I am curious about what the chicken strips look like on different tires due to the curve of the tire. I am running Night Dragons and hitting the forward control pegs, but I also noticed the curve of the NG is fairly steep towards the edge. I have run tires that are not as curved and my strips were smaller but I think turn response was slower.

So if you ride hard and have a shot of your chicken strip post a pic please.

 

Cool thread, just happen to be hanging in the shop.. Metzeler 880 150, I hit the pipe on the right side and the mid peg on the left.

 

OEM Tires, second set, they work fine for me. I rarely scrape anything, if I do it's my heel.

 

It looks like both of those tires are not as crowned/rounded/curved as my Night Dragons, which means the contact patch of your tires may be a little wider. I just don't like when the only part of the tire that gos when it wares down is a small center strip. I have right at 2000 miles on the tire in the pic.

 

This is what the dunflops looked like on my old SB. but this is what happened to my pipe and primary. I was running the 13.5".fxdx shocks.

 

Now thats what i call riding!

 

I got me one of them primary scars, my last pipe was all scraped up at the tail cause it rode so low. When I got a new one I made sure it had more clearance.

 

Lol Lol !!!