Meh bike don't wheelie!?

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#11 Unread post by **Skier** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:23 pm

jewfzr wrote:My privates hit aluminum with the force of a teamster hitting a scab crossing a picket line.

Praytell, what lake is this?

jewfzr · #12 Unread post by **jewfzr** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:45 pm

It was back in Minnesota, Lake Manuela.

vulcanman500 · Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:56 am

hey me.

I have done one wheelie and haven't been successful since. Mainly cause the crap it does to the bike. And i don't wanna feel like i'm falling off again. Not a familiar feeling. I gave it high revs, dropped the clutch and flogged it even more. The front wheel waited for no one!! I mean it was gone. All i could see was gas tank. It took a few tries before i got a good one though. I had to hold the clutch with my middle finger and then release. Too many fingers on the clutch and you don't have anything to hang on to. If you are looking for a rush, an un expected super wheelie is the way to get it. Keep in mind we were in a closed paking lot.

if you have to do one bring someone with you. If you fall by yourself you'll be wishing someone was there, maybe.

oh by the way. The cruiser you see is the wheelie popper. I have yet to take the CBR for a true ride. I'll let ya know the details later

#14 Unread post by **Kal** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 2:28 pm

Even little commuter bikes like CG's wheelie... As I found out the other morning on my way home.

Coming up to a really confusing set of traffic lights I engine breaked down to third and pulled the clutch to coast for the last 50m or so. I know its bad habit.

As the bike comes up to the lights I realise that the line I want is green. So I release the clutch and the bike starts failing as its only doing 10/15mph and I'm in third. I pull the cltuch quick and accidently knock it down to 1st, releasing the clutch again and rolling on the power.

Next thing I know the front end is off the floor and the clocks are coming up to my face. Panic reaction was to roll off the power and start bringing the clutch in. Bang down went the front wheel.

I spent the rest of the ride home paranoid I'd damaged her front end. On the plus side I know longer have any ambition of wheeling the CeeGee again...

isaac · #15 Unread post by **isaac** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:07 pm

Relsek wrote:If you've got the power, all you should have to do is once moving, let off the throttle quickly then immediately throttle up and the wheel should lift right up. My bike is long and heavy but that is all it takes.

kevin

You have the fastest, most powerful motorcycle ever built. There's not an "if" involved. It's a little different.

"Me" you need to put it down into 1st gear on a roll, drop the nose down by decelerating or braking, then hammer the throttle. If a "roll on" wheelie won't work, you have to try a much more dangerous move. I don't recomment it, but revving up the engine then dropping the clutch in 1st is the most surefire way to pull one off. Unless your tire sucks, this will bring the nose up, but it will happen VERY quickly, so be careful. When in doubt, pull in the clutch.

To illustrate how important tires are to the equation: My GZ250 (20hp) with a 130mm Dunlop D404 in the back will wheelie from a light if revved up and the clutch is dropped. My GS750 (modded, 85hp) with a 130mm Bridgestone Spitfire in the back will spin the rear tire under any condition conducive to a wheelie. It even lights up the rear in 2nd without lifting the front. It annoys the hell outta me. If I had a Metzeler on the back, I have no doubt it'd wheelie in first and on a hard shift into 2nd.

Beer Runner · Tue Apr 19, 2005 6:43 pm

I tried to pull off a wheelie today on my VF700

You need the torque to pull this off, or drop some gears while riding.

rjr677 · #17 Unread post by **rjr677** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 6:09 am

All you people and wheelies on cruisers--crazy! That has to be hard on them. I have found it pretty easy on my new bike to just whack the throttle open from a stop...when the rev's hit about 8 grand, make sure you are pointed in the direction you want to go, you have plenty of open road in front of you and HOLD ON!

Itzamna · #18 Unread post by **Itzamna** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 4:34 pm

Mine will wheelie with the let off throttle then hit the throttle again strategy as well. That's the only problem with a V-Twin with a wheel that sticks well. Goes up even when you don't mean to. My bike won't even do a burn out, just sticks and lifts. I really don't ride hard enough to pull them most the time though.