So I've got a friend that does wheelies, but...

[bigred875]

turning the front wheel absolutely does matter. If its turned like in the picture the bike will drift right. Its a giant gyro. Remember the holding the spinning wheel experiment?

the wheel pretty much stops spinning...so i've heard

[Awesome]

Has anyone mentioned your friends wheelies are gah-bage?

[GixerJockey]

Has anyone mentioned your friends wheelies are gah-bage?

But isn't that what we're trying to do here?

Solve his friend's gah-bage wheelies?

[scottieducati]

Jesus Christ Noel, I think you've posted in every active thread on NESR.

[Awesome]

Scottie wheelies like a girly girl.

[crowspeed07]

My friend disagrees... I have been told it is easier to power em up on twins. Someone has to teach me... I mean my friend how to clutch them up.

Although I... I mean my friend has no problems holding a wheelie straight. He must have a small package.

Just because its easier doesn't make it safer or right. I know this site is king of anti wheelie and wear your gear. But 90% of the guys i ride with also stunt. The whole mash the gas itll come out its extremely stupid and unsafe. Its all clutch bp and rear break keeping the throttle where it is the entire wheelie

[SVRACER01]

its the crown in the road. try it in a parking lot or someplace flat.
youre..umm...hes just gonna have to start the wheelie at the center of the road. maybe "he" thinks hes hanging way off the bike but "he" really isnt...kinda like trackday noobs

[RC51FMT]

It looks like the same truck is swerving at you :57 sec in as well as 1:57. I guess he didn't like your wheelie.

lol.... I ran out of footage , so I had to mod the same footage

[Io-bot]

I will teach him to be a MAN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdw1oX-Socg

[OreoGaborio]

Wirelessly posted (Samsung Lube.... Er, Glyde: Mozilla/5.0 440x240 Samsung SCH-U940 NetFront/3.4)

Sorry, he doesn't swing that way.

[SRTie4k]

Just because its easier doesn't make it safer or right. I know this site is king of anti wheelie and wear your gear. But 90% of the guys i ride with also stunt. The whole mash the gas itll come out its extremely stupid and unsafe. Its all clutch bp and rear break keeping the throttle where it is the entire wheelie

Last time I clutched up on a bike, I wrapped my chain around the rear peg mount. I was lucky it didn't rip a hole in my leg or lock the rear wheel up.

Needless to say I will never clutch up again. It's power or nothing for me. I've found that powering it up is much more predictable on my bike.

[crowspeed07]

Last time I clutched up on a bike, I wrapped my chain around the rear peg mount. I was lucky it didn't rip a hole in my leg or lock the rear wheel up.

Needless to say I will never clutch up again. It's power or nothing for me. I've found that powering it up is much more predictable on my bike.

for the sake of an argument im just gonna refrain. hope you don't loop it.

[SRTie4k]

for the sake of an argument im just gonna refrain. hope you don't loop it.

I very rarely do wheelies, but when I do I don't balance them. Usually just a quick up and down in first.

[OreoGaborio]

Last time I clutched up on a bike, I wrapped my chain around the rear peg mount. I was lucky it didn't rip a hole in my leg or lock the rear wheel up.

Needless to say I will never clutch up again. It's power or nothing for me. I've found that powering it up is much more predictable on my bike.

I've got news for ya... the chain was probably ready to go either way, it was just the act of clutching it up that pushed it over the edge. Had you given the bike a healthy whack of throttle, the same thing probably would have happened.

Indisputable fact: A motorcycle's throttle response will always be smoother as you shift up in the gears... 4th is less twitchy than 3rd, 3rd is less twitchy than 2nd & so on.... thus if you clutch it up in one gear higher than you can power it up in, the throttle response will be smoother & more predictable.

Clutch it up, power it up, whatever, "my friend" does both.... but don't tell me or anyone else that powering it up is better or safer. They're both dangerous, but clutching it up is noticeably more predictable & consistent.

.... or so I've heard



What have I done? I started a wheelie thread

[Doc]

Gonna have to practice... Pete? Ya giving lessons?

[OreoGaborio]

YUT UUUUUUHHHG!


I suck at wheelies but my buddy can give ya some pointers.

[GixerJockey]

Last time I clutched up on a bike, I wrapped my chain around the rear peg mount. I was lucky it didn't rip a hole in my leg or lock the rear wheel up.

Needless to say I will never clutch up again. It's power or nothing for me. I've found that powering it up is much more predictable on my bike.

A little maintainence will probably go a long way towards keeping the chain actually on the bike. True story...

I very rarely do wheelies, but when I do I don't balance them. Usually just a quick up and down in first.

Those aren't wheelies.

[SRTie4k]

I've got news for ya... the chain was probably ready to go either way, it was just the act of clutching it up that pushed it over the edge. Had you given the bike a healthy whack of throttle, the same thing probably would have happened.

Indisputable fact: A motorcycle's throttle response will always be smoother as you shift up in the gears... 4th is less twitchy than 3rd, 3rd is less twitchy than 2nd & so on.... thus if you clutch it up in one gear higher than you can power it up in, the throttle response will be smoother & more predictable.

Clutch it up, power it up, whatever, "my friend" does both.... but don't tell me or anyone else that powering it up is better or safer. They're both dangerous, but clutching it up is noticeably more predictable & consistent.

.... or so I've heard



What have I done? I started a wheelie thread

The biggest difference is I power it up at 30mph, whereas in a higher gear to clutch it up you have to be going 50-60. There are no parking lots around here long enough to get that much speed, pick it up and ride it out.

I never said powering it up is safer, I merely said with my experience I won't be clutching it up ever again. Was it my fault that the chain went due to lack of maintenance? Yeah, it probably was, but the experience still sucked and I don't want that to happen to me ever again. That's why I keep them at a low speed using the throttle.

[SRTie4k]

A little maintainence will probably go a long way towards keeping the chain actually on the bike. True story...




Those aren't wheelies.

Sorry, didn't mean to offend the wheelie masters of the world. A quick up and down is the only thing that will fit in any parking lot in southern VT...unless you recommend I pull them on the roads.

[GixerJockey]

Sorry, didn't mean to offend the wheelie masters of the world.

Apology accepted.

...unless you recommend I pull them on the roads.

I do. (when the time and place are right)

Isn't that what the last 5 pages have been about?

[SRTie4k]

I do. (when the time and place are right)

Isn't that what the last 5 pages have been about?

I thought we were talking parking lot wheelies.