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Originally Posted by ceo012384
Agreed.
In general, on a sportbike, the front tire chicken strip is often a decent indicator of how far you're pushing. The rear strip is gone long before you are close to the limits.
You'll usually only see a front chicken strip completely gone on a track bike.
It doesn't mean your bike is set up incorrectly like you mention in your initial post though...
The edge profile of the front tire is usually a lot steeper than the rear because it's narrower and needs to be pinched together to fit on the narrow front rim... therefore it requires more lean angle to remove the front strip.
After being on the track my front tires still often have about 5mm of unused tire. I'm slow, though...
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most the guys i ride with use ALL of the front on the street, and most on race tires...but i ride the same pace ? but i'm not too concerned with it, was really just wanting to make sure i wasnt bottoming the forks out
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