Why Wheelies Are Great.

**FzerozeroT** · 23rd June 2006, 15:56

Coming home today, stuck in traffic, pull into a side street to take the slower but less stressful way home, ahh clear road, just dawdling along in no rush, ride past mum walking her two little kiddies home from pre-school, round a corner and up a hill, nice little straight stretch of road, two kids ~5 ish~ walking on the right and i decide what the fuck, tap it down two cogs and whack the throttle open.

Front wheel rises off the ground, nothing spectacular, just a good old power wheelie (the kind you would actually get laughed at if a biker saw it) but the look of joy on the little kids faces!

The little boy turns to his friend/sister? like "did you see that!" and both of them have the look of "thats neat", nothing about consequences of actions - parents, Yeah that's badass - pubescent boys.

Just the pure joy of a child watching some clown do a wheelie. It's put me on a high that I managed to bring a smile to some little faces. So next time you're out riding do some wheelies, do them for the children.

P.S. this wasn't on the bike I'm trying to sell

**skelstar** · 23rd June 2006, 16:15

Yeah, Id love to able to do wheelies in those kinda circumstances. My wheelies are limited to accidental ones at the mo.

**GR81** · 23rd June 2006, 16:22

yea, kids love loud, fast bikes...
... prolly coz mum keeps saying they are bad.

badass kids!

**SimJen** · 23rd June 2006, 16:24

Wheelies rock

I do 'em everywhere possible all the time......kids love em for sure.
Sexy chicks dig them too

**phoenixgtr** · 23rd June 2006, 16:39

Originally Posted by skelstar

Yeah, Id love to able to do wheelies in those kinda circumstances. My wheelies are limited to accidental ones at the mo.

Yeah, thats me too

**riffer** · 23rd June 2006, 16:56

Yup. They love it.

I impressed the hell out of some kids Wednesday morning when the back wheel lost traction coming out of our street and did the old sideways powerslide.

They were giving me the thumbs up while I was reminding myself not to shut the throttle.

Must have looked good from where they were - but it sure didn't feel like it to me ...

**BeakerRAT** · 23rd June 2006, 17:03

Yep, I agree it looks great, little do they realise that when it's not done on purpose you're think - Oh Sh*t! It's happened a couple of times to me, and the brains going 'don't chop the throttle, get some weight over the front, cover the rear brake - you knob!'

**MattRSK** · 23rd June 2006, 17:33

Cool, good stuff. I want to do them on my 250 Honda. Any tips. I think it can be done.

**Bonez** · 23rd June 2006, 17:42

Originally Posted by GR81

yea, kids love loud, fast bikes...
.

Loud vehicals in general I think. I usually get a thumbs up from the kids leaving school on my way home from work on the CX or the GB. The CX seems to get bigger grins though as it's exhaust note is fucking loud.

Oh an I agree with the thread originator, willies are great.................

**White trash** · 23rd June 2006, 18:11

Wheelies are neither big, nor clever.

**GR81** · 23rd June 2006, 18:35

Originally Posted by White trash

Wheelies are neither big, nor clever.

i can't wheelie, therefore i must be clever!

**Biff** · 23rd June 2006, 20:19

Twas a few months ago and a troop of us were sitting outside a cafe in Lyttle River, on route to the Akaroa GP. A couple fo the guys with us decided to pull some wheelies and monos up and down the road. A woman walked out of the cafe, saw this disgraceful (yeah right) behaviour and ran back in the cafe, I thought to call the cops. In fact she'd run back inside to gather a crowd of kids to watch the show.

Moms can be cool too.