Stoppies

[Sniper]

Im a newb to stunting, but the thrill of doing a stoppie/endo kinda excites me. At the moment I can get the rear wheel about the foot off the deck. Whats the secret to a good stoppie/endo and eventually a rolling stoppie/endo?

[Grahameeboy]

Im a newb to stunting, but the thrill of doing a stoppie/endo kinda excites me. At the moment I can get the rear wheel about the foot off the deck. Whats the secret to a good stoppie/endo and eventually a rolling stoppie/endo?

doing less posties = more time to do stoppies....he he

[**R1**]

Im a newb to stunting, but the thrill of doing a stoppie/endo kinda excites me. At the moment I can get the rear wheel about the foot off the deck. Whats the secret to a good stoppie/endo and eventually a rolling stoppie/endo?

no secret, just practice....well you can let some air out of the front tyre, if you want to get serious, and good stcky rubber helps (you have to trust your front tyre)...

[Mooch]

Get yourself a BMX bike to learn the control / modulation of the front brake. Start off at learning stoppies with a low height. Grab the front brake quickly and then release some of the pressure, back wheel should now be nicely off the ground. Release and squeeze brake level for soft landing. Once you get used to the feel and control of the front brake then progress to the CBR. Change your front brake lines to braided for better feel. Of course this type of thing should be done on closed roads.

[Fishy]

Yeah having trust in your tyre is a big thing, I can do them fine when I come to a stop but am to chicken to try rolling ones... always think the front is gonna lock up on me.

[Sniper]

no secret, just practice....well you can let some air out of the front tyre, if you want to get serious, and good stcky rubber helps (you have to trust your front tyre)...

The plan is a new GPR 70 soon. Apparently they are the best for my bike.

[madboy]

Yeah, don't do what I did one day... up the street, almost to my place, whacked on the front brake, front tyre locks, bike starts going down in that millisecond kinda way, off the brake, straighten up, back on the brake but overshot the turn in to my driveway by about a metre... had to do the ride of shame up to the end of the street past the neighbours, u-turn, back down and into driveway.

First, touch the brake to pre-tension it, THEN whack it on...

[Korea]

I'm no expert but...
I grip the tank with my knees and move my weight a little forward.
Don't just suddenly grab a hand-full of front brake - do it quickly but progressively.
As the back comes up, release a little to keep it rolling.
Higher you go, the less brake you need.

[JWALKER]

i must give due credit to snip, he is dedicated at practicing to get it better and better, and they are starting to get quite good.

i will throw in my two cents for ya anway mate. someone said to me the one of the critical parts in doing stoppie, is shifting your weight forward at the right time when braking, to help with the momentium

[Sniper]

Thanks J. Yea the last one I did ended up taking my breath away.

[kels]

Sniper...buddy I really have to ask! Is that how you did your arm in?

[Sniper]

Nope Kels, it really was MissSniper breaking it.

[JWALKER]

Sniper...buddy I really have to ask! Is that how you did your arm in?

nah, but he nearly broke something else on his last stoppie.

[kels]

Nope Kels, it really was MissSniper breaking it.

Shit...remind me never to piss her off!!!

[Coyote]

Take Mooch's advise and practice on a push bike first. I've got pretty good on my MTB (untill Scoots Magoo broke it). You learn the basic idea of how to do it like pumping the brakes and postioning your body weight. Might be a good idea to wear some gloves as you'll be falling on your hands a lot