How to do a wheelie?

[Morcs]

BC, hurry up and get the mEGa Few wheelie practice clip up on youtube!

[scracha]

BC, hurry up and get the mEGa Few wheelie practice clip up on youtube!

748 is really difficult to wheelie. Dry clutch means my usual clutch wheelies are a big no no....it either makes horrid grinding noises and judders or the front end comes up so hard you get smacked by the screen. 1st gear, roll off slightly at 8,000 RPM then on the gas hard and she pulls a beautifully controlled throttle wheelie. The rev limiter hits hard before serious height is gained and it just won't change up to 2nd.

[Morcs]

748 is really difficult to wheelie. Dry clutch means my usual clutch wheelies are a big no no....it either makes horrid grinding noises and judders or the front end comes up so hard you get smacked by the screen. 1st gear, roll off slightly at 8,000 RPM then on the gas hard and she pulls a beautifully controlled throttle wheelie. The rev limiter hits hard before serious height is gained and it just won't change up to 2nd.

Really? I thought it being a twin would make wheelies a piece of piss.

I could stand the TL up at any revs between 3 and 10k rpm in 1st...
and thats just with the throttle

[alanzs]

I always found stoppies pretty easy to do. Just crank that front brake down hard!

[scracha]

Really? I thought it being a twin would make wheelies a piece of piss.

I could stand the TL up at any revs between 3 and 10k rpm in 1st...
and thats just with the throttle

Long wheelbase, very long 1st gear, suspension seems to soak it up and the power doesn't really come on until the tacho needle is 2/3rds of the way round.

[LBD]

I always found stoppies pretty easy to do. Just crank that front brake down hard!

Thats it, crank down hard on the front brake....a good amount of panic to go with the action helps...
Not sure who got the biggest surprise at my first stoppie, me or the prat in the hilux who pulled out in front of me , saw me and stopped, and then watched me coming at his door up on my front wheel... In such circumstances, stoppies come naturally.

It all happened effing quick, released the brake, back came down swerved around in front of him and just bloody lucky nothing was coming the other way.

Never trust other vehicles on quiet country roads...

[discotex]

Never trust other vehicles on quiet country roads...

Should be....

Never trust other vehicles

[LBD]

I dont trust other vehicals in general, and ones on quiet country roads especially. 2 Early years accidents and 3 late year near misses all on quiet country roads all had one thing in common....The driver did not expect to see another vehical, be it a bike or a bus....and I wish I was driving a bus on those occasions...

[Armitage Shanks]

Long wheelbase, very long 1st gear, suspension seems to soak it up and the power doesn't really come on until the tacho needle is 2/3rds of the way round.

Busa's got a long first too and weighs in at 215'ish less fuel......have'nt had a chance to practise yet but your advice 'Oh Master' ....

70kmh's, second gear , wind it on and clutch it ?

Not afraid of flipping it , I'm afraid of what the rear wheel may do , you can guess I have'nt had the Bike long, only a few months and very well behaved.

So far

[scracha]

Busa's got a long first too and weighs in at 215'ish less fuel......have'nt had a chance to practise yet but your advice 'Oh Master' ....
70kmh's, second gear , wind it on and clutch it ?
So far

Umm...read the stunting sticky...it is actually how I normally do a wheelie (first bike was a gp100 and the only way to bring up the front was with the clutch) and the advice is actually really good. Clutch wheelies are certainly the way to go. Start small (1st gear, just a bit of height) and work from there.
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It just isn't doable on the ducati dry clutch, although I dare say the more modern dry clutches may be a different kettle of fish.