does look a bit flat in the middle but what has that got to do with me.

My advice to you is ...Ride YOUR bike how YOU like to ride it and keep safe


Tell the guy to F*** **F

This "chicken strip" malarky is going to kill someone one day.
 
tintop...........im a "****" its nowt to be ashamed of if you ride like one lol.......or even ride one wheeeeeeeeeyyyyy
 
tintop said:
What do you think
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I think you should tell him to **** off....
There are loads of blokes out there in wheelchairs with no chicken strips
It's your bike...ride it as you prefer...it's got **** all to do with anyone else....
 
Get some Maxxis diamonds if you are that bothered. They don't have 'strips' at all!

Evlin - you may be a **** but you are certainly a blinking quick one after yesterday :thumbup
 
doh i will get a big heed lol. them sort that get all funny bout it prolly ride worse than a **** lol
btw stix.i have ridden bikes since i was a kid..its kinda in me
 
Whats in you Evlin?

Not really abuse is it to tell ev she rides like a ****. Sure Many blokes would find it hard to keep up (Oooer now this is going a bit rude now ;))
 
evlin said:
tintop...........im a "****" its nowt to be ashamed of if you ride like one lol.......or even ride one wheeeeeeeeeyyyyy
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Babe you are one of the fastest riders I've ever known ... so stop with the :bs already !
 
hector said:
It does look a bit flat in the middle but what has that got to do with me.

My advice to you is ...Ride YOUR bike how YOU like to ride it and keep safe


Tell the guy to F*** **F

This "chicken strip" malarky is going to kill someone one day.
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Couldnt agree more, i really dont understand this mentality? Some poor sod one day will go out to deliberatly reduce these chicken strips and end up in a hedge and for what ?
I read the Welsh ride out report, sounded great but for me this is why i dont go, with plenty of descriptions of dodgy overtakes and close calls its just not my idea of a good day. Anyway each to their own
 
Heres me thinking that chicken strips are the unused edges of the tyre - and that left hand edge looks pretty close to me - my old rennsports wore like that in the middle - but have to agree with the other comments - bet the old tosser was on a C90
 
[/QUOTE]but for me this is why i dont go,
jasus i wish i cuda gone on this..
sounds like it woz a gud laugh.....

ahh well b over in a couple a weeks 4 a track day and couple days to see your countryside!!!!!!!!!!!
looking 4ward to it.............
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hector said:
It does look a bit flat in the middle but what has that got to do with me.

My advice to you is ...Ride YOUR bike how YOU like to ride it and keep safe


Tell the guy to F*** **F

This "chicken strip" malarky is going to kill someone one day.
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Me and Steve had this conversation this afternoon, and he's right, it is utter bollocks and someone will end up the worse for it one day. It's this mentality that means I hardly ever ride in groups these days, and only occasionally with people I know well.
Maybe it's just because I can't be arsed having to think what someone else is doing or about to do or done, or maybe it's just because I'm a miserable old sod....go figure!
 
pikeman said:
Couldnt agree more, i really dont understand this mentality? Some poor sod one day will go out to deliberatly reduce these chicken strips and end up in a hedge and for what ?
I read the Welsh ride out report, sounded great but for me this is why i dont go, with plenty of descriptions of dodgy overtakes and close calls its just not my idea of a good day. Anyway each to their own
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You'd have been safe with me at the back Pikey

The front 4 were bloody miles faster than I would ever dare ride on the queens highway let alone track (does the queen have a track?)

Steady and sure, that's the way ...
 
As new says pikey, people ride at their own speed. Quite happy riding any speed me. There was one particularly ugly looking overtake but it wasn't a reckless one just a misjudgement.
 
There's chicken strips, and there's cccchhhicken strips. It depends where you ride yer bike. For example, around about my place there are a lot of corners that you would struggle to take at 40-50 mph. Now even me the slomo doesn't think that 40mph is fast, but you can get a fair lean on going round those bends. I dinna think mi chicken strips are that bad ti be honest. However some folks might bide near long sweepers where to get a lean on they need to be gan at aboot 120mph. TBH it's nae the lean that does mi heid in, it's fits roon the corner. Now says awe that, I seen a bike at the NW200 last year thit hid aboot and 1" each side. He wid need ti be living on a drag strip to hae cccchhhicken strips like that. Riding in groups can be fun, but also scary. As long as everyone knows where they are going to stop at next, folk should not feel pressurised to ride at their on pace etc.
 
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