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MOKE1K · 01-04-2010, 07:58 AM

How big's the chicken strip?

pushrod · 01-04-2010, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by MOKE1K

How big's the chicken strip?

Y'know what'd be cool?

If Tomahawk made the black tire with a layer of yellow on the tread surface. As the tire wears, the black is exposed. Then, the 'chicken strip' would be the only yellow part of the tire!

What a great idea! If I must say so myself!

The_AirHawk · 01-04-2010, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by MOKE1K

How big's the chicken strip?

Well, as I just mounted-up an new one (this makes like set # 6 or 7 - I've lost count) it goes from one side to the other. With thos lil' "nipple" thingies all-over it. If you're askin' about the last one - probably a 1/4" or so each side - even trusting the tires, I don't ride all that hard on the street anymore. I have feathered these tires and "blued" them all the way to the edge before - in the N. GA mountains.

I'm tellin' you MOKE - they're just like the Dunlops you love so much: only cheaper. AND slightly heavier - I almost forgot that one. But you don't notice it so much on the bike. It's my understanding, Desser uses rubber-compound formulae licensed from Dunlop in their Tomahawks.

On the track, you could maybe complain about them in Competition - but for the trackday-junkie, these things are The Sh!t. It was a TD-junkie that first turned me on to these things, when I was lookin' for a cheaper commuter tire.

They're better'n the Shinkos for traction - which aren't "bad".

Desser labels what the original carcass was on each tire - usually they're 207 or 208 rears. I've seen a few Bridgestones lately, I can't recall what this last one was, I tossed the label.

MOKE1K · 01-04-2010, 08:48 AM

Well next time I get a chance I will try them, for you. Guess Iam very close minded when it comes to my tires. Maybe its time to revamp it a bit. Thanks Airhawk.

The_AirHawk · 01-04-2010, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by pushrod

Y'know what'd be cool?

If Tomahawk made the black tire with a layer of yellow on the tread surface. As the tire wears, the black is exposed. Then, the 'chicken strip' would be the only yellow part of the tire!

What a great idea! If I must say so myself!

That'd be bichin'! Of course, then Black and Decker would have a sudden run on Belt-Sanders.................

The_AirHawk · 01-04-2010, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by MOKE1K

Well next time I get a chance I will try them, for you. Guess Iam very close minded when it comes to my tires. Maybe its time to revamp it a bit. Thanks Airhawk.

Don't try 'em for me - if you don't like the idea of running them: don't. I just want to reassure you that if you decide to mount one up, you're not gonna die a horrible, flaming death. Well, at least you're no more likely to die a horrible, flaming death than with any OTHER brand of tire.

If you ARE a TD-junkie, you might check out their race-compounds: I've only used the "Sport" compound, but have had really good experiences with it. I can see how the race-compound really saves a guy some serious coin: some race compound tires I've seen going upward of $350+ ea.

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Oh yeah: Although I endorse their Sport-compound "black" tires - I have no experience with the "coloured" tires. I've known a few people that have had less-than-stellar results from the coloured tires. My own opinion is that carbon-black and silica are a couple of the additives that make rubber "sticky" - you remove (or seriously cut back) those two items; you risk loss of traction right when you most need it - at the "limit". I wouldn't mount the coloured tires up if Desser gave me a set of them.

MOKE1K · 01-04-2010, 09:32 AM

I figured the non colored tires would have the same performance, just don't know if I could sway over in that direction, well see maybe someday.

Kenneth_Moore · 01-04-2010, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by pushrod

Then, the 'chicken strip' would be the only yellow part of the tire!

Sort of a "honey-mustard" sauce for your chicken-strips? Contact Klazy Ken, he's seeking inventors who need capital for their new ideas.

01-04-2010, 07:58 AM	#31
MOKE1K Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalapana, Big Island Posts: 3,956	Primarily Dunlops,... right How big's the chicken strip? __________________ "YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell

01-04-2010, 08:48 AM	#34
MOKE1K Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalapana, Big Island Posts: 3,956	Well next time I get a chance I will try them, for you. Guess Iam very close minded when it comes to my tires. Maybe its time to revamp it a bit. Thanks Airhawk. __________________ "YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell

01-04-2010, 09:32 AM	#37
MOKE1K Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalapana, Big Island Posts: 3,956	I figured the non colored tires would have the same performance, just don't know if I could sway over in that direction, well see maybe someday. __________________ "YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell

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