Premium Member hippiebikerchick Posted August 29, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted August 29, 2014 Time to measure your chicken strips and post here - if you dare! Illegitimi non carborundum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest unknown Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Chicken Strips? You guys still have chicken strips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotaryryan24 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Well I know on the fz07, dragging pegs leaves gust a tiny chicken stip on the rear. Maybe an 1/8 inch. You do or don't Then your dead. To order a tail tidy click One-off-fabrication.myshopify.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest unknown Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Yeah, I dragged em once then took em off when I noticed I still had some tread left at a track day. Sunday is track day number 2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MXRider Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 What are these chicken strips you speak of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feliz Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 On this bike I can take it right over to the edge of the Michelins and I'm not a real aggressive rider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qjohnson Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Definitely need to take those foot peg feeler things off. Went through some pretty tight turns today and scraped them a few times. There's still a little chicken strip after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
689twin Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 My tire after trackday xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Did this to a bunch of my friends bike. Circles in the parking lot will take those away, completely to the edge. Try at your own risk. Greatness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassecou Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 My tire after trackday xD That is some seriously soft compound. This bike should grip like glue on the turns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
689twin Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 My tire after trackday xD That is some seriously soft compound. This bike should grip like glue on the turns. Tires are pilot road 3. They worked were well but maeby they wear too guickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator Guru Posted September 1, 2014 Global Moderator Share Posted September 1, 2014 I definitely have chicken strips on my tires. I find it virtually impossible to get rid of them unless I am on a track, a closed circuit or goofing off on a parking lot. I would have to go way to fast on a public road and lean over way to much to clean up my tires. I simply don't trust roads here to do that. I almost always ignore the speed limit (unless I am in a town or at road work) and I do about 50 mpg so that would indicate that I don't baby the bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tark Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Heres mine. http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah45/Tark57/6E6D7A2B-678C-4C95-929D-A08ADABC6CA4_zps0tpwfmw2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ireek Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 For the trackday folks, goodonya, for the street only guys, I hope you guys/gals are hanging off the bike some too, seeing these lack of chicken strips sure makes me wonder if your knees are on the ground, if they're not, hang off more and decrease lean angle, it's called insurance, just in case the corner tightens up you'll have more lean angle available, low siding on the street is not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member howworkclutch Posted September 1, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted September 1, 2014 I can't get that last half inch. I can touch the peg feelers to asphalt but can't get to the eve of the tire. Maybe because I'm riding motard style and putting my inside leg forward? -HowWorkClutch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest unknown Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Take the feelers off. They will not allow you to get to the edge of the tire. I just dragged my right peg at the trck and the edge of the tire still isn't over worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qjohnson Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Anyone know how to take those peg feelers off? Just went outside and looked and I have no idea how they come off. And I was definitely leaning off the bike through turns. That definitely helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest unknown Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Take a 7 or 8 mm wrench and they should come right off IIRC. There is some blue loctite on them so it may be a little slow going at first. A set of pliers or channel locks will work in a pinch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member hippiebikerchick Posted September 2, 2014 Author Premium Member Share Posted September 2, 2014 Take the feelers off. They will not allow you to get to the edge of the tire. I just dragged my right peg at the trck and the edge of the tire still isn't over worked.That was the first thing I did to my bike but not for this reason. The feelers were getting in the way of where I want to put my legs at a stop. Illegitimi non carborundum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator mjh937 Posted September 2, 2014 Global Moderator Share Posted September 2, 2014 It takes a 7mm wrench (or vice grips, pliers, etc. if you do not mind scratching them). There is a flat portion near the top of the feelers and they just unscrew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qjohnson Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Sweet thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member howworkclutch Posted September 2, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted September 2, 2014 Take the feelers off. They will not allow you to get to the edge of the tire. I just dragged my right peg at the trck and the edge of the tire still isn't over worked.That was the first thing I did to my bike but not for this reason. The feelers were getting in the way of where I want to put my legs at a stop. I saw a review in which the reviewer kept complaining about how the pegs were where he wanted to put his feet. It drove me mad. I want to shake the guy vigorously and tell him "THE PEGS FOLD BACK WITH THE TINIEST PRESSURE. THEY WILL MOVE OUT OF YOUR @&$#% WAY IF YOU WOULD JUST STOP YIELDING TO THEM LIKE A WIMP!!!" Not that I need to shake you and yell or anything. I suspect you're smarter than he and probably already know the pegs fill fold right up as soon as they hit your calves. -HowWorkClutch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member hippiebikerchick Posted September 2, 2014 Author Premium Member Share Posted September 2, 2014 Yes I know the pegs fold up but that's from the front. I want to put my legs behind the pegs. It's mostly because the kevlar riding jeans I wear have a flared leg and the material was too much down there with the peg feelers. I actually have some light bruising on my shins from the skills class I took this weekend. It was a challenge! Maybe tomorrow I'll try putting my legs in front of the peg and letting them fold up a bit. Illegitimi non carborundum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotaryryan24 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I've been paying extra attention to my riding position and style lately, and have noticed that I don't push myself as hard on right hand corners as I do on the left. I drag my peg on most left hand corners but I have only touched my right peg 2 or 3 times. I also notice that I square up alot of my right hand corners. Does anyone else suffer from right turn wussification? If so what's the best way to overcome it. You do or don't Then your dead. To order a tail tidy click One-off-fabrication.myshopify.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member hippiebikerchick Posted October 8, 2014 Author Premium Member Share Posted October 8, 2014 There are many riders who feel they are better at turning one way over another, it's probably normal. Keep practicing the right turns. Illegitimi non carborundum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.