Getting the front wheel up

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...............fuel load also. Amazing the difference a few litres/fl oz(?) makes to the front coming up.

More rear spring = easier wheelies(less momentum being cancelled out by the spring compressing) but easier slides/highsides


Thats science or summit there


"If in doubt.....flat out"

dunno how you pull a wheelie on anything by bouncing off the rear shock, but bouncing off the front shock is a common technique and makes sense. I'd vote that a soft rear shock would make the initial pulling a wheelie more difficult for those not used to doing it as you would need to give it more to overcome the energy absorbed by the shock and one of the difficult things to get over when learning to wheelie is having the nerve to give it enough.

I say all this as someone who can't wheelie but would like to.

Originally Posted by 2mths

dunno how you pull a wheelie on anything by bouncing off the rear shock, but bouncing off the front shock is a common technique and makes sense. I'd vote that a soft rear shock would make the initial pulling a wheelie more difficult for those not used to doing it as you would need to give it more to overcome the energy absorbed by the shock and one of the difficult things to get over when learning to wheelie is having the nerve to give it enough.

I say all this as someone who can't wheelie but would like to.

I bounce of the fronta mine, but having hardly any power i also have to pull the bars up and pull back. Combination of lack of power and been a fat b4stard lol.

Thanks guys. I think that maybe I just have been to scared to give it enough and just roll the throttle instead of slamming it. Not saying that I want to be able to wheelie really easily as it is not safe, but just a tad disappointed it didn't happen like I thought it would. I may just have a bit of ED or something...need some levitra or something.

Awww mate!

I#ve had about 12 bikes and tried to wheelie them all with varied results. I thought the hornet would be easy as would the firestorm but nope...jsut didn't happen for me.

The 3 sv's I had (one on 33bhp) were easy to wheelie. Well at least get the front up in the air. I long for another naked curvy sv for the fact that it is SO easy to get the front up!

Trundle along in first, 3-4k maybe and then just roll off the throttle to load the front suspension then power it back on with a fair bit of throttle. It's incredibly easy. Beware, once you start, it will become hard to stop. Although I could only do little small wheelies, I really was doing them everywhere. Snap the throttle on and off. Hey presto. Make sure you're going in a straight line though and that the rear tyre is sufficiently warmed up.