Metzeler's Chicken-Strip-o-Meter: How Man Are You?

[Kermit]

Metzeler's M5 Sportec Chicken-Strip-o-Meter: How Man Are You?

By Basem Wasef,



Remember that time you said you were dragging elbows at track day, but the chicken strips on your tires said otherwise?

Metzeler's M5 Sportec tires may boast high silica mixtures and multi-tension steel belts, but the feature sure to get tongues wagging is the hash-marked sidewall, complete with pictograms of varying lean angles (and unspoken insinuations about your willingess-- or lack thereof-- to pitch your bike sideways.)

Do these tires make you want to buy a set just to show off your cornering prowess, or would you rather keep your lean angles vague and undocumented?

http://motorcycles.about.com/b/2010/03/ ... re-you.htm

[Disco]

What number are you Blackster? .....Will take a pick of my metzlers and post tomorrow

[Wattie]

I checked phils M5's at PI.
They didn't have any markings. :-/

[Kermit]

What number are you Blackster? .....Will take a pick of my metzlers and post tomorrow

Still on the OEM BT016s, using m5 scale I'm a little embarrassed to admit I sit on the middle nodule where the elephant is depicted.

I dont have the confidence to push that tyre further, hitting the bank sensor for the first time wasn't exactly a happy moment.

The M5's will be my next tyre, perhaps overkill for my riding style at this point. So far the best i've found locally for a pair fitted is $490 for the 6.

[Wattie]

Bank sensor?

[robracer]

using m5 scale I'm a little embarrased to admit I sit on the middle nodule where the elephant is depicted.

Is that like the elephants bum

[robracer]

Hero Knob? or bank sensor

[Kermit]

Bank angle bolts on the footpegs.

OEM kwaka parts refer to them as "bank angle sensors".

[robracer]

Hero knobs... take em off & grind yer boot

[Gosling1]

those markings are so much cooler than the poxxy 'angel' and 'devil' bullshit on the Pirellis !

if you have no elephant and don't do track days well you must be hung like this bloke

[robracer]

Is that Rons new partner

[Kermit]

Hero knobs... take em off & grind yer boot

Heh, Firey told me the exact same thing!

[Wattie]

Hero knobs... take em off & grind yer boot

Don't grind your boots.
Slide your foot back!
Then your boots last you for like 1o years

[robracer]

That's what the boot sliders are for? feet are always back anyway wattie but they still get a workout

[Gosling1]

.....Is that Rons new partner .....

Its Ron in a monkey suit - a monkey suit that comes with realistic goolies. The rest - is all Ron