Whats better, loooong wheelie or knee down action?

I can do one out of the two, as from my display pic you can see which one I can do!

Getting my knee down has been close......but no titanium has hit the road!

I was just curious what the forum thought......

Cheers

Both.

At the same time!

Feck it's been a while since I've done either now

But both happened at first accidentally so I don't attribute a great deal of achievement to either. In terms of enjoyment I think knee down has it, because corners are, well, they're better than straights.

Keeping a wheelie up through three gear changes probably requires more skill, but, well it's just a straight.

Originally Posted by MiniMatt

Keeping a wheelie up through three gear changes probably requires more skill, but, well it's just a straight.

I pop it up in second, and can use the throttle to control the wheelie! Althou never tackled corners hahah

Oh it's got to be knee down that's better, but maybe I think think that cos I still can't wheelie properly. It feels like I'm hurting my bike when I flip the clutch and I don't want to hurt her.

Originally Posted by The Idle Biker

Oh it's got to be knee down that's better, but maybe I think think that cos I still can't wheelie properly. It feels like I'm hurting my bike when I flip the clutch and I don't want to hurt her.

I usually put her in second, pull in the clutch and near 6 to 8 thou RPM let go of the clutch and up she goes, then just control the throttle and she stays up! Took a while to perfect, but now getting some distance

I'm impressed, oh that sounds simple (ish). ever come close to filpping?

I mean flip the bike, in my earlier post I meant to write blip the clutch not flip.

[fastdruid]

Originally Posted by The Idle Biker

I'm impressed, oh that sounds simple (ish). ever come close to filpping?

I've nearly looped the VFR a few times.

Not pulling wheelies (I don't do 'pulling' wheelies, they just occasionally happen) but inappropriate WOT over crests.

Worst was full throttle over a roundabout with a bit of a crest on the exit, had to use the back brake as it came up very very fast and went vertical.

Druid

Originally Posted by The Idle Biker

I mean flip the bike, in my earlier post I meant to write blip the clutch not flip.

In the two and a bit years ive had my SV she has been good to me and never felt worried about flipping her! TOUCH WOOD!

MCN "How to Wheelie" This is an old vid.....

This kinda helps as there is a chap with a SV650

also......

New MCN video on "How to Wheelie"

New video taken at the start of the year!

Michael Neeves, is pretty sound! And all his tutorial videos worked for me!