I agree not trusting the puiblic roads part, but that should not apply to bikes only.
As a rider you have a choice NOT to drag elbow on public roads, just like you have a choice NOT to go 160 mph on public roads.
Not having chicken strip =/= having skill. If you just wanna get rid of them so when you park your bike outside Dunken Donuts you can impress people, just go to HVCC parking lot, counter lean the vuck out of the bike and do circles. My old completely stock ex250 don’t have any after I hit the track; That doesn’t mean the bike is a capable track bike nor I can ride like Ben Spies.