question about wheelies and shifting

[earwig]

You can use whatever method you want. I think standing up feels like you have better control over the bike, standing on the rear pegs will make you feel even more stable, but practice sitting down first and keep the rear brake covered until you feel confident enough not to need it. Make sure you are practicing where there is no one else around too, it would be F'ed up if you lose control and your bike goes flying into someone/someone's property.

[Dirtytoes]

You can use whatever method you want. I think standing up feels like you have better control over the bike, standing on the rear pegs will make you feel even more stable, but practice sitting down first and keep the rear brake covered until you feel confident enough not to need it. Make sure you are practicing where there is no one else around too, it would be F'ed up if you lose control and your bike goes flying into someone/someone's property.

oh yaa, i usually look around for a empty parking lot, if i can't find one, i just find a wide empty street with no cars parked around. and i've tried putting my left leg on the rear peg and keeping the rear brake covered with my right...it's comfortable when just standing like that but when you wanna push down the brake, its not...idk why but its weird.

Just be careful, oh and slipping the clutch will ensure you never wheelie.

what do you mean? why not?

[Jamers!]

if anybody has questions on how to ride a wheelie they shouldn't be doing a wheelie in the first place. Its dangerous don't even try it.

what? if someone doesnt know how to do something and wants to try something for the first time, how do you learn. . . YOU ASK QUESTIONS! If ive never sky dived before, and im in the plane, and i have a question about how to land, should i not ask him because i have never done it before? No, you ask for that reason, because you have never done it and want advice and help. Perhaps you should think about thinking what you type before you post things that make no sense.




JWF

[Dirtytoes]

if anybody has questions on how to ride a wheelie they shouldn't be doing a wheelie in the first place. Its dangerous don't even try it.

what? if someone doesnt know how to do something and wants to try something for the first time, how do you learn. . . YOU ASK QUESTIONS! If ive never sky dived before, and im in the plane, and i have a question about how to land, should i not ask him because i have never done it before? No, you ask for that reason, because you have never done it and want advice and help. Perhaps you should think about thinking what you type before you post things that make no sense.


JWF

thank you.

[Sev]

Slipping the clutch means you don't let the clutch out all the way, meaning 100% of the power is not transfered to the back wheel. It's a common practise for parking lot manevours.

So unless your bike puts out so much torque that it'll warp the frame on launch you're not going to get the wheel up by slipping the clutch.

It may be a usefull way to keep the bike from going over backwards when you do get it up... but it won't get you there.

[Dirtytoes]

Slipping the clutch means you don't let the clutch out all the way, meaning 100% of the power is not transfered to the back wheel. It's a common practise for parking lot manevours.

So unless your bike puts out so much torque that it'll warp the frame on launch you're not going to get the wheel up by slipping the clutch.

It may be a usefull way to keep the bike from going over backwards when you do get it up... but it won't get you there.

oooooh, in that case, i used the wrong term....i'm letting it go all the way....AKA "snapping" it?

P.S. i thought "slipping" the clutch meant to just let it go all the way out.....

[NorthernPete]

popping the clutch.

[ericeverson]

I always found stand-ups easier to do than sitting wheelies. On my CBR6 all I had to do was lean forward and then pull back while giving it enough throttle to pull the wheel up once my weight came off the front shocks. My cousin is really into stunt riding; he rides with the StarBoyz (http://www.starboyz.com) in Columbus, Oh. There are some cool pics on their homepage of the $hit they get into. http://www.starboyz.com/pages/gallery/g ... ction=view

[Sev]

popping the clutch.

I call it dumping myself, shrug.

[Dirtytoes]

...all I had to do was lean forward and then pull back while giving it enough throttle to pull the wheel up once my weight came off the front shocks.

if you lean forward, doesn't that make it harder for the bike to get up?