First motorcycle To power wheelie.

[The Pastor]

What was the first bike that could power wheelie straight from factory?


Rm.

[Maha]

Mine dork......but now i just look after and would never treat it like that ever again....:nono:

[The Pastor]

Mine dork......but now i just look after and would never treat it like that ever again....:nono:

what year is your bike?

[Maha]

what year is your bike?


01'....thats 1901......:yes:

[The Pastor]

I think I need to con-fi-skate your bike becuase uh..... its the wrong color for you.

[MSTRS]

What was the first bike that could power wheelie straight from factory?


Rm.

I'm sure that's not right - there were some before the RM came out:shifty:

[The Pastor]

Can we plz keep this on topic.

[Big Dave]

Overalll - I don't know - The first road bike that I rode that could power stand easily was a Mach III Kawasaki 500. Scary, flip it, easy.

[The Pastor]

Overalll - I don't know - The first road bike that I rode that could power stand easily was a Mach III Kawasaki 500. Scary, flip it, easy.

was that a power wheelie or clutch?

[Edbear]

Can we plz keep this on topic.




:gob: This is KB!:third:

[Edbear]

PS. It wasn't the B31 BSA...:zzzz:

[Pex Adams]

It was this!!!60923

[Toaster]

Mine dork......but now i just look after and would never treat it like that ever again....:nono:

Hehehehe (evil snigger)

[Mr Merde]

was that a power wheelie or clutch?

They could do it on power as could the 750 (one scary bike).

[The Pastor]

*wants* why didnt they continue making power wheelie bikes.

[Horney1]

was that a power wheelie or clutch?

Now that I've re-found this thread (& scoffed down some lunch) - and the question has been answered. (Yes, power)

I don't know if any of the earlier decent classics were capable?? The Vincent? The Suzuki T500 Titan was around at the same time as the mach III and there were some Suzuki and Yamaha 2-stroke dirt bikes around at that time that were probably capable of powerstands to.

You might be interested in these links I found while I was doing a bit of a search... (no ref's to wheelstands but still interesting).

http://www.suzukicycles.org/1960-1969/1969a.shtml

http://www.yamaha-motor-europe.com/corporate/museum/museum_1955_1969.jsp

[merv]

All the old two strokes from the late 60's and 70's could like T350s, R5s, RD350s as well as the Kwaka triples, and if you're not just talking road bikes most trail bikes and trials bikes could so what are you asking really?

[Scouse]

*wants* why didnt they continue making power wheelie bikes.They still do Idiot, to name just one my Speed Triple but there is plenty more out there even within your measley buget

[The Pastor]

They still do Idiot, to name just one my Speed Triple but there is plenty more out there even within your measley buget

I was refering to my gpz1000.........

[kiwifruit]

the newer zx10r will wheelie if you hold your mouth right, apparently....

[The Pastor]

All the old two strokes from the late 60's and 70's could like T350s, R5s, RD350s as well as the Kwaka triples, and if you're not just talking road bikes most trail bikes and trials bikes could so what are you asking really?

dirtbikes don't count lol.

Can the 2 stroke 250's power wheelie? like the tzr nsr rs k1 etc.

[merv]

dirtbikes don't count lol.

Can the 2 stroke 250's power wheelie? like the tzr nsr rs k1 etc.

Should be able to coz the old ones did.

If you have a GPZ1000 it should be able to.

[more_fasterer]

RGV250's certainly do

[The Pastor]

Should be able to coz the old ones did.

If you have a GPZ1000 it should be able to.

no it doesnt? I have to use the clutch and even then only does it in 1st gear?

[kiwifruit]

no it doesnt? I have to use the clutch and even then only does it in 1st gear?

you aren't holding your mouth right

[merv]

Is it running on all cylinders?

[The Pastor]

yeah, it is 260kg remeber....... about 90ish bhp....

[Big Dave]

was that a power wheelie or clutch?


Roll it on - Hit the powerband and up she came - in 3rd.

[The Pastor]

sighs, why didnt they make my bike awesome surely wheelies should be the most important desgin feature of ANY bike...........

[MSTRS]

The Suzuki T500 Titan

Mine wouldn't...perhaps the first generation did circa 1969. Mine weighed about 190kg with about 54hp = no show

[Big Dave]

*wants* why didnt they continue making power wheelie bikes.


My buell does - easy. All the litre superbikes do. All the 600's I've ridden do too.

[The Pastor]

My buell does - easy. All the litre superbikes do. All the 600's I've ridden do too.

as I've said i was refering to my gpz1000.

[FruitLooPs]

Well my '87 gixxer750 hasn't popped up on me and by all accounts im sure it should, but i'm pretty sure its the mouth thing. :crazy:

that said I haven't exactly tried but it might've once on me after full throttle coming out of a corner, only a lil wee one though. Probably technique, since i'm not trying to do it.


I asked the same question on the gixxer forum, I thought it would have more umph tbh (spesh coming off an RG150 to one). :sherlock: Guess the power delivery is just way more smooth.

[Motu]

Bikes could pull the front wheel up under power in days of yore,it just wasn't considered to be the be all and end all of performance....it's just what bikes did.....still how I think.I remember once riding my brothers 650 Triumph chop,rigid frame,cast iron cyl head etc - I pulled out to pass a car in 2nd gear and the front wheel hauled into the air,a bit too high for comfort...so I short shifted into 3rd and it still kept coming up.That was in 1972,and it wasn't a stock bike.

All the Japanese dirt bikes from the late '60's on could wheel stand from a rolled on throttle....on the street.I don't see why that's not considered the real deal....everyone was riding these things on the road,it's how people learned how to wheel stand.That Rickman Metisse in my avatar used to lift the front wheel coming out of corners,with a standard Triumph engine.I've always seen a power wheel stand as something to avoid....it slows me down.

[Mr. Peanut]

dirtbikes don't count lol.

Can the 2 stroke 250's power wheelie? like the tzr nsr rs k1 etc.

Front rips up in first, and comes up in second with a tug.

[Horney1]

[QUOTE=Motu;1051670] .... I pulled out to pass a car in 2nd gear and the front wheel hauled into the air,a bit too high for comfort...so I short shifted into 3rd and it still kept coming up.That was in 1972,and it wasn't a stock bike.....QUOTE]

Yep, same, did one on a pass car, flip flop to. The old Bold'or stood up fast and unexpectedly. It wasn't standard either ;) ... got the ticker going a bit quicker for a moment!

My old Gpz1100 would do it and I helped run in a new Gpz1000 for the track when they first came out back in ?86. I got the distinct impression after it had a 1000 or two k's on the clock that it would be happy to lift when I experienced the front getting light under some hardish acceleration (and it giving a bit of a headshake over a rough spot).

[pritch]

Hard to know exactly where to approach this from. Maybe Rem Fowler did a wheelstand somewhere on the way to his IoM win? I wasn't there.

It's not just about weight, power (and/or torque), wheelbase has a major effect too. Check the wheelbase of your bike against bikes of like power, and if bikes with similar stats can wheelstand it may be there's a software problem? :shutup:

[Edbear]

Mine wouldn't...perhaps the first generation did circa 1969. Mine weighed about 190kg with about 54hp = no show


Mine was a '73 model and I didn't even try...

[rok-the-boat]

My first power whelie machine was my ole RD400. Most big bikes back then would not do it, not even GSX11s or GPZ900s, just the two strokes. The first big bike to really do it with ease was the CBR900 (others would, but you had to 'force' them a little). Just my 2c.

[skidMark]

the newer zx10r will wheelie if you hold your mouth right, apparently....



i can vouch for that.......:shit: