Wheelie School, anyone done it?

[Brettus]

http://www.iwanttowheelie.co.uk/index.html
Looks interesting, thinking about having a bash next summer, £5/week between now and then would cover it. just wondered if anyone had done it and thought it was good or pointless etc?

Any opinions?

[_Stretchie_]

Uh oh.. You've may have just opened yourself up for a bit of grief there matey boy
; )

You'll learn ; )

Always nice to be able to do them though(I imagine). I could only do a couple of inches of the ground then crap myself.

Same old answer from me, if in moderation and in the right place then crack on son.

It's always nice to see a well done wheelie I don't care what the others say. Especially a long one through a gear or two, just not two up overtaking cars on a roundabout while getting your knee down


P.S. Buy some spare head bearings

[martianskippy]

There's a review of this school in the last Ride magazine. They reckon it's pretty good though the reviewer claims to have been the only person in the groop not to have wheelied it on the day ;-)

[Dangerous Dave]

Any opinions?
With a torquey V-twin you won't need a school to teach you how to get it up, throttle and rear brake control will come with experience.

[plowsie]

With a torquey V-twin you won't need a school to teach you how to get it up, throttle and rear brake control will come with experience.
+1.

[Brettus]

Uh oh.. You've may have just opened yourself up for a bit of grief there matey boy
; )
Yeah I guessed that might be the case, I'm not advocating it really just wondered what people thought of the course approach.

There's a review of this school in the last Ride magazine. They reckon it's pretty good though the reviewer claims to have been the only person in the groop not to have wheelied it on the day ;-)
Yep, where I saw it too heh, sounded interesting so was looking it up.

With a torquey V-twin you won't need a school to teach you how to get it up, throttle and rear brake control will come with experience.
True enough, my skill isn't that great, I'm always tempted to try but don't wanna bin the thing, maybe when I've got some crash bungs I'd take the fairings off and give it a try. too scared of binning it on my first try heh.

[Dangerous Dave]

Just keep them low to begin with, control the height with the rear brake at first and you will soon learn how to control them on the throttle.

[G]

I wish I could do it :( one day maybe

[454697819]

an extra 50 bhp makes them easier...

A bit too easy....

[Nobbylad]

With a torquey V-twin you won't need a school to teach you how to get it up, throttle and rear brake control will come with experience.

Surely it's better to try at a school that has bikes with the anti-flip bits on the back so you don't bin your bike/your self?

I'd love to be able to wheelie my SV (used to wheelie my 100cc all the time when I was a lot younger) but too scared of flipping the SV etc.

http://www.thewheelieschool.co.uk/index.htm

[Dangerous Dave]

Surely it's better to try at a school that has bikes with the anti-flip bits on the back so you don't bin your bike/your self?
That is just a gimmick, whacking the throttle to full open so you can flip the bike is not the way to do a wheelie!

[Nobbylad]

That is just a gimmick, whacking the throttle to full open so you can flip the bike is not the way to do a wheelie!

It is/was on a 100cc :rolleyes:

[rowdy]

To be honest you will have to be pretty agressive with the throttle to flip an sv, especially in 2nd gear, although I nearly flipped mine the other day when I thought I was in 2nd but was actually in 1st gear, doh.

[G]

I dont think I ever got the front wheel up on the sv accelerating as hard as possible, the only time may have been on the A54 where theres a hump you can get a 1.2 clio airbourne on.

On the 600rr I have lifted the front on bumpy surfaces when accelerating but never really intentionally, tried the from a standstill method once and if felt completely unnatural.

EDIT: I would struggle to justify £175 for the school as its nearly two trackdays. Plus on an 1100 I imagin it to be relatively easy to lift the front end on power so you dont need to use the technique so much.

[Davido]

**** a wheelie school, come down to our place for a weekend and we'll help you out.

The SV is a great bike to learn on as the engine brake means its very difficult to flip, and you'll learn to get it up to balance point quick because you run out of revs very quickly.

[hovis]

an extra 50 bhp makes them easier...

A bit too easy....

but an extra 100 bhp does not

i used to love wheeling the sv........ but im scared of fliping the blade:(

[Stig]

P.S. Buy some spare head bearings

Not a requirement if you know how to land them properly.

[Stig]

The SV is a great bike to learn on as the engine brake means its very difficult to flip.

But not impossible. :oops:

[Messie]

But not impossible. :oops:


Mmmm true! :)

[Stig]

Mmmm true! :)

LMAO Don't forget your sworn to secrecy

[Messie]

:thumright::thumright:

[454697819]

but an extra 100 bhp does not

i used to love wheeling the sv........ but im scared of fliping the blade:(


yeah thats why all I do is fiest gear till I run out of revs... no chance of me flipping it then....

[Stig]

yeah thats why all I do is fiest gear till I run out of revs... no chance of me flipping it then....

Your deluded Sir. The greatest chance of flipping it is in 1st gear.

[_Stretchie_]

Go on ape, get your 'entry to AR06 rideout' picture up on here..

You know you want to ; ) (And so do we)

[454697819]

Your deluded Sir. The greatest chance of flipping it is in 1st gear.


Deluded..... Always sir....

I am more concerned if I hoik it into second the low down umph will wisk me over... Ill do it one day.... :smt003

[Davido]

1st= more engine brake, less speed, less pain.

[Stig]

1st= more engine brake, less speed, less pain.

It is also the gear with the most amount of initial power. A flick of the wrist in 1st gear as apposed to 2nd will have far quicker response. I've seen your videos you have progressed in a way which I would have said was the best way to learn wheelies. Clutch/throttle combination.

There are some out there that do not seem to be able to master the clutch/throttle method and do it off the power alone. Now doing a 'power wheelie' in 1st is going to have a much faster response than any other gear for obvious reasons. They could very easily find themselves in a whole heap of bother before they even realised they were at that stage.

[Stig]

Go on ape, get your 'entry to AR06 rideout' picture up on here..

You know you want to ; ) (And so do we)

Go on then...

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v118/239/109/597082723/n597082723_131069_3282.jpg

[plowsie]

On the CBR I never power wheelied in first it was always clutched wheelies. Felt more controlled.

[sv-robo]

Your deluded Sir. The greatest chance of flipping it is in 1st gear.
+1