Oops I wheelied, am I a squid now?
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:19 am
Now I know the thoughts on this forum of wheelies and stunts, so please know from the outset thats not the theme of this topic. just a story and such, and actually a dismissal of the idea of wheeling. there goes the disclaimer, now to the wheely
thats right, the bottom of the front wheel was where the top should be. Actually it quite suprised me. I had been reading about where to put the RPMS and such that it would come up and all, so I had been trying to avoid those situations for the most part. but there were no cars around from my sight, I was in first with the rpms around midrange, which is where my svs gets its torque. usually I am forward on the seat for comfort, and even under hard acceleration the front has never come up. this time I was against the back of the seat, I wanted to see if the weight position mattered, and I did have my doubts. but with a 1/2 to 3/4 throttle application at a quick snap, the front came up and I backed off the throttle, fortunetly I didnt snap it shut or anything and the front came down nicely without landing hard. That was it, came up and went back down. A little startled and such I just kept going.
Honestly I dont think I'll bother doing it again. The conditions and such had to be so specific that I had to TRY to get it to come up, any other way and I would have just accelerated hard. I wasnt really all that impressed with the feeling or the coolness of myself at that point and it wasnt like a motorcycle 0rga$sm or anything, so theres no need to repeat it.
thats right, the bottom of the front wheel was where the top should be. Actually it quite suprised me. I had been reading about where to put the RPMS and such that it would come up and all, so I had been trying to avoid those situations for the most part. but there were no cars around from my sight, I was in first with the rpms around midrange, which is where my svs gets its torque. usually I am forward on the seat for comfort, and even under hard acceleration the front has never come up. this time I was against the back of the seat, I wanted to see if the weight position mattered, and I did have my doubts. but with a 1/2 to 3/4 throttle application at a quick snap, the front came up and I backed off the throttle, fortunetly I didnt snap it shut or anything and the front came down nicely without landing hard. That was it, came up and went back down. A little startled and such I just kept going.
Honestly I dont think I'll bother doing it again. The conditions and such had to be so specific that I had to TRY to get it to come up, any other way and I would have just accelerated hard. I wasnt really all that impressed with the feeling or the coolness of myself at that point and it wasnt like a motorcycle 0rga$sm or anything, so theres no need to repeat it.
If you plan on riding your bike hard once you are feeling comfy with it and as long as it accelerates smoothly I would say it's actually good to practice this so when you are riding hard/fast if the wheel pops up you won't panic.
