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knight rider
15th November 2006, 00:28
any help? I can sometimes do little ones under hard accelaration but I wana do a big one. I was thinking of clutching it a bit but my rev counter doesnt work so don't wana over rev it & go backwards.

any ideas anyone?

jrandom
15th November 2006, 00:53
No idea, but a GSXR1100 sounds like the perfect bike to learn to wheelie on. I'm sure you'll do fine, and it won't be at all expensive.

Disco Dan
15th November 2006, 00:55
get your mate to try it.. tell him to rev like smeg and drop the clutch... :yes:

will prob go straight over backwards, but at least you wont get hurt! :gob:


...find someone on here that can and get them to show you!

mines too heavy and puny to do that!!

Kflasher
15th November 2006, 06:11
Try rigging up a side stand switch with aluminium rod from your number plate or similar, this will cut the engine out at your desired height prior to flipping. You can set it at low height to start with and once you are use to the way your bike pulls up you can adjust it to suit. I tried it out on a small capacity bike and worked to a certain extent I still ended up with gravel rash on top of the tank, but always hover the foot on the rear brake…good luck.

riffer
15th November 2006, 07:22
Should be pretty easy on an 1100. Here's how it's done on my RF (similar motor)

Get up to about 70km/hr in first.

Close the throttle. The front will come down. Open the throttle wide just before it gets to the bottom of the suspension.

The front will come up fast at first and then seem to float - be careful here - change up quickly into second or you'll loop the bike.

As for keeping it there I'll defer to those with much better control than me. I can't hold the front up for that long.

kiwifruit
15th November 2006, 07:32
have you wheelied anything else or is the 1100 the first bike you have attempted on?
be careful, its a big bike!
theres a good write up on DMNTD's home page:
http://sucking-bugs.blogspot.com/

theres alot of info out there:
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=wheelies+101&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

take it easy, dont try too much too soon

kickingzebra
15th November 2006, 07:38
mines too heavy and puny to do that!!

rubbish, i fell of the back of mine when it came up far more readily than I would have thought... they wheely alraight, in fact better than 250 cc inline 4s. give it heaps, body posistion is perhaps more important than most other things.

knight rider
15th November 2006, 10:03
it's hard to get it up by just acelarting. because the rev counter doesnt work I don't know how hard i'm reving it. usually ride to 80km in first & 120km in 2nd. I can feel the bike strting to come off the ground when I accelarate hard but it's only a little wheelie. I wana do big ones :( will have to try clutching it I think

MSTRS
15th November 2006, 10:06
it's hard to get it up by just acelarting. because the rev counter doesnt work I don't know how hard i'm reving it. usually ride to 80km in first & 120km in 2nd. I can feel the bike strting to come off the ground when I accelarate hard but it's only a little wheelie. I wana do big ones :( will have to try clutching it I think

It's in the technique. With 140+ HP, you won't need to 'clutch it'

kiwifruit
15th November 2006, 10:07
it's hard to get it up by just acelarting. because the rev counter doesnt work I don't know how hard i'm reving it. usually ride to 80km in first & 120km in 2nd. I can feel the bike strting to come off the ground when I accelarate hard but it's only a little wheelie. I wana do big ones :( will have to try clutching it I think

bad idea (IMHO)

no offense intended but i think its a good idea to get to know the bike before trying to mono it.....
you shouldn't need the rev counter, once you get used to the beast you'll know where its torque is strongest just from the feel / sound etc.

knight rider
15th November 2006, 10:07
have you wheelied anything else or is the 1100 the first bike you have attempted on?
be careful, its a big bike!
theres a good write up on DMNTD's home page:
http://sucking-bugs.blogspot.com/

theres alot of info out there:
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=wheelies+101&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

take it easy, dont try too much too soon

I use to clutch my ols cbr250rr that went up very nicely. I thought the power from the gsxr would be enough to bring up the front but it wasn't enough

kiwifruit
15th November 2006, 10:08
140+ HP

LOL?! :lol: :wait:

knight rider
15th November 2006, 10:10
no comment............. :)

ManDownUnder
15th November 2006, 10:13
As for keeping it there I'll defer to those with much better control than me. I can't hold the front up for that long.

Mate - holding the front of an RF up...?

There'd be enough of a challenge getting the bloody thing back on the ground without denting the tarmac

Toaster
15th November 2006, 10:24
I can get it up no worries.....

as for wheelies..... I found giving it some decent revs at low speed, give it a pull and hope ya dont get flattened (or caught).

I'd never condone doing wheelies tho. The cost can easily outweigh the benefit if it all goes wrong. I agree that getting the feel of the bike is lots of experience and time on the bike is the key to learning new tricks..... something I should be doing myself.

MSTRS
15th November 2006, 10:25
LOL?! :lol: :wait:

Wotchoo on about, Willis?

kiwifruit
15th November 2006, 10:26
Wotchoo on about, Willis?

nothing :whistle: :dodge:

MSTRS
15th November 2006, 10:26
nothing :whistle: :dodge:

Back under your rock, troll!!

kiwifruit
15th November 2006, 10:36
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Disco Dan
15th November 2006, 10:46
rubbish, i fell of the back of mine when it came up far more readily than I would have thought... they wheely alraight, in fact better than 250 cc inline 4s. give it heaps, body posistion is perhaps more important than most other things.

will give it a go.. :Punk:

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cant help myself though... so you still having trouble getting it up??

:dodge: :dodge: :dodge:

-df-
15th November 2006, 11:06
I'm just startign to do wheelies myself (suck big time at them). Not that I know what I'm talking about but this is what I've been doing.

speed:25-30km/h
clutch it in, give it a couple thou revs and dump it...she prob wont lift, so try again with a little more power....lift a little...again with a little more...etc etc until it finally comes up, once it starts falling back down give it a little more gas and it will come up again (but not to much)

I finally got a 5 sec wheelie the other day....woohooo (yeah yeah, its good for me though!!)

Does that sound right or have I been doing it all wrong as well????

Wenier
15th November 2006, 11:23
Clutching in first, arghhhhh!

Hey man, easy ways to start off.

1) using first gear accelerate hard from stopped to about 20-30km/h then go fully off the throttle and then fully open the throttle again. What this does is lifts the front under the initial acceleration then makes it compress quite hard when closing the throttle and then bounces it back up on the full throttle.

if ya do it right itll come up no problem at all, youll have to control how far up with the throttle and best to practice it and get use to the feeling at first, the wheelie will carry through to the end of first gear if you chose it to.

2) Once ya reasonably confident with that you can start on the second gear ones, either change into 2nd from first while in a wheelie, or start it in second.

To do this youll have to lean what the bike will pull up from, but quite simple. While going somewhere round 80-100k (sound be right amount of revs) then roll onto full throttle and at the same time as hitting full throttle do a half clutch as quick as ya can. (Really hard to explain) If done right itll pull up no problem at all and back to the throttle control and to the end of that gear.

If done right in 2nd this should be the outcome,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/Wenier/Wheelie%20Days/05-11-06/Wenier.jpg
This is what the 600 can do, ya 1100 shouldnt be far off.

special_jimmy
15th November 2006, 11:39
I thought the power from the gsxr would be enough to bring up the front but it wasn't enough

It is, trust me.
Try sitting a little further back on the seat with relaxed arms on the grips then simply open her up in first gear. If your not leaning forward the front will come up no worries.

megageoff76
15th November 2006, 14:00
You could always try dropping one tooth off the front sprocket. Im sure that would make it abit more lively in the first few gears...

Nonbeliever
15th November 2006, 15:41
[QUOTE=-df-;825098]
clutch it in, give it a couple thou revs and dump it...QUOTE]

slip it, don't "clutch in and dump" it

The_Dover
15th November 2006, 15:47
just fuckin whack it open.

she'll come up.

Maha
15th November 2006, 15:57
just fuckin whack it open.

she'll come up.
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Tried that last night Ben, and i must say....the sensation was 'intense' to say the least....:blip:
Ya not still on about the wheelie thing are you?.....:shit:

White trash
16th November 2006, 07:35
Get her up to around 40-50 kays in first, quick dip of the clutch as you wind it on and it'll rise nice and smooth. More throttle = more elevation.

And RFs will wheelie just fine and dandy boys. ;)

The_Dover
16th November 2006, 07:40
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Tried that last night Ben, and i must say....the sensation was 'intense' to say the least....:blip:
Ya not still on about the wheelie thing are you?.....:shit:

what the fuck would I know about wheelies?

pervert
16th November 2006, 07:47
You could always try dropping one tooth off the front sprocket. Im sure that would make it abit more lively in the first few gears...


Hahahaha man you would be getting ripped on in a stunting forum about now...:yes:

megageoff76
16th November 2006, 15:55
Like, who cares mate. The guy just wanted some help getting the front up...i'd hardly call that a proper stunt.

Do that standing on the seat or sitting on the tank and then youd be talking.