Show us your chicken strips!

Have you taken the stabilisers off yet? Just wondering :wink:

 

Yep some work to do on them. Seriously the k3 s are quite a soft tyre and stick to warm dry Tarmac quite well. Mine only made 1800 miles before the centre of the tyre was missing any tread. Found I've got on better with the Michelin Pilot Road 3s
Still have about 12mm strips though, but I'm not a racer and does it even matter?

 

Getting your knee down, hanging off the bike like a monkey & going to the very edge of your tyre doesnt necessarily make you a quicker rider.
Just as long as you are happy with your riding ability, make good progress, have confidence & ride safely then who gives a toss what others think. Thats my opinion anyway... Just saying :smile:

 

i could post a pic of the scraps on the exhaust pipes :biggrin: ,can't get it over that much ,the hearts there but the bike won't let ya :upyeah:

 

Well mine are working really well - excellent safety device! :biggrin:

 

These tyres fantastic in the wet BTW

 

Are you running a 190/50 or 190/55?

 

The 55s tend to be a more rounded profile - tips in easier but harder to get to the edge. I'm still riding like a wuss after a recent scare but the front strips are quite a bit smaller than the back. I'll get there! :smile:

 

Riding a bit enthusiastically with the shot tyres that were on when I bought the bike!

 

190/55 I think with the Michelin, and they have never felt like they would let go. The rear is as far to the edge as I ever had on my Ducati Multistrada 1200 and I had the footpegs decking down on that. Guess the Speed Triple has more ground clearance as have not touched down as yet.....maybe never will :redface:

 

Sorry mate, really don't know the answer but to be fair us mortals would probably not really notice the difference.

 

It will probably change things a bit but the 50 to 55 is only a small change.

The 55 number relates to the height of the sidewall in percentage so for a 190 50 the 50 is 50% the height of 190 width. So in this instance 95mm height. The 55 tyre would be 104mm in height a difference of only 9.5mm.

Think of the difference in new tyres to worn out tyres you probably have 4 or 5 mm wear there so there will always be some variance.

To test the speedo if you did change tyres you could always hook up a satnav and see how its speed compares to the speedo on the bike. The satnav should be the most accurate as it measures by working out speed by using the speed = distance over time. Then if its out you can change the variance on tuneecu to tweak the speedo back in line.

 

You idiot - they're obviously 'chicken selects', not 'chicken strips'. Jeez, what a doofus!

 

Sorry guys I dont have any chicken strips so pointless taking a pic

 

At last, we have somebody that actually gets their moneys worth out of their tyres