Stoppies. My new best friend

[owner]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stunt
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[blue eyed savage]

my stoppy. not my best one but geting beter
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=5-6aMY-7YcM
any tips

[dipshit]

any tips

Yeah, don't do that to your road bike - you will fuck it.

[blue eyed savage]

good tip. later in life im going to get a stunt bike. so no more stoppys for me.

[cameltoe]

so do you guys reckon not to learn on road bikes??? because I have but willing to stop if its going to fuck the suspension or something.

[dipshit]

Just be aware that wheeling and stoppies will be very hard on your bike.

It is well-known that when looking at a second-hand bike, you need to look for signs the bike has been previously owned by someone that did a lot of wheelies and shit. Leaking fork seas, stuffed steering head bearings, front wheel slightly buckled, the box jumping out of gear... are signs that the bike was previously owned by a cowboy. Now add to this the new trend of doing stoppies with the added stress to the rear shock and swingarm and bushes etc.

Our bikes were simply not designed to take that kind of punishment regularly. Serious stunters build and strengthen their stunt bikes and use them solely for stunting. Even then they kill them pretty quickly. (not a problem for the kids that can get mummy to buy them a new bike all the time)

Doing circus tricks on your bike one day, then expecting it to be travelling at 160kph on the motorway the next, isn't terribly bright.

[slydesigns]

I learnt on a dirt bike back when we all thought a heel clicker was insane and carey hart was a normal guy who used to come to Wellington to ride with us and Luke Wara.

On the dirt bikes you roll your body forward into the bars/front wheel and lock your arms to help transfer the momentum of your rolling move into pushing the bike over the bars - if that makes sense. Your knees sink onto the radiator shrouds to hold you back.

Eventually when you sort the rolling stoppie, try turning the bars a little and moving your butt/push out on the peg with the outside foot (to swing the rear in the oppistie direction) and try a few 90deg or even up to 180deg turns with the back up. I could only even manage about 120degs and I'd sometimes highside it on landing, but its a dirtbike, dust it off, do it again.

Another one that helps, is setting up a couple of points/cones and riding up to them, locking the rear, sliding round, clutch out and do it again at the next cone. All while standing, no dabs/feet down, continuous motion and in a figure of eight.

Last one is front wheel lock ups for as long as you can. Lock up the front, let out the clutch and try to control the front wash/tuck under AND the instinct to release the brake and you'll be amazed at how far you'll end up going. It helps you realise how much more you can get out of shape before you need to bail. Makes showboating alot easier.

I'm just struggling to transfer it all to a roadbike. Steep learing curve but I'm getting there.

PRactice climbing all over your bike, hanging off it, surfing the seat, laying flat coffin style etc, and you'll get totally familiar with it, and comfortable. THEN go try the harder tricks and it'll come so much easier - as you'll feel arrogantly confident. Always helps

[motorbyclist]

good post

now if only i had a flat paddock.....

[carver]

stoppies are always a good way to arrive....
good on ya dude!

[Dani-D]

PRactice climbing all over your bike, hanging off it, surfing the seat, laying flat coffin style etc, and you'll get totally familiar with it, and comfortable. THEN go try the harder tricks and it'll come so much easier - as you'll feel arrogantly confident. Always helps

Ohhh is THAT what you were doing out Halcombe when me and Nichol ran into you a few weeks back. And I thought your bike had just tried to high side your ass into the gutter and you were climbing back on.

Huh, who'd had guessed.

Ok on a serious note, was fun to watch sure, but if you had dropped it, it was going to be messy

[scorry]

On the dirt bikes you roll your body forward into the bars/front wheel and lock your arms to help transfer the momentum of your rolling move into pushing the bike over the bars - if that makes sense. Your knees sink onto the radiator shrouds to hold you back.

great post mate, will have to get some practise in this weekend i think.
still looks like your bike is throwing you off in the second pic lol

[slydesigns]

Naa the wife took the pic at the wrong bloddy moment and the digicam takes an age to reset for a second pic!

I was mucking around doing what would have been a fender kiss had it been a jump and not flat. After the shot I ended up grabbing the forkings, doing a handstand of sorts and kissing the fender. That pic caught me mid rotation.

[Kevmo7]

went out today, did a few long stoppies, brought them up at the top of 3rd gear, getting pretty good at steering the longer ones, gettin them a bit higher too, can go about another 2 inches higher, but any higher than that and ill flip!

Still lots more practice needed!

[racefactory]

Last one is front wheel lock ups for as long as you can. Lock up the front, let out the clutch and try to control the front wash/tuck under AND the instinct to release the brake and you'll be amazed at how far you'll end up going. It helps you realise how much more you can get out of shape before you need to bail. Makes showboating alot easier.

fucking good post mate. I'm very curious about front wheel lock ups... and how controllable they are and how much warning they give... would love to try that on a shit bike or something... can anyone lock the front all the way to a stop i wonder?

[Kevmo7]

fucking good post mate. I'm very curious about front wheel lock ups... and how controllable they are and how much warning they give... would love to try that on a shit bike or something... can anyone lock the front all the way to a stop i wonder?

ive never seen it done, i learnt about front wheel lock ups by taking my Bandit 250 into big feilds and nearly falling off everytime i grabbed the front brakes, you learn really fast that way but i dont recomend doing it, dumped my bike once, was a bit of a laugh then depressing lol

best way is to get a push bike and go onto a feild and do the same thing or a small dirtbike, just ride along quite fast and then grab tonnes of front brake, keep ur head up too, makes controlling it alot easier