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To all you Wheelie Boys

MilleBoy82

MilleBoy82

Joined Jan 2008
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Shropshire
Alright lads just wondering how many of you can pull off wheelies and to the skilled boys amongst who can i was wondering if i could ask a few questions about it

How long had you been riding untill you learnt how to wheelie?
What bike did you pull your 1st wheelie on?
how did you go about learning to do one

Cheers lads just a bit of light banter i know some people frown on this subject but i think they look super cool:thumbup
 
The first bike I took mono was a my 350LC, second time I rode it.... My discovery of hitting a 'powerband' with a mate on the back... :devious
I cant keep it up for ever, but I can keep it up well into fourth. It gets easier the faster your goin, but when your front wheel stops spinin it get a bit wobbly.:eek:
 
Learnt on a crosser when I was racing in the 500`s (proper powerband 2 stroke),, that said, I certainly don`t have the Kahuna`s to try it on the road,, couple of reasons to quantify.

1: on parting company with a crosser, you are generally on the dirt. In my head, falling on the muddy stuff aint gonna sting as much as the tarmac if it all goes Pete Tong:dunno

2: If, and it generally does, go Pete Tong, a rear mudguard on a crosser costs around £30! Are there ANY parts under £30 for an Aprilia?:confused

3: I`ve seen far too many muppets on poo tube making complete ***** of themselves and I don`t want to join the long and distinguished list of said muppets.:dowhat


Looks:devious very cool on the road though
 
First bike i wheelied was a mates scrambler, by pure accident, not skill :biggrin

After that the first "big" bike i had was a R6 and learnt to wheelie on that. I have a couple of good mates who are **** hot at it and they kinda taught me.

Its not that difficult to do, its just a case of getting your head around the front wheel leaving the ground and the way it feels when it comes up. Its not a natural feeling so your instinct tells you "something aint right here" and the front wheel slams to the floor. Once you can get over that it gets easier and as Flick mentions the faster you go the easier it is :eek:

There are loads of videos out there tell you "HOW TO WHEELIE" but in my experience you kinda find you own way and what feels right for you.

Most people learn first gear power wheelies, easy enough to do, just pull away and wind the power on, keys is be smooth, dont give it a handful cos you will be seeing your arse go down the road (and youve done that already Milleboy :biggrin) .

I prefer second gear clutch up wheelies. Cruise to around 30mph in second then slip the clutch slightly, blip the throttle and let the clutch out. Takes a bit of practice to get it all to work together, but i found this works for me.

After that i gets a lot easier, you then can change into third and fourth.

Anyway that just my own personal experience, im sure that loads of people on here have different techniques.


Cheers,

Ritch
 
Flick said:
The first bike I took mono was a my 350LC, second time I rode it.... My discovery of hitting a 'powerband' with a mate on the back... :devious
I cant keep it up for ever, but I can keep it up well into fourth. It gets easier the faster your goin, but when your front wheel stops spinin it get a bit wobbly.:eek:
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The good old 350Lc you couldn't help doing mono's on them it was normal. Wish i stll had it!!!:thumbup
 
Doing a long third gear minger is cool. Postin it on Poochute is yawn.

A couple of years back I was flyin around the North circ heading to the Ace cafe, traffic was moderate. I had NEVER been overtaken while filtering, I am safe guys before you all start:devious
Any ways... as I approach a red light with cars stationary on all three lanes, I flick inbetween them, something catches my eye... A bike in the other 'between cars lane' but.... He is passing me on his FRONT WHEEL....:dowhat

Yeah... Rolling stoppy. between the traffic. :hail He dropped it down as I pulled up to the lights. He then took off on his back wheel at speed... Hondafartblood fighter, crash bars the works. I rode with him for the next mile trying to do a good wheely... but my clutch had cooked, TLS problem that....

Define peace
 
First unintentional wheelie - SV650 and a hump back bridge - Reaction - "arrrggghh"

First intentional wheelie - Bandit 400 - Pure comedy, wind it up to 10000 rpm and drop the clutch, the front wheelie bunny hops - Reaction - "Hahahahaha"

Second lot of intentional wheelies - Bandit 1250 - roll along at 20mph in first and then just put the throttle on the stop, wahey up she comes - Reaction - "Woooooo yeah!"
 
first bike L reg fizzer, first gear crack the throttle and up she comes, if all goes wrong jump off the back and run after it!
First proper wheely kwack 750 turbo, 2nd gear bit scarey.
new to my mille but it seems a lot easier than a thunderace i had.
allso had a ktm 690 supermoto, that had to go for obviouse reasons! HOOLIGAN!!!!!
 
Ritch said:
Most people learn first gear power wheelies, easy enough to do, just pull away and wind the power on, keys is be smooth, dont give it a handful cos you will be seeing your arse go down the road (and youve done that already Milleboy :biggrin) .

Ritch
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Haaa a:biggrin yeah cheers for that Ritch nice of you to drop that in there :lol

cheers for the tip though
 
alreet lads theres quite a few of you that can manage the fine art of getting the front up fair play,

The reason i started this topic was to see how the water lied on the subject and also to find out if any of you would advise these wheelie school days that are available or is more of a case of save ya case and learn ya own method, its also a good way to control the power aswell
 
MilleBoy82 said:
Haaa a:biggrin yeah cheers for that Ritch nice of you to drop that in there :lol

cheers for the tip though
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Err... did you loop yours milleboy???

Back brake not workin?? oh... of course. We all ride a very good bike to get it up, but have a not great rear stopper to bring it back down:eek:
 
first ones forced ones were on my Maico 250. Then got a CRM250 and used to wheelie that all over the place. Pit bikes are grate fun to wheelie as well :D

Had my 750 up a handfull of times but normaly from hitting a bump at 80 odd under hard aceleration and up she comes so i just roll with it! Will learn how to clutch the front up at some point this year!
 
I do them exactly the same as Ritch. 30mph in second gear and just a tickle of clutch and quickly open throttle about half way. It would probably work without the clutch but it feels under more control with it. Some people talk about fork seals blowing but as long as you put it down gently you should be ok. I would steer well clear of the back brake to control it. Just throttle off.:eatcorn I learned on a YZ250. Been doing them for quite a few years now but I have got a funny shaped collar bone now as the result of a back wheel blunder :wheelie
 
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Had an air cooled RD250 DX in red and white and this was the one i first pulled a wheelie on coming back from passing my test along the back roads... much joy :doug ... very rarely do them now but sometimes give it a handfull over a few rising crests :devious Are the good ole days :roll
 
I'm not really sure about the clutching it up method for mechanical reasons and the chance of going past the point of no return :eek:
If your on the right gearing then it is better to just find the sweet spot of power and use that and the rear brake.
As others have said, it is easier to learn on a off road type of bike and you need to get past the brain telling you to back off bit. You don't have to be on the balance point with a RSV to pull some mingers because of the nice torque and just find a gentle rise in the road and time it right :doug
Pic below is me on a 650 Berg and that would lift the front in 5th gear of the throttle :eatcorn

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Nice pic Neil B, looks like you were having fun there mate. :thumbup I use the clutch because I feel much more in control. For those who don't understand just rewind a few years back to when you were a 17 year old chav driving your mates around in your mums fiesta. Now it was really really cool to wheelspin away from the traffic lights and obviously the chicks thought you were awesome. But to really get the birds and to prove you had the largest ***** in Bristol city center then you would slip the clutch into second gear with bags of gas and actually do a tiny wheelspin:jack It's a slightly modified version of this that gets my bike up on the back wheel. Just less gas needed and not necessarily on a gear change:thumbup
 
First done wheelies on scramblers as a schoolboy and when i was allowed on the road it was a DT125LC loads of mods easy to wheelie and what ever else i rode after that the mille is easy to wheelie just open the throttle and up she goes
 
Never been a wheelie person myself, too old now and too much self preservation, but agree that when done properly they look the dogs. have a mate with an SP1 that wheelies like a demon. well over 100 mph. and looks so in control. best i ever saw though involved an RSV. While in Scotland on a weeks touring, 2002 i think from memory, i was witness to a GOD. may have even been one of you lads from the site.
Me on the ZX9 and my riding mate on a Tiger 955i were overtaken along A84 from Callander to Lochearnhead, by a group of bikes in rush hour traffic. seemed to know the roads well, so surmise they were local lads. group was varied R1 GSXR, Fireblades. the usual. amongst them was one RSV. any how, a few miles down the road, we saw the group again in a lay by out side a local shop. we then turned left onto the A85 towards Burnmore and Glencoe. at some point along this stretch i could see a group of head lights approaching from behind. soon i was overtaken by the group of riders from the lay by. the last in the group was the RSV. as he went past me i looked right and saw he was on the back wheel and as he saw me look at him, his left hand left the bar, and he acknowledged me with a thumb. on looking down at my clocks i could see i was already doing 90 mph. he accelerated pass me still on the rear wheel and then gently put it down at what must have been over 100 mph. i will never forget that moment, when i realised there are some very talented riders out there.:thumbup
Just a last point, it was a black one.
 
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