Cunning Stunts - How do they do it?

[XP@]

also have a lot of addtional ironwear attached to their bikes...

steering damper, BFO engine bars and a "12 bar" as a minimum

The 12 bar is for the 12'oclock wheely not advised to try them without one, cos your bike will end up riding you.

More info check out here... (some way out vids and nasty pics as well as a few how to's)
http://www.stuntlife.com/

[Waylander]

And every year tons of dickheads shoot themselves or other people trying to emulate them...

Much the same with these nutjobs...

[White trash]

steering damper, BFO engine bars and a "12 bar" as a minimum

The 12 bar is for the 12'oclock wheely not advised to try them without one, cos your bike will end up riding you.

Sometimes the 12 bar aint worth shit.

[Sensei]

Arh yes must weld up Sub frame before doing 12's Saves alot of headache

[MD]

What are the secrets to these Cunning Stunts?

Borrowing a shop demo bike to learn on. That reminds me, WT was that a demonstrator GSX1000 k5 in the shop?????

[DEATH_INC.]

I dunno.....why would I?

[justsomeguy]

Cop accidentally shoots man while on loo

An off-duty policeman's gun went off twice as he pulled down his pants to use the toilet, injuring a man.

Officer Craig Clancy was attending a car auction in San Antonio when nature called.

As he undid his trousers, the gun fell from its holster.

Officer Clancy tried to catch it, but accidentally fired two bullets when his finger grabbed the trigger by mistake.

Police spokesman Gabe Trevino told KSAT news: "As Clancy tried to stop the gun from hitting the ground, his finger entered the trigger guard, which cause the weapon to go off twice.

"The first bullet went through the wall of the cubicle and through the pants of a man, grazing his leg."

The injured man, who was washing his hands at the time, was taken to hospital.

The Texan police department for internal affairs is investigating the incident.

Don't they have safety switches on their guns??

[cunningstunt1]

The secret to stand up wheelies, is to get your body as close to the tank as you can when up. This stops you from accerating. Once you get that sorted, alter your centre of balance on the foot pegs. push your heels down to slow the bike down, or push toes down to speed the bike up. You want to try and keep the revs steady, and all your steering is done with you knees. They are easier than sit downs to do, and look heaps better. I think it makes it alot smoother if you don't clutch it up. I get a bike into its optimum rev range, then chop off the throttle and push down on the handle bars. As the suspension is on it's way back up, give it full throttle and slide your body along the tank and stand up. You want to try and avoid pulling back, because that can cause speed wobbles. Doing it this way,(bouncing it up)saves your engine components from a raping, and alows you to wheelie bikes with less horse power, at faster speeds.

[cunningstunt1]

Hope i aren't sounding like know all, but this is how you master your stoppies. Firstly, travel at a speed you would feel comfortable having the back wheel lift off the ground. Then travel at , say, 30kmph faster than this. Chop off the throttle and pull in the clutch. Then gently squeeze on the front brake to load the suspension up. Now, when you get down to Your safe speed, stab the front brake and release it slightly,whilst pushing forward with your pelvis into the tank. Your back wheel will come up sweet! All you have to do now, is practise this part over and over. Once thats sorted, try and feather the brake after releasing it.ie: pull it on to make the back wheel go higher, and release it a tad to lower it. The main thing with stoppies, is to look ahead as far as possible. If you look down, the bike will try and rotate around the point on the road you are staring at. To go far,go faster! and you have to get the back wheel up as high as possible,as quickly as possible,and look further ahead.It also makes it thrice as easy to keep straight if you crank the steering dampner up. My stunt team partner, Jason, was rolling 300footers on saturday,practising at meremere.He should really be writing this,but I thought I'd try and help out where I could. Have fun!!!

[XP@]

Hope i aren't sounding like know all, but this is how you master your stoppies. Firstly, travel at a speed you would feel comfortable having the back wheel lift off the ground. Then travel at , say, 30kmph faster than this. Chop off the throttle and pull in the clutch. Then gently squeeze on the front brake to load the suspension up. Now, when you get down to Your safe speed, stab the front brake and release it slightly,whilst pushing forward with your pelvis into the tank. Your back wheel will come up sweet! All you have to do now, is practise this part over and over. Once thats sorted, try and feather the brake after releasing it.ie: pull it on to make the back wheel go higher, and release it a tad to lower it. The main thing with stoppies, is to look ahead as far as possible. If you look down, the bike will try and rotate around the point on the road you are staring at. To go far,go faster! and you have to get the back wheel up as high as possible,as quickly as possible,and look further ahead.It also makes it thrice as easy to keep straight if you crank the steering dampner up. My stunt team partner, Jason, was rolling 300footers on saturday,practising at meremere.He should really be writing this,but I thought I'd try and help out where I could. Have fun!!!

Hmm... I tried this way and found my front end rapidly.
Best results were when I fully warmed up the tires (really important)
Then used the rear brake a tad, when I was coming off the rear brake, pulled the front. then i managed a stoppie, but not a big one

[texmo]

Scooters suck for pulling wheelies not enought power autos are ok though....

[sAsLEX]

Don't they have safety switches on their guns??

A lot dont, especially front line pistols, the ones we use in the navy dont, only require a harder squeeze to get the first round out and then easier from then. That said onyl pulling the trigger will set it off, so you can drop them them play soccer with them loaded and cocked, just dont pull the trigger(not suggesting to do this)

[hondacmx450]

gohst rider dose cool wheelys i am getting there just not on the road i use my mates dive way its long and no bends stand up for me im still lol at my self it must look so funny but i will get there thanx for the in fo

[Sniper]

Chop off the throttle and pull in the clutch. Then gently squeeze on the front brake to load the suspension up. Now, when you get down to Your safe speed, stab the front brake and release it slightly,whilst pushing forward with your pelvis into the tank.Have fun!!!

Sounds like an interesting way to masturbate (Or think of it? )

[Wolf]

A lot dont, especially front line pistols, the ones we use in the navy dont, only require a harder squeeze to get the first round out and then easier from then. That said onyl pulling the trigger will set it off, so you can drop them them play soccer with them loaded and cocked, just dont pull the trigger(not suggesting to do this)

The fact that he could fire it so easily seems to suggest it was already in a "cocked" state. Double-Action revolvers have a bitch of a trigger pull, as is the first pull on these new semi-autos that don't use a conventional safety lever DA revolvers and initial shot also tend to have longer travel in the trigger (subsequent shots on the new semis is a short pull). As it fired just from him accidentally touching the trigger, it suggests a light pull and short travel, suggesting that the firearm was cocked. If it were a modern semi of the type sAsLEX suggests, there would be a decocking lever. which should have been used to render the weapon "safe" after loading or firing. If it was an older weapon, the officer was carrying it with the safety off. Another possibility was that the firearm was in some way mechanically unsafe.

Whatever the cause - the officer was breaching safety procedures. There is no reason that any well-maintained modern firearm, being carried properly, should be able to accidentally discharge with that much ease. I've fired enough weapons to know that an uncocked double-action weapon takes a hard, sustained pull to fire and would be near impossible to achieve accidentally.