Chicken Strips?

[frostage]

Just got home from scrubbing in a new rear tyre and had a little look at the chicken strips, noticed something I thought was strange.

On the rear tyre, I have about 15mm of clean rubber on either side, whereas on the front tyre its more like 20-25mm.

Is this a common thing or does it indicate a shortcoming in my cornering technique?

Any opinions would be appreciated
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[_Iain_]

My YBR currently has the opposite. About 10-15mm on the front, and about 15-20mm on the back.

With that said, those were done in a carpark doing large figure 8's.
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[Gone2mars]

Could be preload or your lean angle around corners ... You can probably go a little further

[_Iain_]

Oh the bike could go a lot further, im just to much of a poof to try it
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[WannaBeDude]

Front is harder to rid of strips than reAr and harder on 125s

Afaik ...
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[MaybeGuy]

Chicken strips are pretty much non-indicative of ''ability''. Front is always more unless you drop the forks through the yokes a little.
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[Sam_Y_93]

Mines the same, got about 3mm on the rear and about 8mm on the front which is annoying as it means my front tyre still has those little nobly bits on it still
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[MattJ]

What matt said. Mine are bigger on the front than the rear by a long way. Just the way the tyres are made. I can only speculate why.

[hornetmike]

I've got none on the rear 20mm on front, but rear is only a 160
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[Mikey3]

I think the front has a lot tighter curve on it than the back, mine has like, hardly anything on the back, about 1mm ish, and the front like a good cm. but the sides of teh front are far more curved round than the back one.

Mike
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[Acemastr]

I've got about 6mm on the rear, can't bloody get rid of it!

Front has a good 10mm or so
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[lihp]

https://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/535631_10151430761615324_763710323_23035314_1607900580_n.jpg
That is my rear


https://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/574987_10151538703615324_763710323_23397025_1055484276_n.jpg
And that's the front.

OGR, You think that rear can go far enough to use the remainder of the front?

[T0MMY]

[Walloper]

I have Chicken Strips on my shoulder pads.




Front tyre profile is different from the rear which means a bigger or smaller 'relative percentage' of the surface can contact the road.
It could be an un-matched pair.
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[.Bishbash.]

It's the profile of the tyre chaps. Look at this....here are my Hornet numbers;

Rear - 180/55/17
Front 120/70/17

First part is the width of the tyre
Second is the height of the tyre
Third is the diameter of the tyre

The 2nd part is making the difference here regarding chicken strips on the front, it will go evenly if you lean your bike over more as the front has a steeper edge.

HTH
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[keggyhander]

Was wondering this myself. I've only got 10mm on the back and yet 20mm on the front.

[robbieguy2003]

For me it changes from bike to bike. I suspect riding style and the tyre profile play a big part.

My 1250 has maybe 10mm on the back and maybe double that on the front. My 600 has bigger strips on the back and front despite me riding it significantly quicker through corners on the same routes.

I tend to ride the 1250 and 600 very differently though, I'm relatively still on the 1250, upper body movement and move my arse off a little bit if anything, but I'm all over the 600 and hang off more which keeps the bike more upright.

I've rode it without hanging off and it doesn't feel as happy, but you can get rid of strips much easier.
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[Fizzer Thou]

On my R1 I am using a 120/70x17 Pirelli Diablo Corsa 3 and a 190/50x17 on the rear.The unused band on the front is a good 20mm whereas on the rear it is more like 5mm.

But if it were to be the size of the tyre as a contributing factor,the 120/70x17 Pirelli Dragon Corsa that I have on the front of the Exup1000 would wear similarly.But the unused band is more like 5mm whereas the 180/55x17 rear is about 10mm.

I think that it may well come down to tyre pressures,which will dictate the contact patch and how much the tyre deforms,as well as the weight of the bike and profile of the tyre.
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