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Whats your FRONT tire look like?

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#1 ·
With all this back tire bragging going on... Show me your front? Just the fact that you dont have any "chicken strips" isnt enough to cut it.

I want to see shredded. Trail braking, speed scrubbing, nasty front tires that look better than some people's rear.

So, bring it on:fact
 
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KneeDragger77 said:
With all this back tire bragging going on... Show me your front? Just the fact that you dont have any "chicken strips" isnt enough to cut it.

I want to see shredded. Trail braking, speed scrubbing, nasty front tires that look better than some people's rear.

So, bring it on:fact

I'll take some piccy's of Rossi's front wheel, when I go to the Qatar MotoGP in October.....the only race circuit for bikes in the middle east, thta I'm aware of.....:(
 
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KneeDragger77 said:
With all this back tire bragging going on... Show me your front? Just the fact that you dont have any "chicken strips" isnt enough to cut it.

I want to see shredded. Trail braking, speed scrubbing, nasty front tires that look better than some people's rear.

So, bring it on:fact
I'm a wuss....:lol :lol
 

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#10 ·
I think its almost impossible to wear out the chicken stripes on the front tire on the streets. Maybe I'm a wuss heh
 
#11 ·
My front honestly sucks.
Hoping to improve the situation tomorrow - but I'm not into going over my head.. I feel the bike has reserves to go, so the front can be scrubbed too, but I'm not sure I can do it smoothly enough.

Well, we'll see.

In the meantime, my front (it improved a bit since this picture, but I'm lazy and not going to go down and take a new one) :p
 

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#14 ·
Ill post some as soon as I can get my belt sander working again you bastards, ill show you all!!!
 
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Re: Re: Re: Whats your FRONT tire look like?

KneeDragger77 said:
cool, how did you get that yellow line on there? I want one:rock
Honestly KneeDragger77, you realise that you are now causing chaos within the R1 FRATERNITY. Every guy and his dog, is now trying to emulate some god forsaken knee dragger of yesteryear...LMAO.


Cheer Warp :finger
 
#18 ·
After the Gap trip mine was looking 'okay'....nothing like some of yours. Phil's and Eric's fronts look SICK.....dem boyz can ride:fact
 
#19 ·
Improved front.

I rode behind one of the best.. He was with his girlfriend, and was taking it relatively easy on his ZX636. I was alone and I rode my a$$ off to try and keep up with him, but almost lost his sight after 50 turns. When exiting a turn, I was just enough to see him disappearing in the next one. :( :cryin
Finally, I caught up on him.. Because he accidentally ran out of fuel :lol :p
 

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#23 ·
Hey Kneedragger77... I think that maybe it's time for you to change your user name! Something like Fairing-dragger might be more appropriate! Very impressive pics!! How does one ever get to that level of confidence???

I did 200 miles yesterday, ended up in the canyons out near Malibu and thought I did a couple pretty good turns, but my chicken strips never seem to shrink!! I need to spend more time on the fine art of cornering... I think maybe a trackday will help build confidence!

:bow
 
#25 ·
GXRKLR said:
Yeah, where's your tires Phil? You come buzzing around me like I'm sitting still and you better have something to show for it.

this is going to sound like a cop-out but..

My digital crapped out on me at the forum convention. Its strange really. It will turn on, and the display will show but it only takes black pictures. Like, on the LCD screen, it will show battery life, and memory space but the screen is totally black. Weird and I've tried everything but it wont work.

Oh well, I havent ridden since the gap, so if I get it working I'll snap a shot for you all...:sneaky
 
#26 ·
I'll take a pic of my front after my Trackday at Barber saturday. Should be pretty good and shredded by then.:D