Chicken Strips: Fahgettaboutit. - Page 2

Mudpuppy · 04-24-2008, 11:12 PM

my funniest chicken strip or lack of chicken strip story is the day after a trackday in july when it was like 100 degrees and i pushed the bike pretty hard and burned up the tires i rode into work.. there was 3 or 4 bikes there and ironically enough they all pulled in around the same time so there were out there checking out each other's bikes and talking.. so i pull up and park.. one of the guys says nice bike.. then he is walking around it checking it out and is like damn you use all of those tires don't you? i said yeah i got to get my money's worth. i think all 3 or 4 of those fuckers went home and sold their bike and joined a knitting class or something because i haven't seen them back since.

i guess its kind of hard to scrub in a tire and get rid of the chicken strips on an HD.. i think you scrub in the chrome or something..

PhiSig1071 · 04-24-2008, 11:19 PM

Mudpuppy · 04-24-2008, 11:22 PM

awesome..

OneSickPsycho · 04-25-2008, 01:13 AM

I ride entirely too fast on the street.

Rider · 04-25-2008, 08:15 AM

I'd say I fall into category 2. But I never ride like that with any traffic around. I take it out of the city for that.

marko138 · 04-25-2008, 08:42 AM

I got out last night for the first time this year...and I'll tell you something...after going to the track, I have no desire to ride fast on the street. It's just not worth it to me.

NeonspeedRT · 04-25-2008, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ceo012384

People talk a lot about chicken strips. Chicken strips don't necessarily mean anything. It's EXTREMELY dependent on body positioning.

Complete lack of strips on the street now means one of two (or maybe both) things to me:

1. Your body positioning sucks.

or

2. You ride harder on the street than is probably safe, which is your choice.

Well said. Anyone who thinks Chicken strips are a measure of how good a rider is, needs to learn how to ride themselves.

If you have no Chicken strips, it basically means you are using every little bit of traction the tire can give you.

Basically on the street that means you have no out. You have no more useable traction coming through a corner, if a panic situation was to occur.

Mudpuppy · 04-25-2008, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by marko138

I got out last night for the first time this year...and I'll tell you something...after going to the track, I have no desire to ride fast on the street. It's just not worth it to me.

I am with you.. I just don't have any desire to ride fast on the street.. I get my speedfix at the track and its so much better..

comparison - you are 16 and sneaking into your girlfriend's house = riding fast on the street vs. you are 30 and banging a whore in your own house = riding fast on the track.

OneSickPsycho · 04-25-2008, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Mudpuppy

I am with you.. I just don't have any desire to ride fast on the street.. I get my speedfix at the track and its so much better..

comparison - you are 16 and sneaking into your girlfriend's house = riding fast on the street vs. you are 30 and banging a whore in your own house = riding fast on the track.

Only if both women in question are 16.

JoJoYZF · 04-25-2008, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Only if both women in question are 16.

Shoulda known that reasponse was coming.

04-24-2008, 11:12 PM	#11
Mudpuppy South of Heaven Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Michigan Moto: 2006 Yamaha R1 50th Anniversary Edition Posts: 1,491	my funniest chicken strip or lack of chicken strip story is the day after a trackday in july when it was like 100 degrees and i pushed the bike pretty hard and burned up the tires i rode into work.. there was 3 or 4 bikes there and ironically enough they all pulled in around the same time so there were out there checking out each other's bikes and talking.. so i pull up and park.. one of the guys says nice bike.. then he is walking around it checking it out and is like damn you use all of those tires don't you? i said yeah i got to get my money's worth. i think all 3 or 4 of those fuckers went home and sold their bike and joined a knitting class or something because i haven't seen them back since. i guess its kind of hard to scrub in a tire and get rid of the chicken strips on an HD.. i think you scrub in the chrome or something.. __________________ Mudpuppy Redline Superbike http://www.redlinesuperbike.com/ Learn about photography: ATP Members

04-24-2008, 11:22 PM	#13
Mudpuppy South of Heaven Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Michigan Moto: 2006 Yamaha R1 50th Anniversary Edition Posts: 1,491	awesome.. __________________ Mudpuppy Redline Superbike http://www.redlinesuperbike.com/ Learn about photography: ATP Members

04-24-2008, 11:19 PM	#12
PhiSig1071 Let go of my ears. Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL Moto: '03 GSX-R600, '04 625SMC Posts: 1,394

04-25-2008, 01:13 AM	#14
OneSickPsycho Ride Like an Asshole Join Date: Feb 2008 Moto: nothing... Posts: 11,254	I ride entirely too fast on the street.

04-25-2008, 08:15 AM	#15
Rider Moto GP Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 12,156	I'd say I fall into category 2. But I never ride like that with any traffic around. I take it out of the city for that.