Problems with chicken strips

[LordShaftesbu...]

Was doing a bit of roundabout surfing on the way to work this morning. I'm still a relatively new rider but I'm gaining confidence, and slowly but steadily am getting my knee lower and lower. Right now I have chicken strips about 2cm wide on my front tyre. The bike was bought from new so these untouched parts are still slippery - which I found out this morning when the front end slipped out from under me and I just about lowsided. I managed to keep control (just), but it really put the wind up me.

It seems to be a catch-22 situation; I can't lean over hard until the slipperly edges of the tyre are scrubbed off, but I can't get rid of these chicken strips without leaning over.

Is there any way to remove these slippery edges without riding? Perhaps a wire brush could remove the top layer?

[Acemastr]

Don't use a wire brush lol, sandpaper would be fine. I had the same issue yesterday, you may have pushed a little too far, too soon.
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[Ariel Badger]

I think those strips are telling you that you have gone far enough.
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[Damon]

alot of the time you are never going to reach the edge of the front tyre without it lowsiding. How is the rear looking?

[ms51ves3]

If you are progressive with how far you lean each time there shouldn't be a problem as the road will be half on the chicken strip, half off so still have grip.

[MaybeGuy]

ive never had that happen.
i would blame the road surface and poor obs for the slip, not the tyres.

im pretty sure brand new tyres are still grippy enough to roundabout surf right to the edge on.

edit: just realised you meant front. rear is the important one
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[LordShaftesbu...]

Thing is it didn't feel like I was leaning over that much ... if that's as far as the bike will go then it's a bit disappointing.

The back wheel also has them but they're less than 1 cm wide.

[Finglonga]

The whole idea of getting your knee down it to keep the bike more upright around a corner to give you more speed.

You will grow out of worrying about chicken strips when you realise they mean jack $hit in the real world away from McDonalds.
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[LordShaftesbu...]

But I would still like to be able to use all the tyre.

Using sandpaper to scrub off the shiny stuff sounds like a good idea.

I wonder also if my technique is wrong ... the riding position on my ER-6n is such that there is no weight on my arms thus not much on the front wheel. Could this make a difference?

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

You have to remember that unless you suddenly barrel into a corner at double your normal speed you aren't introducing that whole unscrubbed patch at once, and therefore won't crash.

If you sandpaper the chicken strips off you still won't use that part of the tyre as you're not leaning it that far over in your riding.

It's not the chicken strips that are stopping you from leaning over, it's your head.

If you just go a little fast each time then you'll gradually wear them off.

Don't bother with sand paper as I'm not sure what kind of affect it could have on the tyre. Bear in mind you'll be introducing an abrasive into the rubber during the sanding process.
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[LordShaftesbu...]

Would the sandpaper leave sand in the rubber of the tyre, maybe reducing grip?

[UnknownStuntm...]

Is this thread real? I smell troll.

[Dom]

[robocog]

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(was attached to a Ducatti...and the front pretty much matched it!)

Not sure if the bit that goes beyond the chibbled section is real "wear" or what ?
(not sure if my reduced size pic shows the full wear line?)


Regards
Rob

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