Brayden
24th October 2013, 15:31
Hey all ! Looking for some advice.
So about a month or two ago after reading a whole bunch of stuff online and watching a couple tutorials I felt I was ready to put my 636 to some good use..
I've had about 6 really decent practice sessions and made some good progress. Note I had never done a wheelie in my life prior to practicing..
At the start I began with doing a fast take off from standstill slipping the clutch - like I was accelerating away from the lights. Once I finished slipping the clutch I was at about 40 k's then about 1 second later I would pop the clutch and do a wheelie which I would chase out. I got some good practice from this..
After about 4 sessions of doing this with some pretty good results my mate told me I should switch it up and try wheelie without the added ease of backwards momentum from heavy acceleration. So instead I sit at 30KPH then roll on throttle for about a second then pop the clutch. This technique worked for me way better once I got the hang of it as I didnt have to come to a complete stop, reset, then try the wheelie all over again. I could just slow down back to 30kph then try again which was mint. I've also found that when I pop the clutch this way it comes up much faster. I have seen some wicked results and now can do some decent wheelies and chase them out pretty high with redline. Sometimes I shitmyself when I reach a new height then feather the throttle instead of just holding it on but the front never comes down hard I can always chase them till finish.
Although my wheelies are getting higher and higher and EVENTUALLY after HEAPS of practice I might hit BP, I dont want to do gay power wheelie chases down the motorway, I wanna be able to hold Balance Point wheelies at a slow speed.
I was thinking of just rolling at aobut 15/20 kph then holding clutch in, and then just dumping it. Giving more RPM each time and getting higher and higher, focusing on hitting bp and chasing less. I was also thinking of switching to staggered stance to try this instead of straight sitting down as I realise how high that fucking BP is sitting down, its madness watching people do it on youtube.. Standups seem a lot easier
Thoughts on this? Will post up some video at the next practice as well. A few more things:
- I was also wondering how the fuck are you meant to keep your foot over the rear brake on stand-ups when the bike moves upwards underneath you? Wouldnt your foot just tap the rear brake as the bike comes up under you?
- Some people reckon second gear wheelies at a faster speed are easier? Personally I think fuck that shit, I don't find first gear scary at all but is it better to do it like this?
- Staggered or sit downs? Now that I'm relatively comfortable with sit downs I feel I could brave the weird staggered stance?
- I just brought a -1 on the front sprocket but I read when learning it might be better to leave it stock since I'm using 1st gear? Thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
So about a month or two ago after reading a whole bunch of stuff online and watching a couple tutorials I felt I was ready to put my 636 to some good use..
I've had about 6 really decent practice sessions and made some good progress. Note I had never done a wheelie in my life prior to practicing..
At the start I began with doing a fast take off from standstill slipping the clutch - like I was accelerating away from the lights. Once I finished slipping the clutch I was at about 40 k's then about 1 second later I would pop the clutch and do a wheelie which I would chase out. I got some good practice from this..
After about 4 sessions of doing this with some pretty good results my mate told me I should switch it up and try wheelie without the added ease of backwards momentum from heavy acceleration. So instead I sit at 30KPH then roll on throttle for about a second then pop the clutch. This technique worked for me way better once I got the hang of it as I didnt have to come to a complete stop, reset, then try the wheelie all over again. I could just slow down back to 30kph then try again which was mint. I've also found that when I pop the clutch this way it comes up much faster. I have seen some wicked results and now can do some decent wheelies and chase them out pretty high with redline. Sometimes I shitmyself when I reach a new height then feather the throttle instead of just holding it on but the front never comes down hard I can always chase them till finish.
Although my wheelies are getting higher and higher and EVENTUALLY after HEAPS of practice I might hit BP, I dont want to do gay power wheelie chases down the motorway, I wanna be able to hold Balance Point wheelies at a slow speed.
I was thinking of just rolling at aobut 15/20 kph then holding clutch in, and then just dumping it. Giving more RPM each time and getting higher and higher, focusing on hitting bp and chasing less. I was also thinking of switching to staggered stance to try this instead of straight sitting down as I realise how high that fucking BP is sitting down, its madness watching people do it on youtube.. Standups seem a lot easier
Thoughts on this? Will post up some video at the next practice as well. A few more things:
- I was also wondering how the fuck are you meant to keep your foot over the rear brake on stand-ups when the bike moves upwards underneath you? Wouldnt your foot just tap the rear brake as the bike comes up under you?
- Some people reckon second gear wheelies at a faster speed are easier? Personally I think fuck that shit, I don't find first gear scary at all but is it better to do it like this?
- Staggered or sit downs? Now that I'm relatively comfortable with sit downs I feel I could brave the weird staggered stance?
- I just brought a -1 on the front sprocket but I read when learning it might be better to leave it stock since I'm using 1st gear? Thoughts?
Thanks in advance.