Chicken Strips

[Packer]

They're an irrelevance that you traditionally use to rib your mates. They just indicate how much you're leaning your bike and whether you favour braking before a corner or as you dive to the apex and so on. If you let it bother you or try to ride past where you're comfortable in an effort to reduce them then you're being silly and need to simply accept that you can't ride properly, you should walk everywhere.

Fixed it for you

pjm, I have little experience of EXP's, just getting used to them (1200 miles) on my Yam but I'm surprised that you are using more of the front than the back. Are you braking into corners or something? I'd be worried that I was going to loose the front at some point. Maybe it's the EXP's but every tyre I've ever ridden on the back goes to the edge before the front and my current EXP's are shaping up that way as well. Having said that the roads haven't exactly been warm and dry in the west of Scotland so I'm not yet pushing the envelope. Track day at Knockhill will sort that when it's a little warmer.

 

[Bendy toy]

With winding roads the extra steering effort will wear front treads more on the shoulders than the middle. Generally with mixed riding, I get even wear on the front with most of the back used but the shoulders nowhere near worn out and the middle flattened off. The closest Ive had to properly worn shoulders on the rear was Maxxis SuperMax which has very soft shoulders and really quit hard down the centreline. Sadly they dont make a front to suit the GS.

If the front id squaring off maybe its being run too soft. 36F and 42R suits me for handling.

 

[stu1969]

Nah. I used the Bungalow



The GS doesn't have chamfered pegs

Mine does

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[pjm-84]

I'm new to the GSA but have been riding bikes 25years plus. I have to say the GSA handles well (very) and I have no complaints. I've only been doing short hops across town so one roundabout and a slow S bend to contend with and all in all ,with the pickup from Chandlers BMW, I've only clocked around 150miles so far.

I was alarmed to spot the other day that there wasn't a lot of chicken left on the front. I have around 6 to 7mm (to a defined edge - less to "smudging") and around 20mm at the rear. Generally like others I would have expected this to be the other way around so was a little concerned

Yep I'm a "braker" through the corners. Always have been.

I have to repeat that the bike handles really well unlike the Dorsoduro it replaced (and that was fitted with race rubber)

 

[neo]

Eeerm you are certainly not scared to bank it over sir!

 

[coxylaad]

Mine does

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Is that the old hairpin at Cadwell? impressive that!

 

[jetjock]

Here's mine after a donington track day View attachment 252640

 

[pjm-84]

Nicely snotted....Sir.