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Re: Wheelies

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Yeah thats pretty sweet :worthy
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oh yeah zippy watch your wheel spins as your pulling away :nono ;)
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Ha ha f*ck I forgot about that, all I could see was white van man in my mirrors. Why did we stop anyway :confused
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:log ok, just showing off then.

Coz grant thought something was up with his bike.
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JoeyA wrote::log ok, just showing off then.

Coz grant thought something was up with his bike.
That would be the flattish tyre then :nono
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DarrenR wrote: ive seen a video that says its the same principle as wheely`ing a push bike but i used to ride a push bike and it feels nothing like it



dont laugh it was a few years back :oops :log
Great stuff Darren. Fantastic control.

Were you the one with the camera? ;)
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Gazza wrote:
DarrenR wrote: ive seen a video that says its the same principle as wheely`ing a push bike but i used to ride a push bike and it feels nothing like it



dont laugh it was a few years back :oops :log
Great stuff Darren. Fantastic control.

Were you the one with the camera? ;)

Your mate is really good Darren ;) but its a bit irresponsible look how much we tax payers pay to the councils then you go in and tear up the flower beds ffs :angryfire
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I've only wheelied twice that i know off (dirt bike riding aside!!)

Once was coming off a junction at cluny on my last VFR, i gave it a handfull of throttle and a let go of clutch, and up she came, about a foot, came back down and vowed not to do again, mainly as it will eventually kill me, head bearing, chain etc.

The second time was a total accident (funny thought) was on the 675 demo and was just about to hand it back in, i was at a stop light by Frankensteins pub, and i stalled at the lights, started it again and pulled away, a bit enthusiastically as i didn't want to stall again, and up she came, got about a foot and a half for about a metre, in the main town centre!!

got a thumbs up from the white van driver behind me though :oops

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don't rev to hard when you drop the clutch for a wheelie or this might happen :log :log

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RK6 wrote:
zippy wrote:
swampy wrote:Don't do wheelies unless on power only,
Ha ha that's easy for you to say Mr busa :worthy :worthy
Not really dude, getting the busa up on power alone would be more difficult than you think!

Yep longer powerful bikes like the busa have a tendancy to spin the back wheel, however this can also turn into interesting rolling burnouts followed by a wheelie when the bike speed catches up with the wheel speed :freebird
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i cant wheelie to save my life :log
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garymitch wrote:i cant wheelie to save my life :log
I Know ;)


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baldy wrote:
garymitch wrote:i cant wheelie to save my life :log
I Know ;)


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im just crap at it. i wish someone would learn me how to do them.
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garymitch wrote:
baldy wrote:
garymitch wrote:i cant wheelie to save my life :log
I Know ;)


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im just crap at it. i wish someone would learn me how to do them.
Just sit further back in the seat! ;)
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garymitch wrote:
baldy wrote:
garymitch wrote:i cant wheelie to save my life :log
I Know ;)


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im just crap at it. i wish someone would learn me how to do them.
Looked pretty good to me going both downhill and uphill with doogle on the back and at speed :freebird

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:2up :2up :2up :log :log :log aye bud doogle was not happy with me doing it but she just leaves me to it now. then when someone say to her. (was you not scared) she says (iv gotten use to it now) :2up :2up
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Gazza wrote:
DarrenR wrote: ive seen a video that says its the same principle as wheely`ing a push bike but i used to ride a push bike and it feels nothing like it



dont laugh it was a few years back :oops :log
Great stuff Darren. Fantastic control.

Were you the one with the camera? ;)

wow that was awesome stuff..really skilled. I don't usually like that kinda stuff but that was unbelievable... :freebird
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On the wheelies...

... Neither give cherries to pigs nor advice to a fool :nono
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SO wrote:On the wheelies...

... Neither give cherries to pigs nor advice to a fool :nono
hell, that would be 90% of the fun gone if we stuck to that . .
not that there are any of either in here . . . . :hippy
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I found the best way to practice wheelies is on a Quad, you don't need to worry about side to side and can concentrate on getting comfortable on the balance point. worked for me, I do agree that power wheelies are much more controlled but my mate can hoist his R1 street fighter up off the clutch at 80-100mph.... each to there own...

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Easiest way to wheelie is to go to Cadwell..... its the only time I can get the wheel up anyway :log
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gixxerbabe wrote: Go to Cadwell..... its the only time I can get it up :log
:eek :nono
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DarrenR wrote:i cant wheelie to save my life, tried a few times getting it up with the clutch but it just aint happenin.... its one of those things ill slowly start doing then it`ll click one day and i`ll be doing them on demand :oops :log
scratch that, im lofting them up in 1st at any opportunity now :log
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DarrenR wrote:
DarrenR wrote:i cant wheelie to save my life, tried a few times getting it up with the clutch but it just aint happenin.... its one of those things ill slowly start doing then it`ll click one day and i`ll be doing them on demand :oops :log
scratch that, im lofting them up in 1st at any opportunity now :log
Hooligan! ;)
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