some wheelie tips pls..?

[mikey]

And a pedestrian walkway?

with alcohol even better.
check out the gallery.
i was doing some or trying to do some but some fuk wit women dressed like they were 17 in a mufti cop car came out. i mean fucks sake. its port road.......
i was entertaining people on there lunch break!

[SARGE]

how about installing a wheelie bar on the back??? then you wont fuck it..

Wheelie bars were street legal in the States when i was a kid. hada Vmaz with a solid rear suspension and 8 foot bars out the back..

10.23 in the 1/4 mile

[The_Dover]

Didn't know you could wheelie a horse and cart!!

[larriken]

k, so I've been trying to practice for ages, clutching up in second. It's a 50/50 battle to get a half decent one and I think I'm just burning up the clutch and spinning the back tyre up more than anything. And now I've fuct my hand up from excessive use on the clutch.

So I'm going back to trying first gear wheelies since it'll be easier to come up.
Thing is, I think I've scared myself a bit too much now. I've found myself learching/leaning forward with the bike and of course, that's throwing the weight over the front, before it even comes up. I've tried, and I can't stop myself from doing it! arghhhh!

Also, how far do bikes go, before it's too far? I've just got this horrible vision of going over backwards in a split second, and that's really stopping me. The odd occasion when it comes up hard, it scares me and I drop the throttle. Not wanting to, just do. But those around me say it was a couple of feet off the ground, and yet it feels like it's at 12 already! I know it isn't, but still.. The times when I've had the balls to hang onto it for a few more seconds, it's felt (and looked) good even tho a little scary, it's horse crap, cos they're once in a blue moon so I can't get used to the height..

I'm just looking for any tips to try out that might change my thinking/style. I'm not looking to be a guru, I just want to be able to do what I want, on call. And I know it's just practice, but I feel like a right fukwit at the moment and my confidence is just blown clean out of the water. Might even take a break from doing it for a month and come back to it later..
sorry to rant

Funny thing is nearly everyone that I know while they are learning to wheelie think that their wheelies are really high. Get someone to video you, then you have an idea at what height you are getting to. You'll all of a sudden realise that you can go a lot higher. To be really honest it is actually not that easy to flip your bike unless you do something very very dumb (mate of mine flipped a GSXR400 in the driveway! True story). If you are spinning up the rear it means you've missed your timing. Gas after clutch out most likely and don't clutch in first untill you've got some skills up. To clutch up you need to just go hard, accept that it is going to come up very quickly, cover the brake and it'll work out in time.

[Fishy]

PM sent mate.

[White trash]

yeah, watched that (was stoked it's on a 636 too!)

I have the 'knowledge' to do it, I can make the front wheel come up. It's the rest, like balance and confidence it's not going to loop over, that I lack. I guess I just need practice more, and to try and break that stupid habit of leaning forward. That's my biggest problem at the moment.

Anyone want to tutor me?

Come over one weekend, we'll play on the kiddies bikes, you'll get the hang of it.

[White trash]

And another thing, why the hell does everyone rave about "covering the rear brake"

On a normal sports bike, doing a normal wheelie, at normal speeds, you don't need to. I never have. Sure if you're putting along at really low speeds, front wheel seriously elevated.

When I'm standing up on the pegs, my foot can't even get to the back brake.

[Qman]

Can someone explain "cover the back brake"

[White trash]

Keeping your foot nice and handy to it in case of a little too much elevation. Brings the front crashing down very ungracefully. Funnily enough, so does grabbing a fist of front brake.

[bugjuice]

Come over one weekend, we'll play on the kiddies bikes, you'll get the hang of it.

that'd be fuckin funny actually.. if it's not too much annoyance
can I bring 32 of my closest mates?

[White trash]

Couple at a time mate, there's only so many bikes to ride.

Entry fee is a fifteen pack and no, it's not TOO much of an anoyance. We're running out of locals to injure anyway.....

[onearmedbandit]

And another thing, why the hell does everyone rave about "covering the rear brake"

On a normal sports bike, doing a normal wheelie, at normal speeds, you don't need to. I never have. Sure if you're putting along at really low speeds, front wheel seriously elevated.

When I'm standing up on the pegs, my foot can't even get to the back brake.

Sure WT, on a normal sports bike doing a normal wheelie my foot never goes near the rear brake. But for someone who has a fear of going over the back, or if you do over cook it, it can be a life saver (or a bike saver). Also it doesn't have to come crashing down, I've tried it and by keeping the throttle applied you can bring it down very gracefully.

Not everyone needs it, hopefully you'll never need it, but better that you are aware of it now rather than later. Kind of like a helmet.

[bugjuice]

Couple at a time mate, there's only so many bikes to ride.

Entry fee is a fifteen pack and no, it's not TOO much of an anoyance. We're running out of locals to injure anyway.....

just kiddin, i don't have 32 mates.. won't have my bike either to practice on, it's in the shop this weekend


I've tried to cover the rear before, but I often forget, cos that's the last thing on my mind. And I know that I won't get it high enough to need the back brake. But when I've tried, I rotate my foot with the wheelie, and the brake comes on! i just need one step at a time, and just to fuckin do it and stop wussing out

[White trash]

Don't need your bike to practice on mate, we've got tons.

[sAsLEX]

Funnily enough, so does grabbing a fist of front brake.

So would rolling off the throttle would it not?

MX style people play with brakes in the air to control how they will land, ie lift the front or the back while in the air, damn rotational inertia and its trickyness