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The result was delete. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:47, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chicken strips (motorcycle tires)[edit]

WP:NOTDICT. Unsourced neologism. It is very hard to find any use of this term, even in an article about motorcycling, that isn't about food. It is fundamentally meaningless and silly, which is why no motorcycle mechanics nor riding technique books mention it. The best claim to notability might be its humor value as some nonsense lore, but not enough writers find it funny enough to give us something to cite. I only found one. Dbratland (talk) 16:46, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To be fair, I found a few other references, with some digging:

"How London bikers measure up ; ES WHEELS; [W_04 Edition ]", Evening Standard. London (UK), p. 5, May 3, 2002, The harder you lean into corners, the more of the tyre you use. This means that a biker who rides hard will have an evenly-worn tyre. A biker who rides gently will not use the outer edges of the rubber resulting in a phenomenon known as 'chicken strips'. These are very uncool and a beacon to those in the know that the rider is a novice.
Neale, Brian (Jul 29, 2001), "New Yamaha offers best of sport, touring worlds; [Chicagoland Final , CN Edition]", Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill., p. 6, At our first gas stop, I was thrilled to note that the "chicken strips," those bands of virgin rubber found on the edges of most Midwestern riders' rear tires, had been burned off the Yamaha's 17-inch Bridgestone Battalax BT-20s. In other words, I was hitting some serious (for me) lean angles.
Weber, Bob (28 January 2007), "Read, dream, fix, wax your way out of discontent; [Chicagoland Final , CN Edition]", Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill., p. 3, Is your chain due for replacement? Are your tires so worn that only the chicken strips left on the sides remain? Replace them now.
There's also this 2006 Cycle World (issue unknown) snippet, also humor: "CHICKEN STRIPS NOT SOLD HERE. I can't think of anything more thrilling than hunting squids on track day. are few and far between. ..."

I created an entry on Wiktionary for this.--Dbratland (talk) 18:33, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

NOTDICT per Dbratland; redirect to wiktionary. tedder (talk) 18:39, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 11:56, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as a dictionary definition. Tavix | Talk 17:33, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. WP:NOTADICT. Niteshift36 (talk) 14:49, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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