Wheelieing the FXR150 [Archive]

jrandom

25th July 2003, 14:24

Wotcher, all (my first post...)

Was wondering how much success the other FXR drivers around here have had at the above.

So far, the best I've done is lofting it a foot or so on takeoff for a couple of seconds from a *very* slow roll by revving to ~10k and dumping the clutch sharpish (but then, I've just started trying...)

I get the feeling that it'd come up more if I shifted my (not inconsiderable) weight further back and gave it a heave on the bars, so I'll just keep trying in the meantime.

So, am I:

(a) an idiot for even bothering, and I should buy a proper bike; or
(b) a complete pansy who should've had it vertical ages ago?

SpankMe

25th July 2003, 14:35

Originally posted by jrandom
... the other FXR drivers around here .....

<center>:angry: <b>BIKERS DON'T DRIVE, WE RIDE!!.

Driving is for bloody cars.</b></center>

jrandom

25th July 2003, 14:39

Yes, OK, mea culpa, I won't do it again :Oops:

It *wasn't* an intentional troll, really... :p

Antallica

25th July 2003, 14:56

(a) :p

Just do stoppies mate ;) must easier.
You find that you'll only be able to make it for a few seconds, try using the pillion pegs and going back there. Might work, I would try it but I'd rather not ;)

Dave

25th July 2003, 15:07

- A, but give it a go anyway.

jrandom

25th July 2003, 15:15

[i] Just do stoppies mate ;) must easier. [/B]

Seriously, are you pulling my leg? The stock rubber on my bike is pretty shite, I can't see it doing anything except sliding the front wheel all over the place. But then I haven't really tried...

If I do manage to get the front up properly, I'll try to get a photo and post it here, just to prove a point (not sure what, but wheelieing an FXR's gotta prove *something*)

wkid_one

25th July 2003, 15:25

Originally posted by jrandom
but wheelieing an FXR's gotta prove *something*)

It does - too much time riding in a straight line

Antallica

25th July 2003, 15:26

Yeah man, it's an effort unlike those 'other' riders *eyeballs R1 owners* ;)

Just give it some weight on the front dude and you'll be sweet, they grip better then they look. You ever get on MSN eh? My mate (wrote his off got some good stop on his rather bald frontage, dunno how it got like that)

jrandom

25th July 2003, 15:30

It does - too much time riding in a straight line

So you'll be wanting a GMKD picture as well, then? :D

wkid_one

25th July 2003, 15:40

It would be interesting to see a pic tho.......have seen someone do it on a Street Magic - but they just man-handled it.  Funniest pics I see are the scooter wheelies in the bike mags!

Coldkiwi

25th July 2003, 16:39

have seen multiple couriers do stoppies (BIG ONES!)on street magics... if you get your tyres warm enough and they're not crusty you should be able to get it going.

as for wheelies... if you've got the front a ft off teh ground, do it again with a near empty tank and a heavy backpack on (or strap it to the pillion seat to get some of the weight off the front wheel... or just get someone stupid to ride pillion while you practice!!!

better advice is to do a search for wheelies and wheelstands on the site. there has been some v good advice in some links.

SPman

25th July 2003, 16:43

Originally posted by Antallica
.. it's an effort unlike those 'other' riders *eyeballs R1 owners* ;) 

Or the all those K3 riders....who shall remain nameless coz they dont do wheelies.........powerstands!..Hah!     :D  :niceone:

Dave

25th July 2003, 16:46

you don't need piss all grip for stoppies-its just weight transfer,
I can stoppy my MX bike on dirt or even my old crusty A100 on perished road tyres on the grass.
Also a pointer from the A100- If you can stand on your pillion pegs and ride,it'll wheelstand scary fast.

Marmoot

25th July 2003, 22:39

much easier to do it on CB90 or CB100 scooter.
Nearly flipped 1 once. :p

Coldkiwi

28th July 2003, 12:52

Originally posted by Dave
you don't need piss all grip for stoppies-its just weight transfer,
I can stoppy my MX bike on dirt or even my old crusty A100 on perished road tyres on the grass.
Also a pointer from the A100- If you can stand on your pillion pegs and ride,it'll wheelstand scary fast.

...so front wheel lockups on sports bikes are a product simply of over zealous braking?? I'd disagree...my tyres definitely need a bit of warming up before they'll hold on and start trying to lift the rear.

i'd also wager your MX and A100 are a fair bit taller over the front wheel than a zx-6 thats been designed with heavy braking and stoppie-prevention in mind.

Bummer about the chain though. thats pretty dissappointing

 

bluninja

28th July 2003, 14:47

CK, you should be able to pull a stoppie from walking pace on the Kwak...:D

Dave an A100?? my first bike was an A100 and I could get the front wheel up on that.....just be sitting at the back of the seat and pulling by hard....

TTFN

Dave

28th July 2003, 18:01

you and pulling hard blue? that doesn't surprise me.
No serious ck you should be able to stoppie even on cold tyres.
If the wheels locking your using too much of a grab on the brake lever than a squeeze. As you squeeze the lever,the front forks will slowly compress until the rear wheel lifts. They have high speed damping,etc. to defeat stoppies at pace, but on slow compression all you do is transfer downward weight onto the tyre.

Kawasaki_Ninja

19th July 2005, 21:28

Yeah, ive been trying to pull off some decent wheelies on mine.... not to much success. I can get some decent lifts by dropping the clutch from stop into 1st but thats about it. Ive tried to pull them off by leaning back and pulling up whilst in lower gears but no luck yet :( . My next bike is going to be a 250 ninja or gsxr-250. Hopefully enough power to do them. When i stop at the lights in town i usually pull off a wheelie by dropping the clutch but thats about all i can do on the FXR. I'dd like to learn how to do stoppies if anyone can help. There is one other option if you are game enough and have the money. I looked into getting a custom Nos kit for my fxr and there is a kit availible on www.nosnitrous.com but it supposed to be for 250's and up althought i was told it could be used on the fxr. Sorry if im boring anyone...

Indiana_Jones

26th September 2007, 22:37

Go go FXR150!

-Indy

jrandom

26th September 2007, 22:40

OMG.

2003.

Are you drinking, Indy?

Well, as most of you will know, I did get there in the end with the wheelies.

Gosh, I have been on KB for a while, haven't I?

:grouphug:

Indiana_Jones

26th September 2007, 23:02

Yea, I found this thread while looking for that pic of what's-his-name, doing a stoppie on an FXR150 lol

I liked my FXR150 :D

-Indy

jrandom

27th September 2007, 10:22

FXRs are fun.

Yes, I got there in the end.

<img src="http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1709&d=1082431556"/>

<img src="http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=596&d=1070589231"/>

kiwifruit

27th September 2007, 10:59

FXRs are fun. *shameless self promotion*

2 strokes are better

<a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i21.tinypic.com/f535mc.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>

performed on a closed private road

jrandom

27th September 2007, 11:05

2 strokes are better

... so, when getting it up, I'm stroking twice as much as you are?

Stickchick

27th September 2007, 11:26

No about the same, if I recall correctly

kiwifruit

27th September 2007, 11:28

No about the same, if I recall correctly

<a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i23.tinypic.com/96c6br.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>

Indiana_Jones

27th September 2007, 12:05

Man I got infracted for bringing this lovely thread back to life!

-Indy

jrandom

27th September 2007, 12:07

Man I got infracted for bringing this lovely thread back to life!

We appreciate your noble sacrifice, Indy.

Indiana_Jones

27th September 2007, 12:10

We appreciate your noble sacrifice, Indy.

You can thank me by giving me your 750 :lol:

-Indy

jrandom

27th September 2007, 12:13

You can thank me by giving me your 750

My bike is a slut; you're welcome to a ride once the engine work is complete and it's back in one piece.

(Assuming full licence, etc)

Indiana_Jones

27th September 2007, 12:20

That's not until Nov :(

-Indy

*caution*

28th September 2007, 14:16

Was that FXR wheelie pic in a car park along fred thomas drive?, talk about coincedence, im sure i saw that way back then!!! if thats where it was, i was at the bowling centre!

jrandom

28th September 2007, 14:18

Was that FXR wheelie pic in a car park along fred thomas drive?, talk about coincedence, im sure i saw that way back then!!! if thats where it was, i was at the bowling centre!

LOL!

Yes!

Gosh, small world eh?

That was back when I worked at Navman; we of the car navigation division spent just over a year working out of temporary offices in the Aon building.

Heh.

fireball

28th September 2007, 15:14

my 2 stroke scooter did pretty good wheelies shame i never took any pics but congrats its good to see that little piss ass fxr has a purpose!

TOTO

14th October 2008, 10:02

vifferman

14th October 2008, 10:15

Uh-oh... Thread Dredge Alert :shit:

Grub

14th October 2008, 10:32

Well they do tell us to "search the forums before posting!" ... so I guess someone did an FXR search. Well done that (viffer)man. Anyone tries to infract you, just send them to me.

vifferman

14th October 2008, 10:45

Well they do tell us to "search the forums before posting!" ... so I guess someone did an FXR search.
That's a very good point, one that should be raised every time there's a complaint about thread dredging.

In fact, if 'they' don't want threads dredged up, old stuff should be deleted.
Anyone tries to infract you, just send them to me.
Was that directed at me, or TOTO?
I've been infracted only once, and that was because I thoughtlessly posted a link to an oversized image. Anyone'd think I'd committed a hate crime or summat...
My bad. :o
I guess length of time on KB and number of posts are no guarantee of non-stupidity or knowledge of "netiquette".

Grub

14th October 2008, 10:54

Was that directed at me, or TOTO?
I've been infracted only once, ....

Well it seems that Undiana Jones earned an infraction last year for dredging up this thread. Here's the post to prove it (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showpost.php?p=1222656&postcount=27) Seems incredibly silly to me.

vtec

14th October 2008, 11:09

I can wheely an NXR125 without clutching it up. Soft suspension and light weight helps :) 12HP I think... bitching.

EJK

14th October 2008, 11:32

*Cough*...2003...*Cough*

PHATVW

14th October 2008, 13:34

lol crazy! i have a FXR too but i won't be trying any stunt riding hehe :shifty:

Indiana_Jones

13th June 2009, 02:15

FXR150's rock so hard

-Indy

sinfull

13th June 2009, 03:42

(a) :p

Just do stoppies mate ;) must easier.
You find that you'll only be able to make it for a few seconds, try using the pillion pegs and going back there. Might work, ;)Simple physics really !

Seriously, are you pulling my front up properly, I'll try to get a point (not sure what, but an FXR's gotta prove *something*)

you don't need piss all weight
I can dirt my old crusty on the grass.
Also If you can stand your pillion i'll stand fast.

OMG.

2003.

ou drink Indy

Well, as most of you will know, I did get there in the end with osh, I have been on KB for a while, haven't I?

:phug:

FXRs are fun.

Yes, I got there in the end.

>

No about the same, if I recall correctlyAwww yeah !

FXR150's rock so hard

-Indy
nice dredge !!!

SARGE

13th June 2009, 07:53

10 whatever

jono035

14th June 2009, 12:46

Not only a thread from 2003 but Jrandom's first post thread, nice :2thumbsup

Mikkel

15th June 2009, 13:35

jrandom's first post is a "How to wheelie an FXR" post - fuck me, that is hilarious :niceone:

nudemetalz

15th June 2009, 15:17

Wheelying an FXR ?
Try this from yesterday's bucket meet http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=131914&d=1244960513
Andrew does a fine job of getting it up on the back wheel.