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Aug 3, 2012 | 08:18 PM

ryda

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Chicken strips

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.

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Aug 3, 2012 | 09:50 PM

Dirknar

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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.

Aug 3, 2012 | 10:24 PM

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

Aug 4, 2012 | 10:34 AM

ryda

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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.

Aug 4, 2012 | 10:44 AM

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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.

Aug 4, 2012 | 04:45 PM

stic2it

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Now thats what i call riding!

Aug 4, 2012 | 11:55 PM

ryda

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bo_Jangles

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.

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.