View Full Version : First Wheelie today!
hongman
17-10-10, 05:09 PM
Just got back in from an epic rideout :)
I would love to tell you where we went except I have no idea, I just followed.
It was nice to be able to keep up with 5 litre bikes, except on a straight of course. Those things are frickin FAST :smt040
At one point we ended up somewhere near Colchester Zoo, down some long straight back lane, fields either side, and led to a dead end.
There was another guy on an SV650 K3 naked, and his bike came up no issues in 2nd gear...I tried and failed epically. I let him try on my bike and he couldnt get it up either, said my clutch felt "wierd"...runs ok otherwise though. I reckon nakeds are geared differently.
Anyways, tried and few rolling 1st gear wheelies and managed to get it up a few times, apparently about 4 -5 feet. Felt strange, exhileratng. But I finally did it :cheers:
Yes yes I know they are not big and clever...this was a deserted back road though. Perfect for this kind of thing - great visibility, no wind, etc. I'd be lying if I said I havent been trying.
Weather held out lovely too, and dicsovered a great little cafe (Comfort Cafe nr Cambridge).
All in all, great way to spend a day, done about 180 miles :D
the_lone_wolf
17-10-10, 05:13 PM
Anyways, tried and few rolling 1st gear wheelies and managed to get it up a few times, apparently about 4 -5 feet
Impressive...
Especially considering the SV wheelbase is less than 5ft...
;)
hongman
17-10-10, 05:17 PM
I have no idea what that means lol. I know it bottomed out once, it felt high...but I have no real judgement! Happened so quickly, I can 100% say I shat myself ;)
hongman
17-10-10, 05:20 PM
Hang on a min, I just actually thought about it.
I'm 5'3, and theres no way I had it anywhere near that! More like inbetween knee and waist height?
How embarassing.
Bluepete
17-10-10, 05:23 PM
Don't forget to practise speeding in villages and overtaking on solid white lines too.
You said it, it isn't big or clever.
I just don't get it. I don't believe the "Oh, I practice so a wheelie doesn't scare me when it happens by accident", that's just pish - throttle and clutch control are much more worthwhile practising and will prevent you loosing all your steering and most of your braking abilities whilst enjoying a view of the sky.
Inevitably followed by a view of the ground, then the sky again, ground, sky, ground, sky etc...
Glad the rest of the ride was fun though!
Pete ;)
the_lone_wolf
17-10-10, 05:24 PM
How embarassing.
Even more embarrassing when I tell you that what feels like waist height from the rider's seat is more like 6" to any bystander...;)
hongman
17-10-10, 05:29 PM
:(
Bluepete
17-10-10, 05:31 PM
Even more embarrassing when I tell you that what feels like waist height from the rider's seat is more like 6" to any bystander...;)
And lets be honest, it won't actually BE six inches will it fella's! ;) ;)
Pete ;)
I just don't get it. I don't believe the "Oh, I practice so a wheelie doesn't scare me when it happens by accident"
SV won't wheelie 'by accident' anyways! :)
the_lone_wolf
17-10-10, 05:33 PM
And lets be honest, it won't actually BE six inches will it fella's! ;) ;)
Pete ;)
Speak for yourself dude, mine are always huge...;)
And are you trying to tell us you've never had an inexplicably light front wheel???
You old codger you...:smt019:smt019:smt019
Bluepete
17-10-10, 05:36 PM
SV won't wheelie 'by accident' anyways! :)
Mine did once, about six weeks after I passed my test and bought the SV.
I rolled up to a set of red lights. Just before I put my foot down, they phased to green. I dumped the clutch to maintain balance and set off and the front wheel came up.
I shat myself and vowed to never do it again.
If I had better clutch control, it would never have happened.
Pete ;)
Amplimator
17-10-10, 05:37 PM
Just got back in from an epic rideout :)
It was nice to be able to keep up with 5 litre bikes, except on a straight of course. Those things are frickin FAST :smt040
Bloody should be frickin fast, 5000cc is a bit OTT :rolleyes:
Yes yes I know they are not big and clever...
:confused:
They are big, and they are clever :mrgreen:
Dave20046
17-10-10, 06:00 PM
Following on from the other thread- make sure there are no plodmen around!
And the gearing is slightly different on nakeds, so in theory slightly more wheelie friendly
SV won't wheelie 'by accident' anyways! :)
They definitely do, when I first got my bike I went for a good ride with a couple of orgers. Just set off from some lights and I thought "hmm wonder what this exhaust sounds like on wide throttle openings" . Apparently Deejay saw my headlight in his mirror then the next second it'd disappeared :smt053
That would've been Birch, Hong, in between Colchester Zoo and Tiptree. All the boys racers and sundry show offs go there.
And I never believe a man in his judgements of height/length ;)
hongman
17-10-10, 06:20 PM
lol - yes Sally, sounds about right - although I am by no means a boy racer!
Wheelies in my eyes are fun, in the right place, and I condemn all those who assume someone is a hooligan just becuase of that fact. Having ridden with a few people now I can hand on heart say I am one of the more sensible ones on the road.
It's a challenge to me, and test of skill if you like.
What I really want to know is if I'm doing it wrong, or if the faired SV really just doesnt come up in 2nd gear easily.
Having an experienced (SV) rider tell me that he cannot lift it in 2nd, and that his naked comes up effortlessly tells me that either we are both doing it wrong or there is something not right? with my bike.
hongman
17-10-10, 06:22 PM
Following on from the other thread- make sure there are no plodmen around!
Yeah, it was a dead end back lane, no signs of any cars or anything. As close to perfect as you can get for practising things like this I guess.
Having ridden both S and N models (but wheelied neither) I can see that it would be a lot harder to lift the S, the gearing makes quite a big difference as will the riding position. So no theres nothing wrong with your bike. Except the gearing and riding position. Streetfighter time!
hongman
17-10-10, 06:32 PM
Well thats good to know. I'm getting all paranoid about my clutch becuase someone else said it felt wierd. Thought maybe it was on its way out but my noviceness didn't notice.
Mate said I could have a go on his naked, but I didnt feel comfortable doing it, so I declined.
Yeah, it was a dead end back lane, no signs of any cars or anything. As close to perfect as you can get for practising things like this I guess.
If it is where I think, it is not a deadend, it IS a public road, and the local plod are known to regularly check the area. And you get the odd walker and horse down there too.
I'm not condemming you Hong (hell I even went to wheelie school once) but I do think it's a foolish thing to do on the road (even a quiet one) and there are better ways to learn how to control your bike. Ask experienced rider Stig if you want further thoughts ;)
Following on from the other thread- make sure there are no plodmen around!
And the gearing is slightly different on nakeds, so in theory slightly more wheelie friendly
They definitely do, when I first got my bike I went for a good ride with a couple of orgers. Just set off from some lights and I thought "hmm wonder what this exhaust sounds like on wide throttle openings" . Apparently Deejay saw my headlight in his mirror then the next second it'd disappeared :smt053
You gassed it at low speed, how is that accidental?! ;)
hongman
17-10-10, 06:37 PM
Defiantely was a dead end road, we were at the end of it. I'll see if I can find the name of it.
Its basically a massive straight, fields either side, and at the end there is a sharp short left hand bend with a gate on the end of it.
maviczap
17-10-10, 06:55 PM
Hooligan ;) Letter off to the Daily Mail :-D
Specialone
17-10-10, 06:59 PM
My sv would defo not wheelie off the throttle in first gear, i know cos i tried a few times, absolute full throttle as quick as i could and no hint of a lift, front went lighter but no air.
Now try that on my DRZ and it will lift the front no problem, tis good fun for a bit :)
Personally dont see a problem with them as long as its on a quiet road away from anyone you can harm.
BTW, are wheelies any more dangerous than speeding around bends as quick as you can or burnouts etc.
How many people on here have binned their bikes on corners? how many doing wheelies? not many im sure.
Defiantely was a dead end road, we were at the end of it. I'll see if I can find the name of it.
Its basically a massive straight, fields either side, and at the end there is a sharp short left hand bend with a gate on the end of it.
Blind Lane, perhaps?
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Birch,+Colchester&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=11.957247,43.110352&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Birch,+Colchester,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.838535,0.78269&spn=0.012198,0.0421&t=h&z=15
hongman
17-10-10, 07:12 PM
Yup I had to clutch it in first for any air.
hongman
17-10-10, 07:16 PM
I dunno Sally, possibly? Mates not answering his phone! I have zero sense of direction lol.
cb1000rsteve
17-10-10, 07:20 PM
On my pointy i could shut the throttle at about 6000 rpm then crack it open and it would come up lovely and just snick into 2nd for a nice long wheelie. On the cb the beauty spot was 40mph in 2nd. Shut throttle then crack it open and it would stay afloat up to about 70mph. My mates said that the front would make smoke as it landed again!!!
Specialone
17-10-10, 07:22 PM
On my pointy i could shut the throttle at about 6000 rpm then crack it open and it would come up lovely and just snick into 2nd for a nice long wheelie. On the cb the beauty spot was 40mph in 2nd. Shut throttle then crack it open and it would stay afloat up to about 70mph. My mates said that the front would make smoke as it landed again!!!
Yous a nutter Steve ;) but respect :)
Open throttle, close throttle, open throttle very wide :)
I take no responsibility... blah blah blah...
hongman
17-10-10, 07:23 PM
Yep saw lots of that today as well from the thous!
cb1000rsteve
17-10-10, 07:26 PM
The only reason i found the sweet spot on the cb was due to some stupid car driver. They where in the outside lane of a dual carriage way (50 zone) doing 40mph. As they finally pulled over out of the way i pulled along side (shutting the throttle) the give it a hand full and it just came up. I obviously anticpated this and stood up on one foot nodding as i went. (replace with shat me self and changed undies quickly after!!). But i then practiced at this speed and it was really manageable.
:confused:
They are big, and they are clever :mrgreen:
+1
Though this endorsement does not imply I am in any way any good at them - only ever pulled three decent ones in my life, but one of those was a 120mph epic on my GSXR1000 that stayed up for well over a mile. The other two were on enduro bikes and went through the gears
instigator
17-10-10, 07:39 PM
Bluepete seems like he'd be a proper barrel of laughs at a party.....
barwel1992
17-10-10, 07:46 PM
did one in stratford today, 3rd gear there's a nice dip in the road that has a lip coming out of it so got on the power and up it came, done a fair few over small bridges and 1st/second gear power wheelies.
i dont like clutching them up dont know why though
Mine did once, about six weeks after I passed my test and bought the SV.
I rolled up to a set of red lights. Just before I put my foot down, they phased to green. I dumped the clutch to maintain balance and set off and the front wheel came up.
I shat myself and vowed to never do it again.
If I had better clutch control, it would never have happened.
Pete ;)
I hope you pulled yourself over and had a quiet word with yourself about riding with undue care and failing to be in control of a motor vehicle ;).
They wheelie in 2nd peg ok, if you persuade them.
yorkie_chris
18-10-10, 01:28 AM
Don't forget to practise speeding in villages and overtaking on solid white lines too.
It's even bigger and cleverer doing all 3 at once :mrgreen:
Wheelies are inevitably a bit of a lark... just don't practice them where anyone can see as you will inevitably fall off. Find a deserted (closed) road or car park where you won't annoy anyone :)
Bluepete seems like he'd be a proper barrel of laughs at a party.....
He is actually lol...
Wheelies scare the crap out of me. End of. They do look cool when done right.
warrenhewitt10
18-10-10, 10:09 AM
My sv would defo not wheelie off the throttle in first gear, i know cos i tried a few times, absolute full throttle as quick as i could and no hint of a lift
mine does...very easily lol
hongman
18-10-10, 10:13 AM
Have you changed the gearing at all? Faired SV? Curvy or Pointy (not sure if this makes a difference)
There are worse things you could do on the road.
I dislike replacing headstock bearings frequently, plus talk of oil starvation scares me, so it didn't take long to get the "could I wheelie it?" question out of my system.
I do giggle whenever someone else does one though :)
Not a fan of wheelies myself, although it was funny watching my brother dump his KMX on its tail lights when he tried one in the cul-de-sac by his house!
Wasn't so funny when I realised I was going to have to run him to the nearest bike shop open to buy a lens cover though - it was 50 miles away!
hongman
18-10-10, 10:25 AM
I dont think Oil starvation is an issue on the 2000+ bikes, and even so, its only if you wheelie for any great distance as far as I know.
Bearings on the other hand.
yorkie_chris
18-10-10, 10:51 AM
I dislike replacing headstock bearings frequently,
As far as I can see this is a fallacy, probably brought about by correlation between lots of wheelies and riding knackered pieces of sh*t very hard with no maintenance.
Bearings have to cope with potholes and millions of dinks which put far more stress in than bumping the bike back down onto both wheels. IMO.
yorkie_chris
18-10-10, 10:59 AM
Don't forget to practise speeding in villages and overtaking on solid white lines too.
You said it, it isn't big or clever.
I just don't get it. I don't believe the "Oh, I practice so a wheelie doesn't scare me when it happens by accident", that's just pish - throttle and clutch control are much more worthwhile practising and will prevent you loosing all your steering and most of your braking abilities whilst enjoying a view of the sky.
Inevitably followed by a view of the ground, then the sky again, ground, sky, ground, sky etc...
Glad the rest of the ride was fun though!
Pete ;)
I dunno about it being pish, there's a few roads where wheelies are inevitable and it's better to not panic and snap the throttle shut when airborne as it can leave rather a black (and brown!) stripe on landing!
But... probably best to practice riding these roads rather than doing deliberate wheelies. Pretty much all of the initial practice in doing wheelies is how to hoik one in the first place... which is about as useful to the act of riding fast as a fart in a spacesuit.
hongman
18-10-10, 11:12 AM
I love your analogies ;)
As far as I can see this is a fallacy, probably brought about by correlation between lots of wheelies and riding knackered pieces of sh*t very hard with no maintenance.
Bearings have to cope with potholes and millions of dinks which put far more stress in than bumping the bike back down onto both wheels. IMO.
You are perhaps correct, I half expected someone to post something like that. I have no first hand experience of early bearing replacement brought about by excessive wheelying.
That said, it does make me wince a little when I see someone crash down with a clonk. Not sure what the roads are like near you, but I don't ride over potholes that cause that sort of reaction :)
Guess the key is to only do them if you can do them properly.
yorkie_chris
18-10-10, 01:18 PM
How would you describe the roads around here... hmmm... rustic?
Mine will also pop up easily in first, never tried in second and I'm too scared to clutch it :)
Even just a quick start without trying to wheelie is enough to get the front a couple of inches off the ground for nearly the whole duration of first gear.
Dicky Ticker
18-10-10, 01:47 PM
Lets be honest, on a public road deliberately pulling wheelies is a stunt and only done to impress.Only thing being that the impression I get is probably not what was intended in the first place, sort of comes over as part of the female anatomy or male appendage
Paul the 6th
18-10-10, 03:02 PM
Bluepete seems like he'd be a proper barrel of laughs at a party.....
He is actually lol...
+1, remember the time we watched mr. speirs & G trying to throw a giant jenga brick on the wooden beam in the old farmhouse for half an hour in north wales...
We're a bunch of crackheads :)
How would you describe the roads around here... hmmm... rustic?
Well then I think you should wheelie more often than not. That's probably the best way to keep wear and tear to a minimum.
Lets be honest, on a public road deliberately pulling wheelies is a stunt and only done to impress.Only thing being that the impression I get is probably not what was intended in the first place, sort of comes over as part of the female anatomy or male appendage
Nah, I disagree. I am more likely to pop the front wheel up when I am on my own for my own enjoyement or with the few people I know would not mind it.
I can't wheelie as such though, but I take enjoyment from getting the front end in the air on a bump or the brow (of a non blind) hill. Awesome fun, in the middle of no where, with no intention of impressing anyone.
+1, remember the time we watched mr. speirs & G trying to throw a giant jenga brick on the wooden beam in the old farmhouse for half an hour in north wales...
We're a bunch of crackheads :)
Spiers told my girlfriend all about wales at his wedding :( even the anal
benji106
18-10-10, 04:17 PM
Nah, I disagree. I am more likely to pop the front wheel up when I am on my own for my own enjoyement or with the few people I know would not mind it.
Ditto, wheelies are cool, they give you that warm tingly feeling. My brother used to have a 125cc pit bike, a decent one though not one of those crappy chinese ones, I could entertain myself for hours wheelying round a field, even if nobody was watching and I ended up on my **** a few times.
Only managed to get the SV on one wheel in first myself but managed to pull a couple of good uns. My mate used to have a KTM 525 Exec, I dont think you could help but wheelie that, in any gear!
barwel1992
18-10-10, 04:36 PM
so whats the best way to clutch the front up then
was trying to day at collage with a few mates (on 125's) and couldn't do it, power wheelies are east but not as fun
Specialone
18-10-10, 04:57 PM
Nah, I disagree. I am more likely to pop the front wheel up when I am on my own for my own enjoyement or with the few people I know would not mind it.
I can't wheelie as such though, but I take enjoyment from getting the front end in the air on a bump or the brow (of a non blind) hill. Awesome fun, in the middle of no where, with no intention of impressing anyone.
Wasnt it you who popped a wheelie over that hump in stratford TC when we headed back after my ross-on-wye rideout last year? :cool:
Spiers told my girlfriend all about wales at his wedding :( even the anal
I was there, dont remember that bit ;)
Wasnt it you who popped a wheelie over that hump in stratford TC when we headed back after my ross-on-wye rideout last year? :cool:
Yeah I vaguely remember ****ting myself
I was there, dont remember that bit ;)
Yeah, you were a sleep and we were gentle :D
Bluepete
18-10-10, 05:06 PM
As far as I can see this is a fallacy,
And doing wheelies doesn't make you look big and 'ard. It's a phallusy...
Pete ;)
Specialone
18-10-10, 05:09 PM
Yeah I vaguely remember ****ting myself
Yeah, you were a sleep and we were gentle :D
Lol :)
I'm not sure about this cos I hardly slept, I just pretended to be asleep ;)
hongman
18-10-10, 05:53 PM
so whats the best way to clutch the front up then
was trying to day at collage with a few mates (on 125's) and couldn't do it, power wheelies are east but not as fun
You have a naked, so as I was taught, 2nd gear, 30-40mph (~5k rpm), full throttle with a flick on the clutch (not actively slipping, literally just pull in and let it flick out).
I dont believe the SV is powerful enough to loop off the clutch in 2nd.
Saying that your bike is not geared as stock. And this is 2nd hand info, so use your own judgement.
Biggest mistake I made was trying to slip the clutch, rather than letting it just flick out. Technique and all that.
Dicky Ticker
18-10-10, 07:06 PM
I want to say that there is ,to my mind, a difference in going over a rise and the front catching a bit of airspace because you might have been a bit fast as to deliberately dropping the clutch to impress
Kitkat's favourite road,the Wibbly Wobbly Way[Old military road] is almost impossible to ride without doing a wheelie at some point unless you are at walking pace and it is recommended you wear a life jacket if you are intent in achieving a super wheelie
Cadwell is a good place to practice:D
Cadwell is a good place to practice:D
There's a section of the M1 southbound just before you get to Leicester Forest East services where my GSXR1000 used to hit a rise in the 3rd lane and go airborne at anything over 150mph. It's slightly downhill, so it never got to anywhere near the scary vertical stage, but it would come up without any effort whatsoever and stay there on a carefully held constant throttle for as long as you wanted it to.
Due to the fact there were always lots of cars around I used to ease it down on the back brake after about 200 yards because it was a little bit silly given the circumstances and traffic conditions
Especially a bit silly if you're doing 150mph around other cars!
But hey, it's all good fun :)
Especially a bit silly if you're doing 150mph around other cars!
But hey, it's all good fun :)
It's a Gixer thou, it was rude not to.
beabert
18-10-10, 09:14 PM
I like this style, stand up and yank the handle bars in second
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hongman
18-10-10, 09:33 PM
I've seen this vis, unfortunately I cant reach thebars enough to stand up without putting even more weight over the front lol.
Wonder if he has stock gearing?
Gearingcommander just lists all curvys as the same gearing.
BanannaMan
19-10-10, 05:29 AM
From my younger days I seem to remember wheelies being especially hard on chains.
Of course they were heavier bikes with less hp back then.
Which is not to say I don't lift a wheel to the sky on occasion.
"All things in moderation" is the saying I believe.
so whats the best way to clutch the front up then
was trying to day at collage with a few mates (on 125's) and couldn't do it, power wheelies are east but not as fun
About 4-5000rpm, shut throttle, clutch in, plenty of throttle, clutch out, all in one quick motion and hoik the front up.
Don't blame me for the consequences if it goes tits up though.
I don't usually do them anymore, although, after reading this thread popped one yesterday just to see if I could still get it up :smt040.
hongman
19-10-10, 02:51 PM
I wonder when I should start receiving hate mail for starting this thread ;)
You won't.
And you'll get the full org sympathy when you flip it, hurt yourself and damage your bike.
;) :) :)
metalangel
19-10-10, 03:03 PM
I've caused enough painful crashes trying to do wheelies in stuff like SBK and MX vs ATV on the Xbox to know I don't want to try in real life...
barwel1992
19-10-10, 03:08 PM
I've caused enough painful crashes trying to do wheelies in stuff like SBK and MX vs ATV on the Xbox to know I don't want to try in real life...
i have to.... on a push bike, although i perfected that art long ago and can now wheelie round the block with the wheel at least 12inch of the floor .
as long as you have the rear brake covered and the clutch i cant see it going that wrong
Once you've mastered it you'll have to move on to stand up wheelies, standing on the seat and finally legs over the bars \\:D/
Milky Bar Kid
19-10-10, 03:10 PM
i have to.... on a push bike, although i perfected that art long ago and can now wheelie round the block with the wheel at least 12inch of the floor .
as long as you have the rear brake covered and the clutch i cant see it going that wrong
Famous last words :rolleyes:
barwel1992
19-10-10, 03:12 PM
Famous last words :rolleyes:
:mrgreen: indeed. thats why i want to go to a wheelie school when my restriction is up, so i can bugger up there bikes and not mine
benji106
19-10-10, 03:15 PM
I have never been able to do the rolling stoppies, even on a push bike, not for lack of trying, I have landed on my face a few times. Do you lock the front wheel up to get the back end in the air then ease up on the brake so it starts rolling forward or is it about a steady, constant rate. Not that I can see myself attempting this on a motorbike like.
the_lone_wolf
19-10-10, 03:18 PM
I have never been able to do the rolling stoppies, even on a push bike, not for lack of trying, I have landed on my face a few times. Do you lock the front wheel up to get the back end in the air then ease up on the brake so it starts rolling forward or is it about a steady, constant rate. Not that I can see myself attempting this on a motorbike like.
Stoppies galore on the old KTM - you need to progressively brake harder to compress the front suspension then "pop" the rear up once the forks can't compress any more, otherwise you just lock the front wheel or compress the forks - once the back is up modulate the height with braking power
But don't ever do this, I take no responsibility for lost teeth / red lights run etc...;)
barwel1992
19-10-10, 03:23 PM
I have never been able to do the rolling stoppies, even on a push bike, not for lack of trying, I have landed on my face a few times. Do you lock the front wheel up to get the back end in the air then ease up on the brake so it starts rolling forward or is it about a steady, constant rate. Not that I can see myself attempting this on a motorbike like.
on a push bike its all about weight, i can lift the rear wheel and roll on the front just buy shifting my weight forward, but to do a long one, you have to do as TLW suggests above
never done one on a motorbike though, and dont intend to, as landing on my face doesn't appeal
tinpants
19-10-10, 07:56 PM
You won't.
And you'll get the full org sympathy when you flip it, hurt yourself and damage your bike.
;) :) :)
And we won't take the pi55 at all. Much.
BTW Hong, with your propensity for throwing your bike down the road, do you REALLY think its such a good idea to be attempting wheelies? Just a thought.:-D
dizzyblonde
19-10-10, 08:19 PM
I wheelied quite a few times today, and I didn't even try..not that I do anyway, bike does it without thinking!
I tried clutching mine in second at about 5k rpm once today. It got up about 4 inches and I nearly cried and didn't try again :)
Dave20046
19-10-10, 08:50 PM
I tried clutching mine in second at about 5k rpm once today. It got up about 4 inches and I nearly cried and didn't try again :)
Your avatar seems very apt.... :smt040
hongman
19-10-10, 09:54 PM
And we won't take the pi55 at all. Much.
BTW Hong, with your propensity for throwing your bike down the road, do you REALLY think its such a good idea to be attempting wheelies? Just a thought.:-D
Hehe, I've got over that now ;)
Just for the record, I crashed the bike once, 2 hours after picking it up, then dropped it like 5 times over the space of a few weeks.
No incident since, I reckon I can safely say that I'm done with that now :-D
I'm sure others have done worse, mine just seemed worse becuase it was all in such a short space of time!
yorkie_chris
19-10-10, 10:17 PM
No incident since, I reckon I can safely say that I'm done with that now :-D
Doomed!
Milky Bar Kid
19-10-10, 10:20 PM
Doomed!
My thoughts!!! Never, ever make a comment like that!
hongman
19-10-10, 10:21 PM
I'm not superstitious! I think I butchered that spelling also.
And I never believe a man in his judgements of height/length ;)
So you carry a tape measure to verify the claims, Sally?:lol:
It's true, size really does matter:batman:
Bluepete seems like he'd be a proper barrel of laughs at a party.....
Totally unnecessary comment IMO
Have you met him?
Totally unnecessary comment IMO
Have you met him?
Obviously not, hence 'seems'. No need to take offence to it sirrr :)
If i'm not 100% mistaken, Bluepete is a policeman. So hes not likely to come on here endorsing 5th gear mingers now is he ;)
Bluepete
20-10-10, 06:26 AM
So hes not likely to come on here endorsing 5th gear mingers now is he ;)
Vicky Butler Henderson?
Wheelies are awesome. Just have to accept the consequences if it goes wrong. I should know. ;-)
barwel1992
20-10-10, 07:10 AM
Vicky Butler Henderson?
hahahaha that exactly what first came to my mind
hongman
20-10-10, 08:29 AM
Ed, your avatar, LOL
hongman
20-10-10, 08:31 AM
Wheelies are awesome. Just have to accept the consequences if it goes wrong. I should know. ;-)
Spill the beans!
Best case scenario - it will serve as a reminder of how experienced riders can get it wrong.
Worstcase scenario - I get something good to read!:smt040
Obvious really. A couple of times I have crashed doing a wheelie.
1st did a 2nd gear wheelie, front didn't come up quick enough so gave more throttle. It then got past the balance point before I was ready for it. Flipped it.
2nd was a wheelie on damp tarmac. As the front started to lift, the rear started to spin. Bike went sideways and I fell off.
There is also the time I was told by a police officer (after being caught doing wheelies) if I did a good one, he'd let me off. But that's another story documented in the back history of this forum somewhere. :)
hongman
20-10-10, 10:38 AM
There is also the time I was told by a police officer (after being caught doing wheelies) if I did a good one, he'd let me off. But that's another story documented in the back history of this forum somewhere. :)
:eek:
Specialone
20-10-10, 07:25 PM
Vicky Butler Henderson?
I like her, not the most attractive granted, but she is appealing .
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