Chicken Strips

[Deletedmemberjdcxxx]

Hi All,

When I bought my GSA last year I inherited a back tyre with a hint of chicken strips and unfortunately I've made them worse. Nothing excessive but enough for another bike rider at work to notice. The wear pattern is a result of my slightly boring commute to and from work, careful riding through the winter on wet roads and my lack of experience in recent years.

As the weather improves my plan is to find some rides that give me the chance to correct the wear, but is there a point where chicken strips become dangerous or impossible to remedy. ( I'm assuming that appropriate / enthusiastic riding can "fix" chicken strips, but you can let me know if I'm mistaken.)

Cheers,

John.

 

[2 wheel humvee]

Chicken strips?
Delicious with some salad and hint of mayonaise thrown into a tortilla flatbread, a tasty snack and by coincidence what I'm having for lunch

 

[Deletedmemberjdcxxx]

Chicken strips?
Delicious with some salad and hint of mayonaise thrown into a tortilla flatbread, a tasty snack and by coincidence what I'm having for lunch

Superb answer!!!!!

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

They are not dangerous.

So, why does it matter whether or not you have 'chicken strips'........ego maybe

The profile of a tyre has as much to do with having them or not as has how far you lean over. Ive had tyres that have looked like they were constantly going off the edge whilst others have had a good 5-10mm of untouched rubber, all on my GS.

Just ride the thing

Andres

 

[Ex-Call Centre Chimp]

They are not dangerous.

So, why does it matter whether or not you have 'chicken strips'........ego maybe

The profile of a tyre has as much to do with having them or not as has how far you lean over. Ive had tyres that have looked like they were constantly going off the edge whilst others have had a good 5-10mm of untouched rubber, all on my GS.

Just ride the thing

Andres

+1 Ignore what anyone else thinks. Ride the bike to enjoy it, not to impress anyone else.

Will you be at Cafe Hockley next week?

 

[Roberto]

You're riding a GS. You are now entering the city limits of 'Unfashionable'. Population: You.

Chicken strips or no chicken strips, you'll be no cooler. Don't worry about it.

 

[Sleepy]

You can borrow my angle grinder if you want...

 

[(RIP) andrewgsadv]

Called on my friend Dennis, he had just bought one of the first KTM 950 adventure bikes,he was busy with Stanley Knife trimming his chicken strips off. How I laughed

 

[jimbo]

You can borrow my angle grinder if you want...

You haven't got a dehumidifier have you? I could do with borrowing one of those.

 

[(RIP) Miff]

People would sometimes point at the chicken strips on my Bandit 600, and make disparaging comments.


I agreed with them about the strips, then I asked them to look at the footpegs. Once they'd seen the chamfer on them, they'd soon STFU

 

[JayC]

People would sometimes point at the chicken strips on my Bandit 600, and make disparaging comments.


I agreed with them about the strips, then I asked them to look at the footpegs. Once they'd seen the chamfer on them, they'd soon STFU

So, do you use an angle grinder, too?

 

[Deleted account 230818001]

I knew a kid (back in the early 80's) who took a file to the stand on his RD250 to make it look as though he'd been cornering low.

Problem was, the filed wear pattern was in the wrong direction,

 

[Sleepy]

You haven't got a dehumidifier have you? I could do with borrowing one of those.

I have.. but it won't make your chicken strips go away...

 

[Deletedmemberjdcxxx]

+1 Ignore what anyone else thinks. Ride the bike to enjoy it, not to impress anyone else.

Will you be at Cafe Hockley next week?

I'm pretty cool with or without my chicken strips. It was more to do with danger / wear on the tyre etc.

What's going on at Cafe Hockley?

 

[Old Codger]

Angle Grinder !

Nearly as good as the bloke I saw last year who had filed his knee sliders

But glaringly at the wrong angle

 

[(RIP) Miff]

So, do you use an angle grinder, too?

Nah. I used the Bungalow



The GS doesn't have chamfered pegs

 

[JayC]

Nearly as good as the bloke I saw last year who had filed his knee sliders

But glaringly at the wrong angle

We're getting higher up the body, this is more like it.

Think I'll go to the shed and stick my eyebrows on the bench grinder for a moment or two.

 

[Ex-Call Centre Chimp]

What's going on at Cafe Hockley?

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?361118-Breakfast-at-Cafe-Hockley-Saturday-1st-March

 

[Dahoum]

Chicken strips

 

[Deletedmemberjdcxxx]

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?361118-Breakfast-at-Cafe-Hockley-Saturday-1st-March

Thats near where I work! Will call in if I'm nearby.