how do you wheelie?

[Yangsta]

ok... disheartened
alright alright, save it for l8r than aye?
cheers for the advice anyway.

[onearmedbandit]

Don't be disheartened, just realise that riding a bike takes skill, something that comes with experience. Once you've got a few more km's under your belt, you'll feel more confident about riding. Then things like wheelies and stoppies will be far more exciting as you'll have the ability to control what's happening. Get out there and learn more about yourself and your bike. Every km you ride you're getting closer to where you want to be.

[DMNTD:Me]

Don't be disheartened, just realise that riding a bike takes skill, something that comes with experience. Once you've got a few more km's under your belt, you'll feel more confident about riding. Then things like wheelies and stoppies will be far more exciting as you'll have the ability to control what's happening. Get out there and learn more about yourself and your bike. Every km you ride you're getting closer to where you want to be.

I've done many km's but are still learning from others every ride
It's all good

[N4CR]

Stoppies on the other hand, the ZXR is mint for, get a good front tyre and make sure your brakes are sweet and go practice these.

I dont care what people say, i love wheelies for sure, but getting a stoppie high enough that when you let off the brakes it still coasts with the wheel up, man that feeling is one of a kind, scary as fuck but cool. But yeah if a stoppie goes wrong there is little you can do to save your bacon.

That stoppie you pulled was frickken impressive mate. I didn't know zx2r's could go that high without falling to bits or something along those lines! 'Poor fork seals'

[Yangsta]

yup yup no worries.
still love riding, just came back from one not long ago, weather so nice today.
btw.. i remember when i tried a stoppie a while ago, my nuts still hurt haha.

[shadow]

i kinda wished i had a go at stunt riding when i had the balls of a teenager and no kids to come home to. so if thats your thing i reakon go for it as there is alot lot of help and sites out there to show you ther way. probably best to get a bike set up that suitable. i kinda stuffed up as far as that goes with my bike choice but once i bin it its all on. go hard dude

[loosebruce]

That stoppie you pulled was frickken impressive mate. I didn't know zx2r's could go that high without falling to bits or something along those lines! 'Poor fork seals'

Mate it's not the fork seals you gotta worry about, more the rear shock, but i dont worry about mine cause it's already fucked, and as for other bits falling off, theres sooo many rivits, cable ties, extra bolts, metal plates, welds, on that bike, not much that hasn't already fallen off will fall off.

Yangsta like OAB said dont be gutted, just now aint the best time for that kinda carry on, seriously if you want to accelrate your learning curve, get out on the weekends with the KB'ers, you'll learn so much so fast, and once i have the TL up and running properly me and a few others are gonna go out for a stunt night and practice some shit, you can come out with us, and get some pointers on stoppies and the likes and general riding, but like i said the ZXR will be a real tough bike to learn wheelies on first up.

[HDTboy]

Like the others have said, a 250 road bike isn't the bike to do wheelies on, I've done a few, but they're highly dodgy affairs and I've done 20'000kms on my bike.

I also agree with loosebruces comments on stoppies, scary as fuck, but very addictive. just don't try doing one from 120 in the wet at night with a worn front tyre on, it tends to lock the front wheel

[froggyfrenchman]

Dont even try till you get some more kms under your belt. Failing that search for any of the twenty zillion threads on this site on the subject.

[aff-man]

as per what bruce said. wheelies on a zxr250 are hard I couldn't do anything special.

Stoppies on the other hand.....

[rudolph]

I have an 1980 Yamaha XT 550, dry sump is a bit of a must, I have fucked the fork seels and stearing head bearings and pissed everyone off in the hood.


2nd gear twist of the wrist and high ho up she comes, no clutch wack into 3rd bliping the throttle.

PS keep that rear brake coverd

[Yangsta]

Mate it's not the fork seals you gotta worry about, more the rear shock, but i dont worry about mine cause it's already fucked, and as for other bits falling off, theres sooo many rivits, cable ties, extra bolts, metal plates, welds, on that bike, not much that hasn't already fallen off will fall off.

Yangsta like OAB said dont be gutted, just now aint the best time for that kinda carry on, seriously if you want to accelrate your learning curve, get out on the weekends with the KB'ers, you'll learn so much so fast, and once i have the TL up and running properly me and a few others are gonna go out for a stunt night and practice some shit, you can come out with us, and get some pointers on stoppies and the likes and general riding, but like i said the ZXR will be a real tough bike to learn wheelies on first up.

its all cool, yea, more km's than b4 i try anything else, yea, for sure, i'll go join you guys and learn when you guys going for it.

[aff-man]

its all cool, yea, more km's than b4 i try anything else, yea, for sure, i'll go join you guys and learn when you guys going for it.

Make sure you got some decent tyres though. Cause you want them to hold no matter what you trying. Did a few stoppies on my zxr250 when the tyres were a bit worn (gone off) and they started to slide a bit. Decent rubber sorted that out and made it heaps easier to do.

[R6_kid:Me]

Stoppies on the other hand, the ZXR is mint for, get a good front tyre and make sure your brakes are sweet and go practice these.

I dont care what people say, i love wheelies for sure, but getting a stoppie high enough that when you let off the brakes it still coasts with the wheel up, man that feeling is one of a kind, scary as fuck but cool. But yeah if a stoppie goes wrong there is little you can do to save your bacon.

Listen to thise man!!! I got a ZXR for the 'power' never managed a wheelie (ok one really little one) but stoppies i could do on command!

Token one would be in town (queen st in auckland) and i came up along side a 'boy racer' just before a red light, dialed in a stoppie but had a bit too much speed on, got the rear wheel up to about 60 degrees (bout as far as you can go without dropping over the top) released the brakes, rolled about one metre and slammed it down... scary as fuck but so much fun - and it got A LOT of attention.

Only thing is that they fuck your shock and your steering head bearing, but if you are going to be a 'stunter' then you will need to get used to replacing this kinda stuff anyway

[R6_kid:Me]

yup yup no worries.
still love riding, just came back from one not long ago, weather so nice today.
btw.. i remember when i tried a stoppie a while ago, my nuts still hurt haha.

advice for technique... stand up a little (eg very little) and squeeze the tank with your knees, put the weight through your arms and over/through the handle bars...

after that its just up to how you use the brake... dont bite it too hard or it will bite back.