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12 o'clock bar

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:15 pm
by Dirtytoes
what exactly is the purpose of it?

does it keep you from going to a 13 o'clock and loopin it?

how is it installed? where do they attach it to?

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:21 pm
by Sev
It's a bar that attaches to the tail of the bike. When you wheelie to 12 o'clock (vertical) the bike rests on this bar. It's how the stunters keep their bike vertical and then climb all over it. The bike will slide around on this thing for quite a ways, and it sort of looks impressive until you realise there's not longer any balance involved in keeping the bike there.

All in all it's just like a HUGE back sprocket, flat tires, and steering damper, it's just another crutch to make tricks look more impressive.

13 o'clock is 1pm.

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:41 pm
by Dirtytoes
Sevulturus wrote: 13 o'clock is 1pm.
LMAO
Sevulturus wrote: All in all it's just like a HUGE back sprocket, flat tires, and steering damper, it's just another crutch to make tricks look more impressive.
so it doesn't really help except to keep it balanced?

i remember seeing this guy have a titanium bar....it sparked everytime he popped one....are those expensive?

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:11 pm
by High_Side
Sevulturus wrote: The bike will slide around on this thing for quite a ways, and it sort of looks impressive until you realise there's not longer any balance involved in keeping the bike there.

All in all it's just like a HUGE back sprocket, flat tires, and steering damper, it's just another crutch to make tricks look more impressive.
Believe me, it's still impressive.

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:53 pm
by Mintbread
Impressive is seeing it done with a stock bike.

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:05 am
by NorthernPete
dang...I thought this topic was about lunch drinking.....

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:02 am
by TechTMW
Impressive is seeing it done on a Goldwing... :mrgreen:

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:51 am
by DivideOverflow
I thought this was about drinking at lunchtime too...

We have this pizza place around here, "Lazy Moon", and the pizzas are literally at least 2ftx2ft. The box has 1 inch clearance to fit through doors.

Anyways, this place has been opening at 9am for "Beer and Breakfast" lately, for the World Cup I think. We went over there for the Mexico vs Iran game, it was great! You can buy two 3 dollar slices of pizza that is the same amount of food as a pizza-hut medium-large. The full pizza's are 20 bucks, but you can split them between 4 college guys (I really can't eat more than 2 slices at a time).

As for the wheelie bars, I think it looks cool when the stunter in question stands it up on that thing, runs behind the bike for a couple seconds, then hops back on, sending the bike back into a regular wheelie. I saw some video of a guy who did that, and I was impressed.

But if you use those things every time you wheelie, you are just a noob. :wink:

I saw a video of scooter guys stunting.. it was the funniest thing ever!

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:56 am
by Mintbread
TechTMW wrote:Impressive is seeing it done on a Goldwing... :mrgreen:
Image

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 4:26 am
by Sev
Christian Pfieffer impresses me, the guys who fiddle with the wheelie bars do not.

And dirtytoes I'm serious 1300 is 1pm.