Popping Wheelies on a 250cc??

[The Pastor]

..And did they teach you that on the Basic Skills course you did last week..?

nah my mate showed me on his bike

[vtec]

Couple of things I've picked up - first, you cant be too sudden on the brakes, you gotta be hard but smooth. Second, you gotta have warm tyres... I've tried on cold on a FZR250, and no way would it work. I had to stick my boot down to stop it going over after the front locked up once

Look, I could do stoppies on my RGV 250 fine. But my CBR just won't do 'em. Could have something to do with the fact that I am quite light (63kg) but mostly it's that my front tyre is probably about 10 years old. I've tried lots of techniques but I just lock up. I've had discussion on the CBR250 forum about this as well. The rubber on the side of the tyres is a bit better. As it is softer so I don't come off when cornering, but in the middle, it is hard to take heaps of long straights without wearing out. And yes I am looking forward to the day when I replace my tyres.

[vtec]

Cool I just did my first proper wheelie on my 250. But it was kind of cheating cause I used a slope which gradually levels off, and didn't try to hold it for too long.

[vifferman]

It must be possible to wheelie these power machines of yourn - I used to wheelie my gutless underpowered CB175 all the time. Mebbe you guys need to use the method a classmate of mine utilised to achieve a wheelie when his older brother was helping him to 'take off smoothly' on his bike, when riding it for the first time:

"Right - pull in the clutch lever, and snick it down into first gear."
"OK."
"Now give it some throttle.. more ... more... until that needle there is on that red bit of the tach."
"Right - now dump the clutch."

Beautiful wheelie ensued, bike ended up in fence, older brother couldn't escape physical retribution oweing to the fact he was rolling around on the ground pissing himself laughing....

[Kwaka-Kid]

hahaa!
and nah dude a CB175 is way easier to wheelie then a CBR250.

i was only 11 but i used to watch my dad wheelie the XL125 (hes like 90kg!) around the place even up our driveway, and kept doing it heaps untill oneday he looped it, lucky he only ever wheelied it in 1st gear so it was slow but bike literally pinned him upside down handle bars nearly braking his ribs. lucky bugger.. anyway reason why is hte singles have a lot of torque and make their power so damn low down they are lazy so easier, a CBR you have to be keen to revv a shitload to get anywhere and let the revvs die a touc hand uve lost everything.

[Quasievil]

k14 i didnt know they had a puke in Japan?!

phase its not 8:30pm here mate u got ya times very wrong!!!!! and its noway winter here, fuck today was hot!

and i didnt say i was checking out motogp bikes! yamaha got a shared test track over here and they test out new bikes!!!!

sorry boyz! but u got ya info wrong!

i didnt post here to show off just give the man some info on wheel stands on a 250! its sooo funny that ya think i would bullshit! why would i waste my time??
seeu.

Dont let them rattle ya mate, hey got some gloves for the rally??? scrouge scrouge??

[MrMelon]

Look, I could do stoppies on my RGV 250 fine. But my CBR just won't do 'em. Could have something to do with the fact that I am quite light (63kg) but mostly it's that my front tyre is probably about 10 years old. I've tried lots of techniques but I just lock up. I've had discussion on the CBR250 forum about this as well. The rubber on the side of the tyres is a bit better. As it is softer so I don't come off when cornering, but in the middle, it is hard to take heaps of long straights without wearing out. And yes I am looking forward to the day when I replace my tyres.

Why'd you downgrade from the rgv?

[vtec]

Why'd you downgrade from the rgv?

Several reasons for "downgrading"

1 Reliability - can't beat 4 stroke honda, and my RGV dropped a powervalve once and kept clogging up spark plugs, and the cylinder head got coked up, causing increased compression ratio and just general bad running. The RGV was just trouble, and the CBR is flawless.
2 Fuel economy - my RGV got 10k/l (which is the same as my prelude) the CBR gets 20k/l
3 Quality - the CBR has a nicer ride, better sitting position, and I'm pretty sure it handles about the same, it has electric start and the finish is just way nicer, but due to the way it is put together and being a fourstroke it is slightly harder to work on, but I get 5000k's between working on it (just the oil change).

The downside is that it is less powerful (RGV: 55hp, CBR: 45hp) and heavier. I commute probably about 40k's per day and I just wouldn't be able to trust the RGV.

The CBR is just as fun to ride, and it has a much larger power range (RGV 7000-11000; CBR 9000-19000) making it easier to use all of its power.

Plus the CBR just looks and sounds way nicer. The RGV sounded like a bloody lawnmower, at least the CBR has a bit of a throb, or an F1 scream when revving.

[onearmedbandit]

Okay now that its cleared up that we're talking 'cresting' the bike, yeah I'd go with that. Up until now I was under the belief you were refering to launching it on the flat, ala a power wheelie. Been there myself. Sorry for any misunderstanding.

[FlyingDutchMan]

I've wheelied bikes in the past, but I haven't had the inclination to abuse my cbr that much to get it up. My previous bike (GN125) was dead easy to wheelie - roll along at 10-15km/h rev it up to 6-7k and drop the clutch and up the front popped up no probs. Just had to be careful not to loop it.