How many people can wheelie?

Buchanan0204

Buchanan0204

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Can most experiened riders do this or is it quite a special thing to be able to carry off properly anyway, not just a 1 sec pop of the front wheel.

Reason I ask is because a fat obnoxious acquaintance of mine claims back in his day he was pulling wheelies all the time on his wonderful R6. I call BS on it. Just curious what the odds were of it being true.
 
Hmm, I think most people can do it for at least a few seconds (most of the time without planning to :p).

Doing it for considerable distance is an acquired skill though.

I think most people will find if they can already wheelie a push bike, a motorcycle is even easier.
 
Youll Wheelie look like a right plonka should you come off though,i always wheelie and its always when i dont intend too
 
I have no interest in doing wheelies now, I've had my stupid youth and that was over 25 years ago, and prefer things slightly more sedate.

Anyway, I must get back to the latest edition of Pipe & Slippers Monthly.
 
arctine said:
Hmm, I think most people can do it for at least a few seconds (most of the time without planning to :p).

Doing it for considerable distance is an acquired skill though.

I think most people will find if they can already wheelie a push bike, a motorcycle is even easier.
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Really? I thought it would have been much harder. I'm pretty decent on a mountain bike and could wheelie for a bit, nothing special.

I don't fancy trying it on a CBR600 though. Maybe when I'm confident on it, who knows.

Out of curiosity, if I try and pull away to quickly with too much throttle on the CBR, am I in danger of popping the front end?

For those who don't know, I don't have the bike yet and it'll be my first.
 
It's quite easy once you've figured out how many revs, how fast to let the clutch slip and how much rear brake to use. Keep the front wheel straight and don't drop it back down too quick.

If you're going to try it, do it in an empty car park, and it'd be easier if you know the sound of the engine compared to how many revs its at (if that makes sense).

Buchanan0204 said:
Out of curiosity, if I try and pull away to quickly with too much throttle on the CBR, am I in danger of popping the front end?
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Short answer; yes.
 
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Been riding 3 months and not done a wheelie on my Bandit, mind you I have never done one and can't be bothered, would rather get it into second and get the buzz of acceleration. :D

And too many wheelies can damage the head bearings and is it the chain and sprocket at the rear? (please correct me if I am wrong;))
 
Used to wheelie all the time when I got into biking. Got ok at it, good couple of hundred yards on the back wheel on a straight road.

Got it wrong once and overcooked it, don't really do them much now funnily enough :)

Plus it took me 5 years for my mates to stop singing the flipper theme tune every time I pulled up.
 
kidloco said:
Used to wheelie all the time when I got into biking. Got ok at it, good couple of hundred yards on the back wheel on a straight road.

Got it wrong once and overcooked it, don't really do them much now funnily enough :)

Plus it took me 5 years for my mates to stop singing the flipper theme tune every time I pulled up.
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There just jealous haha.
 
With 16f/44r gearing my Mille will pop the front at the slightest whiff of the throttle in 1st and second. Fun, but I don't do it that often. If your technique isn't polished then you can certainly cause issues for your bike over the long term. I've a riding mate who never keeps the damn thing with the front end on the floor, pops huge wheelies everywhere when on a ride out but when he lets the front back down it's in a horribly harsh manner.

I swear he's got shares in fork seal and head race companies. :D
 
Had the fun pop up occasionally. I'd like to learn to wheelie but it trashes the SV's engine. I can wheelie a mountain bike all day long, it's just getting used to a motorbike on one wheel. I feel fine when the front end does come up though, it's no problem :)
 
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