| Author | Message | ||
     Mike_dinger |
+1,000,000,000 for video bloopers!!!! | ||
| Uly1080 |
Just imagine a smiley face after it, if it helps. Ok, that does help. Good luck! | ||
| Khelton |
This may add a page to your health record... Smaller bike would be the way to learn..it's one thing to learn while balancing a 250# bike in the air, another thing to balance a 450# bike. Speed helps due to the gyroscopic effect of the spinning wheels,. hurts more though when ya lose it. Use 2nd gear, Uly has so much torque that things happen very quickly in 1st, probably too quickly for a noob to react . Don't you have a gut feeling that you are about to screw up ? | ||
| Prichmon |
Don't decide to start learning on a VROD like I did... The end result was a crunched front fender.  | ||
| Keyser_soze |
Everything you want to know about riding a wheelie. http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17 3274 | ||
| M2nc |
I'm with Vern. First gear at about 25mph. Load up the front suspension with a blip of the throttle then 3/4 throttle and the bike stands up nicely. Over the weekend the tank bag hit my chest on the one wheelie I pulled. First one I meant to do in quite a while. It was Webe's fault. | ||
| Nevrenuf |
you just have to learn not to succumb to peer pressure carlos. | ||
| Ulywife |
Yeah, Carlos. And don't post things where you wife can read it! There are some things I just don't need to know  | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
Well???? How did it go? | ||
| Johnboy777 |
I am such a p*ssy. I had trouble getting it up last night (god, not again!) We have an abandoned blacktop road not too far from my house. It's level and well preserved at about two miles long or so - it leads to a stripper cut. I started out at a steady 3,000 RPM and then opened up the throttle - I guess I wasn't cracking it open fast enough, or far enough. So I thought I would increase it gradually. I guess my biggest fear is an a$$ over teakettle backwards. So I worked on it gradually and ended the night with two little wheelies, maybe a foot or so, it's hard to tell, but I sure wasn't looking at blue sky. I was at 3,500 RPM and cracked the throttle open quickly just over half-way, maybe a little more, though, when it finally came up...all in all, it was very cool. Unnerving, but cool. . | ||
| Maximum |
That's how it begins! Watch out...it could become an addiction.  | ||
| Froggy |
You just got to take your fear and throw it out the window. The biggest reason I can wheelie is cause im still young, stupid, and i think im invincible  | ||
| Nevrenuf |
yea,nothing like being young, dumb and full of !!!!. well maybe just to be young again. i still wouldn't know how to wheelie or have the nerve to do. better luck next time johnboy. | ||
| Danger_dave |
Careful - you'll end up like my pal Stretch.  | ||
| Khelton |
...rode an ST13000 for a while before getting the Uly....would run around pulling wheelies with my son when he was on the 929, ( Like you, just to prove to my son I wasn't too old) after getting the front end up I would occasionally think "Okay, now how do I get this pig back down ? "  | ||
| Johnboy777 |
"Like you, just to prove to my son I wasn't too old" Yeah, what's up with that. Fatherly pride, maybe. At any rate, I plan to hit it again tonight if it doesn't rain - no need to add another variable into the mix. Then, the idea is, as I get accustomed to the little wheelies (making them repeatable each time), I'll just gradually increase the height of them as I go along, over time. Nice and safe like. Then finally, it'll be, ... "watch this, junior" as I show off with a proper wheelie, followed by... "oh yeah, who's your daddy now, squirt." God, I'm a whack! . | ||
| Etennuly |
I used to pull some really cool torque wheelies with my '85 V65 Magna. I could whack that thing in second gear, pull the front tire about a foot up and carry it there from about forty mph up to almost ninety mph. That was always such a cool feeling. I got real into wheelieing back in the days of riding and racing three wheelers. Someone always had a wheelie contest at nearly every event I went to. I won a few of them. Then I carried that over to my dirt bikes. My personal best for a long wheelie was a little over two miles on a dirt road on my XL250, after I learned to stand it up and go through the gears. Got to where cornering was no big deal on the bike or the three wheeler. Doing wheelies is kinda like brushing your teeth, if you don't keep up with it,it will get away from you. If too many years pass without maintaining it you can loose it all. Funny how when you get older, it suddenly matters when you think about the flat spot you could grind into the back of your helmet the way you used to do it! I didn't get off too often, but it wouldn't fit into my play book now. It is a really strange feeling to be sliding, flat on your back, feet first, up a hill. | ||
| Wesman |
Don't forget to say "Here, hold my beer" to your son. and remember TTIWWOP | ||
| Stevem123 |
Pulling wheelies is addicting. I often go too high but the Uly is pretty stable on it's back wheel. Just let off the throttle and it will eventually come back down. I pulled one upon entering a parking garage with my son following me on his sporty. I went so high that the front tire barely missed the girders of the level above me. Funniest part was watching people dive between the cars as they thought I was some maniac out to get them. Yes you could say I'm a bit of a show-off but the grins I get make it way too much fun! Have fun and be careful. I don't reccommend trying to duplicate my parking garage stunt as getting stuck verticle between the tarmac and level above could prove to be really embarrasing. "Gee officer I just gave a little gas and..." BC Steve | ||
| Webethumpin |
My nick name isn't Wheelie Webe for nothing.  | ||
| Gotj |
There are some wheelie lessons on YouTube if you just search for them. Most have a set of steps that start low and slow and then build up as comfort grows. Some of the tips I've read here sound like techniques toward the advanced end of the spectrum. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
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| M2nc |
My nick name isn't Wheelie Webe for nothing. I do not think that's what the Bikers For Christ called you the last time you lead one of their rides. True Story and it was the last time! Didn't anyone tell them Christians are suppose to be forgiving.  | ||
| Gotj |
Here's one to get you started: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3_Z96lxyUo& | ||
| Jaybirdxb12x |
Etennuly I had an n 83 XL250 the only way it would wheelie was with work from the clutch in 1st gear. It was wayyy over geared it would run faster in 5 than 6th. Now the 87 XL600 loves to wheelie 3rd gear. My uly will wheelie 1st under hard acceleration or clutch it up in 2nd. | ||
| Nevrenuf |
that actually looks like the easiest gotj. i did that one time by mistake and really had no idea what i did. i still would rather get a 125 and try it on some grass. | ||
| Etennuly |
Etennuly I had an n 83 XL250 the only way it would wheelie was with work from the clutch in 1st gear. If I recall correctly I had a rear sprocket that had six more teeth and the front one was down one. With a Hooker header and some porting and carb work. | ||
| Johnboy777 |
Did some more work on my wheelies this evening - didn't get any higher, but a lot more comfortable and little more consistent. My rear brake hasn't really come into play as yet, although I do cover it. One thing I did notice, is that I felt more confident on the road - I think exploring the limits of a vehicle, incrementally, will do that for you. . | ||
| Froggy |
Learning to control a wheelie can potentially help in emergency situations. **** happens, you hit something in the road and the front pops up, you have a better chance of bring down that wheel instead of the rest of the bike | ||
| Blk_uly |
I love that justification. good wheely ability keeps you safe! I love this forum!  |
