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My Carol used to wheelie our SV when it had clip ons, she was also a bit good at stoppies. However this sort of behaviour gets her told off by me because I do not want to have to buy new wheel bearings, head stock bearings or underwear.
Fitting riser bars to the bike made it a bit of wheelie monster even with a 33BHP restriction and it took a little while to get used to the new position. I love it now and she feels so planted and steady, even when two up and full power ECU is fitted. Wifey is still not allowed to pull wheelies or stoppies though, despite her protests! ![]() |
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I think people who quickly damage bearings must just not know how to adjust them properly or something.
Landing a wheelie won't do much different to your wheel bearings as hitting a bump at speed or hitting a ripply bit when braking hard enough to be lifting the rear. Wheel bearings are cheap, head bearings are a pain in the tits, but I've been kicking the b*llocks out of mine for the 60k+ I've had the bike and it's still on an OE lower race and a 40k mile TWF racing upper one.
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Wheelies are fun.
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Who's got the famous AR06 ApeWheelie pic?
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Mine (an S converted to naked, stock gearing and an end-can) would come up in second gear off the throttle without much drama. It's mostly just timing (not suggesting I posses any extraordinary skills). I'm also not the lightest guy (17st), but I am tall so the higher CoG might balance that out some.
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Oh, good question. I've been taking baby steps to try to wheelie my SV pointy, but I'm still not sure how to do it. I've been trundling along in second about 30mph, pulling the clutch in, revving it high but not redlining, then letting the clutch out quickly (but not just dropping it). I'm about 12 stone and I do sit back a bit in the seat. Feels like it's going to wheelie but doesn't. Sure it's lack of technique, so I'm interested to hear tips.
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Accelerate quite hard and blip the clutch
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