Wheelies on an SV?

I found my issue was not letting the clutch out fast enough for fear of looping it. But really, now I just pull it in and flick it back out.

Possible on 33bhp? Had a it jump up a inch or so when racing from 1st to 2nd quickly but never anything more. Tried bliping the clutch in first but it just lurches forwards a bit. What kind of rpm should i be doing it at? seeing as after 6000 the bike has no punch due to restriction.

[svsam]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Accelerate quite hard and blip the clutch

when you say blip the clutch, is it just slip it for a millisecond, or pull it to the bar and off quickly.
i can pop the front wheel up, but not hight enough to balance.

[yorkie_chris]

Enough that the revs go right up and you lose drive, what you're doing is loading the forks up, then pinging the clutch out bounces the forks back up again and that gets the momentum going

thanks for all you help on this. i got pretty good at wheelies in the past week, i found that doing like 15mph then pulling the clutch in and reving it to around 8-9000 rpm and letting the clutch go and slipping it a bit when its up . gets me quite far and looks good through town

i've tried bouncing the bike and cracking the throttle open and it wroks really well in 2nd gear just cant get the balence point right yet but ive changed my fork seals on tuesday so ive stopped for a while now but


cheers everyone

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Just wondered if i put a 47t rear sprocket on the back will the standard chain be long enough to take it? If not how big can i go on standard chain? Not to bothered about losing top speed as it will only stop me from getting a ticket for speeding

[yorkie_chris]

You won't notice the drop in top speed as it won't hit the limiter in top, what you do notice is it completely does your tits in on the Mway as it's doing a lot more rpm.

You probably won't get a 47 in there.

Not sure but obv you can go one down on the front with a similar effect. And then use same chain and sproket is only a tenner.
Also regarding letting clutch out, dont just drop it as some have said, I watched my friend loop de loop his 750 this way.
Adjust the clutch so it bites close to bars so you can still hold lever when its fully engaged. This will give much more control in getting the bike up, and less likely to damage bottom end, clutch components through dumping it harshly.

[yorkie_chris]

No you want it biting far out from bars so you can use 1/2 fingers on it and still have good hold of bars with it fully disengaged.

If you can't hold your clutch with it fully engaged I'm surprised you can ride at all...