Ouch - this has put me off wheelies!!

**Ghost_Bullet** · 4th August 2006, 20:30

Damn watchin flicks like that makes ya feel ill... not my idea of a good time..
I have never pulled a real wheelie...well i would not call a foot off the ground a wheelie.. it is those images that kinda put me of... lol

**quickbuck** · 4th August 2006, 22:00

Yep, just goes to show, when it goes wrong you are in a world of hurt.

**Indiana_Jones** · 4th August 2006, 22:22

Ouch. My pride.

-Indy

**Magua** · 4th August 2006, 22:31

That was pretty cool, omg at the tank slapper.

**Maha** · 4th August 2006, 22:35

Great vid shafty........funny in place's.....not in others....

love the one on the street circut, no coming back from that.....

**shafty** · 5th August 2006, 04:48

Originally Posted by Waylander

Odd, according to tonights convo at the pub, your bike wont do stoppies.

The R1150R was non ABS, hugely strong front brakes, and sure, the back ewasn't a metre in the air - maybe a foot, with empty panniers on, but it did come up. I can't fathom why you would think it would not..................

**DEATH_INC.** · 5th August 2006, 09:38

That first one is from world supersport a couple of seasons back, the bike skimmed over his head, he was ok.....
Tankslappers depend a little on the bike, my gixx is sweet landing crooked, but the ZX12 was a farkin nightmare, it shook so violently if it landed wrong it'd nearly chuck me off....
Yeh, wheelies can go bad, but so can doing up your zipper.....

**quickbuck** · 5th August 2006, 12:20

Originally Posted by DEATH_INC.

Yeh, wheelies can go bad, but so can doing up your zipper.....

Too True, tooo true.

Thinking about that makes you cringe too...

**Waylander** · 5th August 2006, 13:13

Originally Posted by shafty

The R1150R was non ABS, hugely strong front brakes, and sure, the back ewasn't a metre in the air - maybe a foot, with empty panniers on, but it did come up. I can't fathom why you would think it would not..................

Sorry got you confused with someone else I think. Guy I was thinking of rides a BMW not an ST and his missus doesn't ride a meanstreak as far as I know....

**Patch** · 5th August 2006, 13:42

For the full length vid

Aparently not one of these riders died, amazing enough.

I can't remember the link for the last vid, but from memory the parked car was an unmarked plod - oops, both driver an rider were hurt but no-one died.

I sure if we had a decent vid camera we could get quite a few local KBer's famous

**onearmedbandit** · 5th August 2006, 14:09

I heard as well it was an unmarked cop car, but didn't know for sure so didn't want to add any weight to the rumour. Could've been though.

**StoneChucker** · 5th August 2006, 15:00

As 2 have said, that last one is by far the spine tingler of the lot. He must have put the front down off centre? I saw a friend of a friend land a long range wheelie, and as the front wheel spins back up to speed it better be straight! Luckily the guy I saw sorted it out (i.e. 50/50 skill/luck kept him upright)

**onearmedbandit** · 5th August 2006, 15:05

Nah, I land crossed up wheelies off centre quite often and have never had an 'oh shit' experience. Not saying that it will never happen. Of course they were all performed on a track, so landing the front at over 180km/h is perfect legal out there. You should see the marks they leave on the road, normal landings look like a normal lock-up mark, crossed up and off centre they are eliptical at the point of impact then turn into a straight black mark. I've got the scratch marks on the edge of my front tyre to back this up.