how do you wheelie?

**myvice** · 24th October 2005, 20:30

Get a dirt bike and go nuts.
A little 80cc 2 stroke will have you pissing yourself laughing or put you in hospital with a couple of broken bones. Or both.
Binning your kwaker will hurt your wallet as well as your body!

**Phenoix** · 24th October 2005, 22:17

Originally Posted by myvice

Get a dirt bike and go nuts.
A little 80cc 2 stroke will have you pissing yourself laughing or put you in hospital with a couple of broken bones. Or both.
Binning your kwaker will hurt your wallet as well as your body!

I can seconded that. Fairings are so expensive (I know from my "off")
Im still a newbie and have put over 3 times that many K's on the clock.
Best is getting an off road bike to start with and grass.
Your first few will probly dump you, and grass is nice and forgiving.

**vtec** · 24th October 2005, 22:41

Here's some discussion with relevance to wheelying 250's, there's a few other discussions that have gone through this site on wheely's on 250's.

http://www.cr-x.org/cbr250/forum/top...TOPIC_ID=28460

Here's what I said on that site
"Well with regards to clutch dump wheelies, I don't do 'em. It's just not cricket letting the clutch out fast enough to pop a wheelie on the 250. However, give me a reasonable crest and I'll pop you a wheelie at 90k/hr. There's a really nice one on the Pakuranga Highway where a side road comes out in Auckland here. Used to do them in my work carpark a while back cause it was a massive crest, and I could do it at slow speeds."

**backfru** · 23rd July 2006, 13:20

People, the guy didn't post the thread for everyone to tell him he shouldn't attempt it, he asked how to do them.

**inlinefour** · 23rd July 2006, 14:00

Originally Posted by Yangsta

na, not doing them on the road, theres this big parking lot, not far. no cars either at night. so just going forward? than clutch in, rev, and clutch out again?

Learn to do them on a mx/enduro/trail bike, preferably on dirt/grass, then you might be ready to do it on your bike. You can go ahead and think about doing it, but it'll be a matter of time until you crap off and do pleanty of $$$ in damage to your bike...

**Brett** · 23rd July 2006, 14:25

Looseburce and Onearmedbandit are correct. Get some more kms under your belt so that you begin to feel how your bike works and moves as well as what is going to happen when you perform certain actions.

The ZXR stoppies mint, even a newbie can start practicing a *little* bit. (find a safe environment first). Basically as Loosebruce explained is the best way to get the back up. BIGGEST thing...dont lock the front...it can be a bitch to regain control...if it locks, release it straight away.

Wheelies, I dont agree that the ZXR is a prick of a bike to wheelie! I certainly have found it much easier than the CBR. For some reason since i played iwth my suspension, i can't get the front up and keep it there, need to get used to the set up again. So based on this, i can say that suspension settings play a huge part getting the front to lift, and stay up!
Easiest way i have found is to get up to 7-10k, open throttle and bounce the clutch with my ass hard up against the back of the seat. Extra wear on the clutch, so i wouldn't recommend doing it too often...but i have found that it is easier than launching from low speed/rpm.
I have been riding about 15,000-20,000 kms, about 1 year.

**The Pastor** · 23rd July 2006, 14:27

Yeah put simply if you cant get it up go see a doc, but if you cant wheelie, use more rpm.

**onearmedbandit** · 23rd July 2006, 14:29

Originally Posted by backfru

People, the guy didn't post the thread for everyone to tell him he shouldn't attempt it, he asked how to do them.

I think you're a little too late on the subject buddy. Also, we speak from experience. Read the whole thread properly.

**Skyryder** · 23rd July 2006, 14:49

Originally Posted by Yangsta

I'm a newb, but wheelies look so cool!!
anyone...anyone at all? tell me how? i got somewhere to practise, but someone tell me practise what??

This guy might be able to help you.

http://www.linkydinky.com/magicSHELF.shtml

You'll need a wall to practice on.

Skyryder

**Wired1** · 23rd July 2006, 15:49

I have enough trouble keeping the front wheel of my XV on the road what with all the awesome power blah blah blah - but seriously do it off road please, I don't want my insurance or registration to get any higher and the idiots doing it on public roads should all be forced to work in the spinal unit for a few days. Check out http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=32780 for a couple of photos of how not to do it!

**onearmedbandit** · 23rd July 2006, 16:26

Ha, I had a bike accident that left me with spinal injuries, resulting in a paralysed left arm (and a fuck load of never ending pain). Funny thing is I wasn't doing a wheelie or a stoppie at the time, just arguing with the laws of physics about which way I wanted my bike to go. I lost that arguement. Since getting back on a bike I've pulled more wheelies and stoppies than ever, still ride pretty hard as well, but not ever once got myself into a situation that made me think 'oh fuck'.

My point is that you don't have to be 'stunting' on public roads on bikes to do yourself a nasty injury, so leave the generalisations out please. Also, what about those that do it in 'closed off' areas, are they exempt from injuries?

Heres some pics of how to do it properly!! Sorry, couldn't resist biting!