Larrakin behaviour!

[curious george]

I hope this is the place to talk about these things.

I can't get it up.

there I've said it, and I'm not ashamed.That much. We've all had it, right?

Oh, sure I can on my MTB, no problem, front and rear, but only after watching a stunt movie.........

But I'll keep trying

[Motoracer]

Be carefull man, I have heard too many storries of people getting it up by dropping their clutch. Once its up, the power band kicks in and the bike flips. I am told two strokes are quite hard to wheelie. Maybe not so hard to get it up but to control it, it must be hard.

[Hitcher]

Pulled a bit of a stoppie once -- by accident. Scared the old sphincter too -- you know the drill, it didn't know whether to suck or blow...
I've still to figure out why I didn't drop everything in a screaming heap.

[Hitcher]

And as for "getting it up", isn't that what Cialis and Viagra are for? I suppose Cialis is best if you want to pick your moment...

[XRNR]

Maybe not so hard to get it up but to control it, it must be hard.

Snigger...

[Motoracer]

And as for "getting it up", isn't that what Cialis and Viagra are for? I suppose Cialis is best if you want to pick your moment...

Snigger...

[BlueR1]

yeah.. you pretty much have to keep accelerating to keep the wheel in the air so the longer its up there the more speed you're building!

I've had limited success with stoppies on the ZXR 250 (hurts my wrist!) and finally got the front wheel up last night on the 6R under power alone in 1st gear (no clutch destroying tricks reqd which pleases me greatly!). the best part is I wasn't really trying to get the wheel up, just explore the nether regions of my throttle cable!.. so with a sensible shift of weight: away we go!

Not really, a balanced wheelstand can go for as long as the rider wants it to with no real change of speed you only have to keep accelerating if you are not on or near the balance point.

[BlueR1]

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[bluninja]

Brothers and sisters, I’m sorry to have to be the bearer of sad news. Last night (NOV 21 AT 5:35 pm 2003)Ronnie Smith was killed while going to an organizational meeting in Elkins WV.He was with friends ,doing what he loved when he was taken to another place, hopefully a better place.

He was ridding with me, Rain Maker, in the lead Ronnie to my right when a deer crossed 4 lanes of traffic and clipped my bike but it appeared to jump and took Ronnie off his bike. He was hit by on coming traffic and I don’t think he suffered.

We have lost a wonderful friend, one who would ride with me anywhere at any time in any weather. He was a freedom fighter that stepped up, he will be sorely missed. He was a BROTHER OF THE WHEEL officer,A.B.A.T.E. of WV state treasurer, member of the Northern Panhandle Chapter of A.B.A.T.E.of WV and most of all he was my FRIEND AND BROTHER .



PLEASE REMEMBER HIM AND HIS FAMILY AT THIS TIME



WITH DEEP SORROW



RAIN MAKER

Err, sad though this is Ronnie Smith lived in Yorkshire and died January 2003 riding his scooter.....not in deer country in West Virginia.

[BlueR1]

Err, sad though this is Ronnie Smith lived in Yorkshire and died January 2003 riding his scooter.....not in deer country in West Virginia.

Haha whoops thats a good point didnt even think of that .... guess you dont get deer in Harrogate where he crashed his scooter, or at least I didnt see any there while I was visiting! anyway R.I.P both ronnies and may you ride off into the sunset together!

[bluninja]

Haha whoops thats a good point didnt even think of that .... guess you dont get deer in Harrogate where he crashed his scooter, or at least I didnt see any there while I was visiting! anyway R.I.P both ronnies and may you ride off into the sunset together!

Hard to spot the deer in Yorkshire...they have their eyes removed at birth and have a spell cast on them so only people about to crash ever see them. When you ask cage drivers why they didn't see the thing they crashed into, they respond 'No eye deer'. So now you know.

[BlueR1]

Hard to spot the deer in Yorkshire...they have their eyes removed at birth and have a spell cast on them so only people about to crash ever see them. When you ask cage drivers why they didn't see the thing they crashed into, they respond 'No eye deer'. So now you know.

Hahahaha

[Timber020]

I hope this is the place to talk about these things.

I can't get it up.

there I've said it, and I'm not ashamed.That much. We've all had it, right?

Oh, sure I can on my MTB, no problem, front and rear, but only after watching a stunt movie.........

But I'll keep trying

The RGV250 can be a great wheelie bike but works best if you
1) modify it to the sky
2) knock your gearing down with a smaller counter sprocket

I had one of my RGV racebikes set up so it sat on peak for 2 seconds down the straight of taupo track, I cant remember what the ratio was but it made it a breeze to wheelie as other wise you have to much gap between your gears to keep it up. If you gear it down to the floor you will find it easy as. Just dont overpeak it when getting it up, leave a little power left for the set down to save on your headbearings. Get on a dirtbike and go nuts, they are the best and most forgiving machine to learn on.
While doing wheelies I have gone over about 6 times, once in shorts which gave me the best graze on my ass from the firebreak (had just got it going and was just gently testing it DOH. A good mate went over backward on his KDX200 on a tarseal and gravel carpark wearing little more than a singlet and shorts. His stepmum was picking out gravel for hours! Oh boy did he hurt
Oh learn to give your rear brake the most gentle of dabs with your foot to get control if you start to go to far over. GENTLE DABS!

[James Deuce]

apparently, he was killed in a scooter accident the evening he was coming back from his mate's house.
No details were released, but I am sure it would involve other vehicle(s).

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

I stopped buying PB fairly soon after John Robinson died, and bought the odd one with a Ronnie feature in it. I hate it now that it's about ugly specials and boobs. It USED (in my day, aaaar) to be about comedy and classy technical analysis.

Now I sad.



He was awesome and what little stuff he did write was hilarious.

May God rest his wheelstanding, stoppying, deliberately-crashing-a-bike-to-see-how-far-it-would-lean, soul.

Jim2

[Drunken Monkey]

Wheelies are easy on large capacity sports bikes, and I will sometimes pop the wheel up unintentionally. Stoppies, on the other hand, scare me...

PS - You forgot to include burnouts on your tricks list.

They are great, becuase:
1. They are a piece of piss to do on any bike
2. They are loud and smokey
3. THE MAN hates them

The only downside is the cost of good rubber...