I am a new ride and would like to learn how to do a wheelie. Any tips and advice would be helpful.
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learn to ride first.
i'm not tryin' to be mean but you also said in other post that you have troubles with cruising speed. so make sure you fix problems first and learn to ride (it takes time and hundreds of miles), know your bike BEFORE you attempt to do wheelie.
otherwise you'll find yourself in trouble and in pain after crush. joy of riding motorcycle will be pretty much gone before it even starts.
cheers
KaMeL
thanks, not mean at all.
first gear...rev to 9k...drop the clutch....
^^^
that can't be good for the bike :laugh:
squid...don't do it
Quote from: can_rizla+. on October 15, 2007, 12:29:52 PM
first gear...rev to 9k...drop the clutch....
I don't understand can you make a video and show us all how you do that perticular technic ? :laugh:
Quote from: can_rizla+. on October 15, 2007, 12:29:52 PM
first gear...rev to 9k...drop the clutch....
I'd call it "flippin' the bike over' :laugh:
Would that really flip the bike over? I would think doing something like that would just hurt the engine or chain more than anything.
I've only been riding for a few months, so I've got a lot to learn still in regards to regular riding. I want to eventually learn to wheelie, just so I can say I can do it haha :)
When the time comes that I'm ready to atempt a wheelie, is the GS really a good bike to try it on? Would a cheap, larger displacement bike be better?
Yeah, learn to ride more before trying it. I have never flipped a bike doing it but on the GS500 you have to pop the clutch. This makes it more dangerous since it gives an abrupt surge in power and the front end will lift real quickly. You need to be prepared for it. I personally like to let the clutch slip out longer and get a low wheelie out of first. It will give you a good launch out of first, might be something you'd wanna try if your doing 1/4 mile at the track. I've only gotten the bike up to about a 45 degree angle once in a wheelie and it was at night which was scary. You can't see the ground since the headlight is pointing at the air. I personally would worry more about cornering than wheelies. It's a lot more fun and not as dumb. It will also make YOU a better rider, than you will be able to beat noobs on gsxr600s who do wheelies all day but can't ride for sh*%. :icon_razz:
Quote from: adam on October 15, 2007, 09:09:04 AM
I am a new ride and would like to learn how to do a wheelie. Any tips and advice would be helpful.
Here's an excellent demonstration by Dani Pedrosa, MotoGP star. :laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-w_BhQIvdg
Quote from: RichDesmond on October 16, 2007, 07:19:10 PM
Quote from: adam on October 15, 2007, 09:09:04 AM
I am a new ride and would like to learn how to do a wheelie. Any tips and advice would be helpful.
Here's an excellent demonstration by Dani Pedrosa, MotoGP star. :laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-w_BhQIvdg
:cry: I missed it , I only watched the race itself . Dani is a great rider , though that was kinda funny :laugh:
it happened in a practice, and I do believe he was practing launches, not trying to loft the front end.
The MotoGP bikes have a "Launch Control" that prevents that from happening, however, it can be turned on and off.
And whoever said it takes "hundreds" of miles to learn your bike..... you are horribly inaccurately dangerously wrong. It takes thousands of miles.
yeah... it was me who said that. I expected someone to say that actually :thumb:
now we are clear ;) DO NOT DO WHEELIES if you do not know your bike. period ;) unless you really don't care about yourself and your bike.
It's not difficult. The sooner you do it, the sooner the thrill is gone. Sure, you could rip one from every stoplight, but it'd get old fast. It's not like walking it on a mountain bike. That's wayyyy cooler. The balance point is more fun too.
Keep both the wheels on the ground, and use the gs for commuting / playing / whatever. IF you abuse it, time will bite you quickly, and painfully.
It's certainly possible on a gs. I probably wouldn't recommend doing it often though.
My gs can't do a power wheelie, so that means using the clutch. After a few tries in a parking lot, I began to notice that the back wheel was wobbling like crazy. Turns out that all that extra force was causing the metal plate at the end of the swingarm to deform. Can't explain why it did that, but I haven't tried to do a wheelie after that whole thing :dunno_white:
Great advices and no I won't take it up to 9k and try to do a wheelie.
For what it's worth, I'm 44 and been riding since I was 12.
I still don't know how to do a wheelie. Don't have any interest in
learning. I'm to busy having fun riding. :thumb:
Just saying you can have fun without the wheelie.
BeSafe.
Get yourself a 14T front sprocket, bolt it on and go have fun in an empty parking lot away from people. Be sure you have your cell with you, so you can call your "buddy with truck" to pick up the pieces of the bike if you loop it.
Just kidding, it isn't that bad or hard to learn, just take it slow and work your way up from small 6" wheelies that you drop right away to something slightly higher as you get more comfortable.
I'm with PJ, I don't really understand doing wheelies, I dunno if it's cause I'm an old bugger or cause I can't do the things. I don't really understand the whole stuntah thing either, now excuse me while I go chase some kids off my lawn.
You can wheelie most any bike. I would think flipping the gs would be unlikely
I found these awhile ago.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6MGelSYavwQ
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_KJ9QV14b5I
Quote from: can_rizla+. on October 15, 2007, 12:29:52 PM
first gear...rev to 9k...drop the clutch....
get going around 10-15mph and work your way up the revs and dumping the clutch. keep the throttle open because you'll instinctively want to shut it. the hardest part is learning to keep it open.
and it is very possible to loop the GS so be careful. and at the very least please wear a good helmet, jacket, gloves, and sturdy over the ankle work or riding boots.
Quote from: XsuperflyX on January 07, 2008, 09:10:32 PM
I found these awhile ago.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6MGelSYavwQ
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_KJ9QV14b5I
Kinda funny how the gs dissapears and it looks like a kid on his bike when the shots are far off. ;)
Wonder if he's plumbed something extra to keep oil going where it should ? I found a sv650 for sale that was and old stunt bike. It didn't sound good.
That kid from 1st vid says he put a 60 tooth sprocket :o ,no wonder he can pull through 5th gear
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qncPBZ9DRRk
How I learned. Find a parking lot and be careful.
Ive ridden about 1500 miles on my bike, and lately Im starting to try.... :laugh: its really just a matter of taking off fast enough, letting out the clutch fast enough but smooth, getting torque to the pavement, no? Ive been doing this at stoplights and its loads of fun to take off on my gs... I think the wheel will come off the ground soon... :dunno_white:
Quote from: Domindart on February 20, 2008, 10:05:45 PM
Ive ridden about 1500 miles on my bike, and lately Im starting to try.... :laugh: its really just a matter of taking off fast enough, letting out the clutch fast enough but smooth, getting torque to the pavement, no? Ive been doing this at stoplights and its loads of fun to take off on my gs... I think the wheel will come off the ground soon... :dunno_white:
hey batman, stoplights is no no's. if ya gotta doit, get a empty lot and a buddy (with a truck !) for when ya drop it. we'd rather have you around after you drop it ;)
that being said, it's easy. slip the clutch a little in 1st gear, up comes mr wheel. now, if you slam it down enough, you'll moof the front bearings n stuff, so it's not a really good thing to do.
yaya, it's neat the first few times... then it's like 'what am i doing, i look like a squid!' feeling ;)
I usually slip my clutch to keep the damn wheel on the ground :dunno_white: Wheelies are cool, but I usually wait for a dead parking lot, get a full tank of gas and play until the gas light comes on.
Quote from: spcterry on February 21, 2008, 06:54:43 AM
I usually slip my clutch to keep the damn wheel on the ground :dunno_white: Wheelies are cool, but I usually wait for a dead parking lot, get a full tank of gas and play until the gas light comes on.
gas light ? there aint no stinkin gas ligh..... ohhhhhhh i see ;)
Damn thing starts flashing and it's kinda annoying. Honestly, i don't play around as much as I figured I would on the Gix. I barely ever get her past 7-8k.
terry where r u working at now?
Online business.......office is about 4 miles away :icon_confused: supposed to start back to school in GA in the fall to finish off my undergrad and depending on what my cousin does I may have an in at a pretty damn good University for Law School.....
Quote from: Domindart on February 20, 2008, 10:05:45 PM
Ive ridden about 1500 miles on my bike, and lately Im starting to try.... :laugh: its really just a matter of taking off fast enough, letting out the clutch fast enough but smooth, getting torque to the pavement, no? Ive been doing this at stoplights and its loads of fun to take off on my gs... I think the wheel will come off the ground soon... :dunno_white:
keep both wheels on the ground, first off dont do it at stoplights, find empty parking lots, wonder y people always badmouth motorcycles for being reckless and stupid TADA!!!, go somewhere with less people, cars, shaZam! for you to hit. and get some more miles under your belt. I ride with the detroit sport bikes (DSB) and i put 8000 miles on the bike last season and im just now wondering about wheelies, start small, and just keep going, higher and higher that way when they are big, your at least comfortable with them and dont panic and screw you and the bike up. ive tried a few times last season a few weeks before i had to winterize it. i got the front about a foot of the ground, but i didnt try anything higher. this season i will, but lowering my front end, and keeping the rear stock is not helping the wheelies it just makes them harder. so once i get the front back up things should turn around quickly
Quote from: spcterry on February 21, 2008, 07:54:21 AM
Online business.......office is about 4 miles away :icon_confused: supposed to start back to school in GA in the fall to finish off my undergrad and depending on what my cousin does I may have an in at a pretty damn good University for Law School.....
good for you :)
Yeah, let's just hope he takes that teaching position and doesn't go for the job at LANL.
Quote from: spcterry on February 21, 2008, 07:25:43 AM
Damn thing starts flashing and it's kinda annoying. Honestly, i don't play around as much as I figured I would on the Gix. I barely ever get her past 7-8k.
whatcha got ? gsxr600 ? what year ?
(threeeeeeeeeeeeadjack!) :o
2000, the last of the SRAD's.
Hard acceleration in 1st and the wheel comes right up, it'll come up in 2nd without clutch if the winds are right and I 'can' clutch it up in 3rd. Poor thing barely gets past 3rd gear anyway.............of course 3rd is good past 100mph.......
Yeah, wheelies on the GS, clutch in, rev to about 9k, cover your rear brake and dump the clutch. Then hit the for sale section looking for new plastics........ :laugh:
I will be sure to find a parking lot if I get a hair and try again, I havent dropped my bike yet, and since I want to keep it that way, I will be trying to resist the urge