Chicken strips on the front wheel

Chicken strips on the rear wheel

A chicken strip is a sometimes derogatory term used to describe the width of unused tread on the edges of motorcycle tires, typically a sport bike. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (724x904, 88 KB) Chicken strips on the front tyre of a FXR150 mototcycle. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (724x904, 88 KB) Chicken strips on the front tyre of a FXR150 mototcycle. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 3888 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 3888 pixel, file size: 2. ... A variety of parked motorcycles A motorcycle or motorbike is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle powered by an engine. ... Tires may refer to: the plural of tire the Italian name for Tiers, Italy, a town in South Tyrol, Italy Category: ...

A turning motorcycle must lean into the turn. The faster it is going or the sharper the turn, the farther the motorcycle must lean over. For a formula relating speed, turn radius, and lean angle, see Bicycle and motorcycle physics. As the motorcycle leans, the tires' contact patches move farther to the side causing wear. The chicken strip is the amount of unworn tread caused by a motorcyclist being considered too chicken to go faster through a turn and thereby lean the motorcycle farther over. Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics is the science of how bicycles and motorcycles balance, steer, and brake. ... Contact patch is the name applied to the area of a vehicles tire that is in contact with the road surface. ...

This is frequently used as a derogatory term deriving from the term chicken. Hence, chicken strips mark an inexperienced motorcyclist who is afraid to lean a motorcycle far enough to wear the edges of the tire. It should be noted however that due to the handling capabilities of many modern motorcycles, and the vagaries of road condition, it is not advisable to exploit outer handling limits on public roads. On a closed race circuit, however, a rider is expected to use the edges of the tires on turns in order to stay competitive. A word or phrase is pejorative or derogatory (sometimes misspelled perjorative) if it expresses contempt or disapproval; dyslogistic (noun: dyslogism) is used synonymously (antonyms: meliorative, eulogistic, noun eulogism). ...