wheelie

[daavikes]

could someone tell me what year or so that bike in the vid is and do you know if  they have lowered handlebars on it?  I'm looking for a GS and really like that one.

[GRU]

here is another video....it me doing wheelies
http://www.eachosting.com/~gru/GRU/Video/gs_wheelies.wmv
and yes, it does hurt the chain....i streched my chain a lot by doing wheelies so now i'm doing stopies  :mrgreen:

[proudlom]

I think this is what you were looking for.

http://www.bikepower.net/gs500e-power/gs500e-power.htm

Not the same site but this one seems pretty cool too  

could someone tell me what year or so that bike in the vid is

I wish I could remember... I think it was mid-late ninties. Again, if I find the site, I'll post it and it will say what it is

here is another video....it me doing wheelies

Those were pretty cool, how much does it damage/stretch the chain?  And while were on the subject, how do you do stoppies? I've put some effort into figuring it out myself but I'm too afraid to try hard enough.

[proudlom]

I think this is what you were looking for.

http://www.bikepower.net/gs500e-power/gs500e-power.htm

Upon further inspection, that video is on this site too and the caption does say it was made my one of the admins or something.  Maybe the site I've been trying so hard to find is this guy's old page or something. Whatever, I give up.  The video I linked to is on here, called wheelies.avi.  Unfortuantly I haven't found a detailed desciption on this site of how to actually do the wheelies and stoppies. Maybe I haven't looked hard enough. Thanks robo.

[frankieG]

no offense guys but those stunts are pathetic...they have squid and wannabe written all over them.  if you are gonna play do it real or stay on the side and watch  :lol:

here is how we do it in the maritimes

http://www.nbriders.ca/albums/07-24-2002/abo.wmv

[tdan553527]

That would the difference in our little 500's and the supersport 600 and up. More power and better braking on supersport. Our little GS's will do what they do.

[frankieG]

actually the more i ride the GS the more i like it.  just plain fun and does not cause as much trouble as the litre bikes  

[Alias]

That would the difference in our little 500's and the supersport 600 and up. More power and better braking on supersport. Our little GS's will do what they do.

Your little GS will ride a wheelie just fine. You guys just need to learn how. When my buddy gets back from Kosovo I'll make a video for you guys :p

[tdan553527]

Mine will do it just fine, I can pull it up to 10:00 and ride it for quite a distance with no problems. I really don't want to ride one at 80 mph going down the interstate anyway, that is just plain stupidity.

[stefman722]

Mine will do it just fine, I can pull it up to 10:00 and ride it for quite a distance with no problems. I really don't want to ride one at 80 mph going down the interstate anyway, that is just plain stupidity.

man, you need to give 100% details, i got the exact bike as you, so it will help me. I want everything from the starting of your bike, to putting your kickstand down. Lets us know. Thanks man, appreciate it.

[tdan553527]

I start walking out to the bike, when i get there i put my key in, just kidding, let's get straight to it. When rolling slowly (5 to 10MPH) thru a parking lot or down a back road, ease in on the clutch, let out on the clutch to locate where it catches, pull back in slightly, rev up to 5k to 6k rpm and let out the clutch. Front comes right up. My buddy has to give his a little gas to get his to work, I think about 7k. I found that when i rev it up and just drop the clutch, the front will come up, but the back tire will bark. The slower I start, the better it works. Oh yeah, when done, I park, shut the bike off and put the kickstand down.

[Rippa_MD]

exactly tdan!

that what I've been saying, you have to find out where the clutch 'catches' / 'bites' / 'grabs' the gears. once you know that you'll be popping wheelies with more 'style points.' [WEAR YOUR GEAR] now you know, and knowing is half the _________. once you pop your first wheelie, feel in the blank.

[VTNewb]

I'm in the process of getting rid of the GS400 and I got a Yamaha Maxim 700. Weighs about the same but with 85HP. I'm terrified to try to do a wheelie hehe. It can do stoppies quite well though, dual front disks.

[Alias]

I put my bike on the centerstand and adjusted the clutch so that it grabbed an inch from the bars. Seems to make things much simpler.

[stefman722]

I start walking out to the bike, when i get there i put my key in, just kidding, let's get straight to it. When rolling slowly (5 to 10MPH) thru a parking lot or down a back road, ease in on the clutch, let out on the clutch to locate where it catches, pull back in slightly, rev up to 5k to 6k rpm and let out the clutch. Front comes right up. My buddy has to give his a little gas to get his to work, I think about 7k. I found that when i rev it up and just drop the clutch, the front will come up, but the back tire will bark. The slower I start, the better it works. Oh yeah, when done, I park, shut the bike off and put the kickstand down.

Alright man, cool, does your chain lossen up when you do this? I did it once the chain was just hanging. Let me know about yours.

[tdan553527]

Maybe a little, I lube and adjust it (if needed) every 600 Miles. It depends on how hard you drop the clutch. One day, I reved very high dropped the clutch, front came up, back tire barked, then proceeded to the house. Every time I would downshift, I heared a new noise. The chain was so loose it was sagging and hitting the center stand. With as many times that i have done it, I would have to say no, it is not stretching the chain. I know that this is BS, because it is stretching it.

[proudlom]

Hahahah: http://tuxserver.dyndns.org/%7Emartin/gs500e/video.html

It actually links to the same video as that other site but has a pretty good explaination.  

[tdan553527]

another thing that i don't think was mentioned, the less gas you have the better. After filling up, it makes it almost impossible, but when the tank is low or on reserve, it makes the bike alot lighter, in return, coming up easier and higher.

[stefman722]

sweet!

[Blueknyt]

drop some PSI in the rear tire for better bite, between 20 and 25 would be fine depending on weight, full tank does make it harder to come up fast, but will help stablize the weight transfer (it will come up slower and alittle more predictable, wont be so twitchy once up) and will help hold the sweet spot. KEEPING YOUR ASS IN ONE SPOT IS PARAMOUNT untill you get good, Work the bike around your weight for the time being, get use to the feel of up, keeping from over rotating and setting back down controlably.  then work on ballence left to right, or standups.  you can move your body all over the bike once you can control the bike comfortably.