Best way to do wheelies and change gears?

**rossirep** · 9th November 2011, 06:46

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

I've seen this guy pop wheelies with one arm, and he can do proper sustained wheelies, not just little "wheel off the ground for 2 seconds" type wheelies either.

how does someone do wheelies with 1 arm? well hopefully he can teach me how to do these monster ones so i can be as cool as him and get all the bitches.. can you do them on your CBR250 or is that more a racer bike and no good at wheelies..?

**ducatilover** · 9th November 2011, 07:07

Originally Posted by rossirep

how does someone do wheelies with 1 arm? well hopefully he can teach me how to do these monster ones so i can be as cool as him and get all the bitches.. can you do them on your CBR250 or is that more a racer bike and no good at wheelies..?

The CBR250 is too gutless to pull decent wheelies.

**rossirep** · 9th November 2011, 08:06

Originally Posted by ducatilover

The CBR250 is too gutless to pull decent wheelies.

lots of revs and drop the clutch and yank the bars... easy.. ;-)

**ducatilover** · 9th November 2011, 08:09

Originally Posted by rossirep

lots of revs and drop the clutch and yank the bars... easy.. ;-)

In first.
Doesn't count at those speeds, real men loop the fucker at 80+

**tbs** · 9th November 2011, 08:50

I guess the answer to your question is another question? Which mode of gear change can you do smoother?

But actually, I think you're better off forgetting about changing gears for the time being. What you want to work on is finding that balance point at keeping the bike there. Ideally you would be able to do it just with throttle control, but being new to it all, this is unlikely. I think you need to learn to bring your foot to the brake as a fail safe, because there's a pretty good chance you'll overcook it at some point and just rolling off isn't going to bring the front of the bike down. And if you've got up into 2nd or third gear by this point it's going to be a bigger mess.

Cards on the table: I haven't tried on a motorbike yet. I might get around to trying to learn... I might not. I have done plenty on mountain bikes over the years, and what you're talking about sounds a lot like when you get the front up on a push bike and have to keep pedaling faster and faster to keep it there. Basically because you haven't found the balance point. I like to get the front of my mountain bike up past balance point til it starts to go over backwards, and then ride the rear brake to save it. I try to get as far over backwards as possible and still save it.

Well, that 's my advice... take it as you will.

Re One armed Bandit doing his one armed wheelies.... since you asked, first, he gets a big fast bike that doesn't need any yanking on the bars.... then he mounts a clutch backwards behind the throttle on the right clip-on and removes the left one completely. God only knows how he coordinates it all, but once he's moving, I imagine he clamps the tank with his knees, winds on some power and lofts the front. He then fangs it down the street or track looking super bad-ass.

(That's my guess based on photos on his profile.)

**SMOKEU** · 9th November 2011, 09:19

Originally Posted by rossirep

lots of revs and drop the clutch and yank the bars... easy.. ;-)

Yeah, easy to bin it that way. If you want to do wheelies then buy a cheap dirt bike and practice on that. Don't be an idiot and try shit like that on public roads because you WILL hurt yourself and your bike.

**baffa** · 9th November 2011, 09:37

You should never be yanking on the bars. With enough convincing a decent 250 will pop a wheelie, but maintaining it will be tricky.
If you can get it up in second and maintain it, I would be happy with that, but I'd never try to change gears, there would be no point on a smaller cc bike.

**been_there** · 10th November 2011, 07:34

Doing wheelies on gravel roads in top gear is fun....

**sugilite:Me** · 10th November 2011, 08:43

How to wheelstand your motorcycle KB style. 1st, apply to the "KB Politically Correct Police", disappointingly, a gang that are getting ever stronger on the once wild west KB. Then apply to the "KB Fun Police", make sure you say you promise to only have a minuscule bit of fun doing it, that will help your application no end. Then apply to the "Your Surely Going To Die Police", who's HQ is also based at KB. Be warned, all your applications will be forwarded to the "KB Grammarian Police" where the penalty for a dropped full stop will make looping your bike out look like a gentle relaxing massage in comparison.
Then take One Armed Bandits kind offer up, he knows what he is actually talking about.

**rossirep** · 10th November 2011, 13:58

Originally Posted by sugilite

How to wheelstand your motorcycle KB style. 1st, apply to the "KB Politically Correct Police", disappointingly, a gang that are getting ever stronger on the once wild west KB. Then apply to the "KB Fun Police", make sure you say you promise to only have a minuscule bit of fun doing it, that will help your application no end. Then apply to the "Your Surely Going To Die Police", who's HQ is also based at KB. Be warned, all your applications will be forwarded to the "KB Grammarian Police" where the penalty for a dropped full stop will make looping your bike out look like a gentle relaxing massage in comparison.
Then take One Armed Bandits kind offer up, he knows what he is actually talking about.

your so on the money reg, the fun, grammer, politically correct, your surely gonna die police on KB..!!!
sure some of the guys must know what they are talking about, but why oh why do they all seem like such knob ends where ever they jump on here to do their preaching... il have to hunt out this OAB guy and let him show me how its done, maybe i could try on his bike, mite be easier on a 1000 than my awesome 250 racing VT.. ;-)

**george formby** · 10th November 2011, 14:21

Originally Posted by been_there

Doing wheelies on gravel roads in top gear is fun....

Trying to stop wheelies in top gear is fun too, well, I guess it is, in hindsight, kinda scary at the time.

**baffa** · 10th November 2011, 15:37

So.... just to clarify, you asked for advice, you got given advice, and you bitch and complain when people tell you off about being a douche?

Have fun mouth breather.

**Drew** · 10th November 2011, 15:59

Originally Posted by rossirep

your so on the money reg, the fun, grammer, politically correct, your surely gonna die police on KB..!!!
sure some of the guys must know what they are talking about, but why oh why do they all seem like such knob ends where ever they jump on here to do their preaching... il have to hunt out this OAB guy and let him show me how its done, maybe i could try on his bike, mite be easier on a 1000 than my awesome 250 racing VT.. ;-)

I'm pretty sure you already know our mono-armed thou rider, but if not, you'll first have to get the hang of riding a bike with all the controls on the right hand bar.

Just go out and do wheelies fuck ya! You're getting as bad as the rest of us keyboard jokeys who can't remember how to start our bikes, let alone ride them.