Wheel standing ..oops

**NZred** · 24th April 2004, 23:21

Check this out ..

http://www.vtr1000.nl/film/Honda%20V...ng%20crash.mpg

**Zed** · 24th April 2004, 23:30

Originally Posted by NZred

Check this out ..

http://www.vtr1000.nl/film/Honda%20V...ng%20crash.mpg

It just came up too high too quick- that should put off a few wannabe wheel-standers! Poor guy looked like he did the splits for the first time in his life

Zed

**Antallica** · 24th April 2004, 23:40

Man I'll bet he felt rather crap after that.

**Two Smoker** · 25th April 2004, 08:34

Originally Posted by Antallica

Man I'll bet he felt rather crap after that.

Yep i bet he did, especially since he was wearing shorts the dumbarse..... He gave it way too many revs..... i mean its a VTR with shit loads of torque anywhere......

**RiderInBlack** · 25th April 2004, 08:51

Originally Posted by Two Smoker

Yep i bet he did, especially since he was wearing shorts the dumbarse.

Fuck, so he was. What a stupid cunt. Looks like he is try hard to get the "Darwin Award". With a bit of luck he'll eliminate himself before he breeds!

**erik** · 25th April 2004, 08:54

I find it surprising how much the poor bike bounces around after the guy fell off.

So things the rider did wrong:

Came up too high too quick.
Too many revs (I guess both these go together).

Wearing shorts (well, it wouldn't have made the wheelie any better if he'd be wearing proper gear, but in the light of what happened, shorts was a mistake).

I've never wheelied before on a motorcycle, but I'd like to try one day. What other stuff did this guy do wrong, or what could he have done to avoid binning it like that?
I'm guessing that if he had kept his feet on the pegs and closed the throttle, pulled the clutch in, or touched the rear brake, the front wheel might've came back down and been ok?
Looking at the video, maybe if he'd let go of the handlebars sooner after falling off, the bike would have fallen forwards rather than going sideways and cartwheeling?
I guess he just panicked and didn't know what he was doing.

At least it looks like he picked a good deserted place to do it. The camera work seems to be pretty good how it zoomed out to keep the bike and guy in the shot after he fell off.

**Two Smoker** · 25th April 2004, 08:59

Just watched it again, and the guy closed the throttle as if letting it back down, but then snapped it back onto the power which threw him off the bike......

Just start slowly and genlty get the wheel up higer Eric

get used to the wheel leaving the ground (even if it is like 10-15cm) and work you way up the revs to get the wheel higher

, but if you bin it....... it wasnt my fault hehehe....

**Ghost Lemur** · 25th April 2004, 09:27

Originally Posted by Two Smoker

Just watched it again, and the guy closed the throttle as if letting it back down, but then snapped it back onto the power which threw him off the bike......

Yeah I noticed that too. Looks like he might have been a little over enthusiastic about changing gears.

I've got nice example of a wheelie shot onboard a Busa. The guy gets through 3 gear changes taking him over 140Mph before getting to a top speed of 220Mph. All done smooth as silk.

I cried for the bike though. Damn crunching sound is not nice.

**wkid_one** · 25th April 2004, 10:04

I have a nice vid of a TLR doing a full quarter mile pass all on one wheel....nice! I'll try and track it down

Try these on

http://www.sportbikez.net/video/42

**wkid_one** · 25th April 2004, 10:35

Howse this pic for an 'extreme' wheelies

LOSER

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YES THIS IS A SPEED CAMERA PICTURE

**tlronny** · 25th April 2004, 10:58

I may be mistaken but I reckon its a TLR ??

**k14** · 25th April 2004, 11:45

Well it was off the VTR website, but it is pretty hard to tell.

That looks farily painful for both bike and rider. Won't be trying that if i ever ride a VTR.

**warren35** · 25th April 2004, 13:37

Originally Posted by Two Smoker

Just watched it again, and the guy closed the throttle as if letting it back down, but then snapped it back onto the power which threw him off the bike......

Just start slowly and genlty get the wheel up higer Eric

get used to the wheel leaving the ground (even if it is like 10-15cm) and work you way up the revs to get the wheel higher

, but if you bin it....... it wasnt my fault hehehe....

Ive proberly replied to this wrong but here goes.Bud i believe this worse for wear rider has watches to much w s b and was going to try and stand up but his feet slipped off thus pulling open the throttle and that was all she wrote.