wheelie bicycle vs motorbike
 

Bit random... but is wheeling on a bicycle harder than wheeling on a motorcycle?? Spent most of last summer trying it on a bicycle and only just about managed it, but not successfully enough to try it on a motobike.....


maybe try it one day :shock:

motorbike is much eaisier IMO :riding:

There's not so much pedalling involved in wheelieing a motorbike. Hence it's easier physically but more expensive if it all goes horribly wrong.

That's nice to know :)

I've read the post on how to wheelie (which sounds great), but already finding it real hard on a bicylce. Thing that worries me is that bicycles are much lighter and so would assume it's much easier to recover from & like you say less expensive!

Will just have to pluck up the courage one day....

:D

Or borrow your mates bike to do it on :twisted:

I can wheelie a bicycle all day long, or until i get tired. I find its easier than wheelieing a motorcycle, and if you flip it, it dosnt hurt at all. One hander's are harder though...

Matt

[EDIT] wheelieing C90's is bloody good fun!

I can't wheelie a pushbike, don't know why but I could just never do it. Then again, mountain bikes are easier to bunnyhop.

lol.. and easier to do 2 foot drops too. Went down off a high kerb on a fazer which made a horrid noise, was worried I'd damaged something!!

What about wheelie schools? Any one tried them and recommend one? Many girls out there wheelie?

Know it's a bit of an old post but hey...

Pushbike wheelies are a good place to start, but it really depends on the time of bike...
wheelies on a bmx, are the hardest thing to do, balance point if tricky to find.

Wheelies on mountainbikes are a piece of cake once you get the hang of it, i started to learn by doing stand up wheelies, helped me lift the bike up, then pulling long mountain bike wheelies became second nature to me.

I find the easiest way is to do a little bounce on the front suspension(or tyre) to help lift it into the air,
make sure your in a low gear, and pedal hard, should come straight up, or launch you right off the back, or do nothing at all, timing is the most crucial thing.

Once your comfortable getting it in the air, relax your pedalling, if it starts to drop, pedal harder, if it goes too high, stop pedalling and grab the rear brake, or prepare to bail out.

It's only a pushbike, it don't hurt!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl_ImDWFvs8

nighttime wheelie clip with all my gear on.
Was a bit ****, but it's the first time i ever tried on his bike...(ignore my gimpy friend too)

Can't comment much for motorbike wheelies, but i'm getting pretty good on my ped.

Taken me a long time to even get the front up, now i can do that i've progressed loads in the last week,
Sit down wheelies to kneeling on seat.

No decent videos though i'm afraid, need to get some sorted out soon.
Once i get my SV i'll give that a go and try to lend my advice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSynAWlQ--M

Having a go today on my knee's
as i said, not my best video, first times i've tried that too.
only a standard 125 aswell :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QVAhCRYOI

Soon i'll try to get some decent video's and find somewhere safe to practise ffs.