Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > chicken strips??

[bradders]

like many others, I have them! Reading MCN this week, is this actually heallthy compared to scrubbing right to the edge? When you 'hang off' knee down styley, doesn't this mean you are using less of the side of the tyre and therefore have better traction? In which case, no chick strips = risk of falling off??

Not sure if my reasoning is exactly right, but it works for me

[dickieducati]

if you have a 180 rear you should be using all the tyre imho

[Jools]

Yep, you're right. Big lean angles always look impressive, but the game plan is to get your cornering technique right so that for a given speed you're using the least possible lean angle. That means that you can go faster.

That's what a lot of the CSS techniques are all about anyway, quick turning, body position and things like 'the pick up drill' are all designed to keep you on the fattest bit of the tyre for as long as possible so you get the best grip and drive.

Having said that, tyres seem to have something weird going on with the profile sometimes. In ordinary road riding on my last set of 010's I had no chicken strips on the front tyre, and a quarter inch (6mm for you youngsters) one on the back. Changed to 207RR's and it's the other way round, none on the back, quarter inch on the front (with no other changes).

On the track it's completely different, I seem to be able to rag both my tyres right to the very edge (with those "street cred" black bogies hanging off 'em) without seeming to be at max lean.

[chief]

Sorry guys i thought this was a food related discussion, i know nothing about tyres but lots about chicken and other foods!

[kwikbitch]

Me too! AND if you buy a kids meal...you get a loony tunes toy!!!!:P

[Glyn]

getting back to the point...........
if you are using all the tyre e.g no strips, is that as far over as you can safely lean the bike over.
i run my bike on avon azaro sports touring tyres, 120 on the front 170 on the rear. i have no strip on the back tyre and a 3/4 on the front.
am i now as far as i can take it?
would a 180 rear give me more lean angle or less??

[antonye]

how some people still can't spell correctly .... ?

[bradders]

whose nervous?? Am anxious for summer tho

[Fordie]

Glyn, I think you may get more lean angle (not that you need it)because the 180 is a bigger profile tyre its like sitting on a tennis ball compared to a football. The front strips would then decrease. You may also feel the bike a little harder to turn in and don't forget the weight factor as the 170 is lighter than the 180 but by how much I don't now .Regards 4D

[chief]

From a general point of lean angle verses the angle of your dangle I tend to put bits of sponge on the side of my helmet, when the top layer of sponge and then the layer of cream have worn away I know i'm at about the optimum angle of lean
If anyone would like any culinary/angle advise please get in touch.