To the guy trying to wheelie his Gixsah in Millbury on 146

[Jaynnus]

i don't get the wiggle.

I don't think it has a meaning, he just posts for the sake of posting.

[Awesome]

I understand what he meant but it still doesn't mean you're not endangering yourself. But hey.......if you wanna die go for it

Do wheelies and you will die. Makes sense.

[Kham]

I don't think it has a meaning, he just posts for the sake of posting.

oh the post whore. that's what they say. i like this one whatever the heck it means.

[Kham]

Do wheelies and you will die. Makes sense.

[978chris]

yea I shoulda wheelied over the curb the other day when I crashed.

Maybe. How big was the curb?

I dunno, I spent alot of years on dirt before the street.

Even now, if I notice a big pothole or something in time I float the front wheel over it. Much nicer than smacking it.

[Crash Dummy Denno]

Maybe. How big was the curb?

I dunno, I spent alot of years on dirt before the street.

Even now, if I notice a big pothole or something in time I float the front wheel over it. Much nicer than smacking it.

They acutally teach you in the msf to give it gas when going over an object in the road - they dont say wheelie it but you have the idea

i think we practiced on a 6x6 or something

[Billy]

Ok it was me popping the wheelie. I'm busted.


































Just kidding. Two wheels ALWAYS!!!!

[978chris]

Do wheelies and you will die. Makes sense.

Yeah I'm a little lost.

All these people on *these* bikes, and none of you have ever done wheelies?

Please.

Nobody is saying go do em up and down the highway at 100+mph. What's worse, a wheelie in 2nd or doing 154mph (assuming both are off the track and on legal roads)?

You can die all sorts of way on these things, even when you're just sitting at the speed limit being a totally perfect angel. Pick your poison.

[978chris]

They acutally teach you in the msf to give it gas when going over an object in the road - they dont say wheelie it but you have the idea

i think we practiced on a 6x6 or something

Yeah exactly, I'm not saying scrape your rearend getting it vertical, I'm just saying get the front end over the obstacle... It's always better to hit it with your back wheel.

[Billy]

Regular wheelie's are boring, High chair wheelies is what its all about!!!!

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[Kham]

can't do em in emergency situaiton. i have to first.

[highsider]

I have no opinion on the morality of doing a wheelie, I was merely responding to this comment:

Ay. That might not be the best place to start off, but everyone has to learn sometime.

Perhaps I am missing out on some great bastion of motorcycling, but I dont recall it every being a requirement that I know how to wheelie.

[Awesome]

I think it's fun.

[TheIglu]

I can't do it for shit. Really.

[mikeb]

I think it's fun.

likewise. i've wheelied every bike i've owed (poorly), even my old heavy ass vfr. not to mention atv's, mountain bikes, etc.. if i ever get the triumph spd3 i want i plan on buying extra fork seals to go with it.
they have there time and place like everything else.

[ftrain]

I like popa wheelies!!!!

Chrisnof4i, hessogood, and myself put on big stunna show at orient point ferry

[ftrain]

I wheelie jeeps too but be careful because sometime wheels fall off

[keeena]

...don't know about "elevated risk"

A. Bikes are inherently risky machines
B. Wheelie is "elevating" the bike

Elevated Risk

[highsider]

I can't do it for shit. Really.

Perhaps I'm just bitter.

[Crash Dummy Denno]

wow those are some super swampers in the 2nd jeep pic!

[ftrain]

same tires and jeep all 3 pictures. 38.5x11 love the skinny tire!!!

[978chris]

lmao I just pictured myself trying to clutch it up over the curb. it didnt end well in my picture...


yea msf teaches u to give it some gas to lighten the front end. keeping the wheel in contact though.


i've wheelied a handful of times; I wont lie. you really have to make an effort to lift it up high on the GS. i definitely dont have any interest in doing it though. this was just messing around in a parking lot. I really just dont see the point... considering:

1- people crash them all the time
2- you risk losing your license
3- the only people impressed are 5 year old boys who completely forget about it in a week.

4- It's fun. Is it ok if I do it where nobody can see me? Who cares who's impressed by it, that's not the point.

And I hear what you're saying about the curb and stuff, I know shit doesn't always work out as planned, you don't have time, whatever (and this goes for everything - any out you have from a given situation *could* fail you at any time).

That being said, I do believe that having MORE options is better than having less. But any skill's value as an option is only as good as your ability to pull it off. So I do think there's an argument in there for practice. Just me though.

For the record, I have not even tried one on the new bike (other than the pothole kinda stuff). Not until it's paid off and I rebuild my gear collection.

[ftrain]

Just wear your gear

[Jayspeed]

I bring the front tire off the pavement occationally but I don't try to ride it. I lift it up and bring it back down. Most of the time when it happens its intentional. I could never hold a wheelie on my 100$ BMX bike when I was a kid so I won't try it out on my 11k$ motorcycle.

[The Crashing Tomato]

I started trying to do wheelies when I was five. Best one was later on a ten speed into my front yard and then the lamp post
tried to hide the damage from my pops .... yea right , he
he kicked my ass. that was the end of my one wheeled adventures.

even with the 1k cbr I might do a power wheelie but thats it.
the odds of crashing are high enough just by being on the road. riding or otherwise.

I'll take these odds : 1 minor accident in 30,000 miles and 1 major crash in 80,000 miles