135mph wheelie

Good work, how long did you "keep it up" for?

Originally Posted by Lozzo

Thank you, I feel all warm and proud now.

Yes it had the same effect on me when I was told that. Good innit.

Oh my god that is it, think of all the people you coulda hurt if you came off or lost it....

Whadda I care, you didn't, so coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool Can you teach me to do it at that speed and not poo myself lol.

Originally Posted by plowsie

Oh my god that is it, think of all the people you coulda hurt if you came off or lost it....

Whadda I care, you didn't, so coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool Can you teach me to do it at that speed and not poo myself lol.

You need an R1 or similar to do it properly. If you catch it right you can just hold a steady throttle for as long as you like with the front in the air, which is my prefered method. I held this one for at least half a mile, but at 135mph that doesn't take long to cover.

P.s. Plowsie - I did get the pm and the text. Game on, I'll be in contact to arrange things closer to time.

So you're saying you did a balance point wheelie then?

It got to the point where I felt comfortable and didn't need to make drastic adjustments to the revs - it stayed pretty much where I wanted it to be on a steady throttle. If that's the balance point, then so be it. It did feel like it could have gone higher, but I wasn't about to try. I don't like chopping the throttle to keep the front wheel up as it never feels like I'm anywhere near in control.

Wheelies really aren't my thing, but every now and then I manage to pull a spectacular one out of the bag almost by accident. The last time was nearly 2 1/2 years ago on my Gixer Thou at about 110, when I overtook my ex on her Bandit 650 and kept it going for about 3/4 mile.

One of my mates instructs at Paul Gower's Wheelie School and he's given me and others some good tips. He told us about not chopping the throttle open and closed to keep it up.

[ogden]

I've been meaning to get some of the girls from the TVSF up to Gower's school - might have to cancel plans for the TT so I have enough leave to do it though.

You are all CRAZY

Originally Posted by ogden

I've been meaning to get some of the girls from the TVSF up to Gower's school - might have to cancel plans for the TT so I have enough leave to do it though.

You treating us with a day out Hey I'm in.

Nice wheelie I guess.

Why do we need more speeding penalties. Sigh.