First motorcycle To power wheelie.

**Big Dave** · 11th May 2007, 16:51

Originally Posted by renegade master

*wants* why didnt they continue making power wheelie bikes.

My buell does - easy. All the litre superbikes do. All the 600's I've ridden do too.

**The Pastor** · 11th May 2007, 16:53

Originally Posted by Big Dave

My buell does - easy. All the litre superbikes do. All the 600's I've ridden do too.

as I've said i was refering to my gpz1000.

**FruitLooPs** · 11th May 2007, 17:08

Well my '87 gixxer750 hasn't popped up on me and by all accounts im sure it should, but i'm pretty sure its the mouth thing.

that said I haven't exactly tried but it might've once on me after full throttle coming out of a corner, only a lil wee one though. Probably technique, since i'm not trying to do it.

I asked the same question on the gixxer forum, I thought it would have more umph tbh (spesh coming off an RG150 to one).

Guess the power delivery is just way more smooth.

**Motu** · 11th May 2007, 17:32

Bikes could pull the front wheel up under power in days of yore,it just wasn't considered to be the be all and end all of performance....it's just what bikes did.....still how I think.I remember once riding my brothers 650 Triumph chop,rigid frame,cast iron cyl head etc - I pulled out to pass a car in 2nd gear and the front wheel hauled into the air,a bit too high for comfort...so I short shifted into 3rd and it still kept coming up.That was in 1972,and it wasn't a stock bike.

All the Japanese dirt bikes from the late '60's on could wheel stand from a rolled on throttle....on the street.I don't see why that's not considered the real deal....everyone was riding these things on the road,it's how people learned how to wheel stand.That Rickman Metisse in my avatar used to lift the front wheel coming out of corners,with a standard Triumph engine.I've always seen a power wheel stand as something to avoid....it slows me down.

**Mr. Peanut** · 11th May 2007, 17:45

Originally Posted by renegade master

dirtbikes don't count lol.

Can the 2 stroke 250's power wheelie? like the tzr nsr rs k1 etc.

Front rips up in first, and comes up in second with a tug.

**Horney1** · 11th May 2007, 20:09

[QUOTE=Motu;1051670] .... I pulled out to pass a car in 2nd gear and the front wheel hauled into the air,a bit too high for comfort...so I short shifted into 3rd and it still kept coming up.That was in 1972,and it wasn't a stock bike.....QUOTE]

Yep, same, did one on a pass car, flip flop to. The old Bold'or stood up fast and unexpectedly. It wasn't standard either

... got the ticker going a bit quicker for a moment!

My old Gpz1100 would do it and I helped run in a new Gpz1000 for the track when they first came out back in ?86. I got the distinct impression after it had a 1000 or two k's on the clock that it would be happy to lift when I experienced the front getting light under some hardish acceleration (and it giving a bit of a headshake over a rough spot).

**pritch** · 11th May 2007, 20:37

Hard to know exactly where to approach this from. Maybe Rem Fowler did a wheelstand somewhere on the way to his IoM win? I wasn't there.

It's not just about weight, power (and/or torque), wheelbase has a major effect too. Check the wheelbase of your bike against bikes of like power, and if bikes with similar stats can wheelstand it may be there's a software problem?

**Edbear** · 12th May 2007, 17:20

Originally Posted by MSTRS

Mine wouldn't...perhaps the first generation did circa 1969. Mine weighed about 190kg with about 54hp = no show

Mine was a '73 model and I didn't even try...

**rok-the-boat** · 14th May 2007, 23:22

My first power whelie machine was my ole RD400. Most big bikes back then would not do it, not even GSX11s or GPZ900s, just the two strokes. The first big bike to really do it with ease was the CBR900 (others would, but you had to 'force' them a little). Just my 2c.