| Author | Message | ||
     Noodles |
I have a 99x1 stock.It seems to run just fine but reading this forum makes me think I'm missing something.So my question is,should a bone stock x1 be able to lift the front wheel by twisting the gas? | ||
| Mbsween |
Mine has a slipon , intake and race-ecm, That sure makes it a lot easier, but IIRC he stocker wheelied with just the gas. It is easiest to do from slow speeds | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
In first, I've got to have the tach sitting in exactly the right spot to pull the front end up with throttle alone. BUT I am a chicken and always lean forward when getting the front end up, and can't (and never try) to "ride one out". What works best for me is to slip the clutch quite a bit after accelerating from a stop (going approx. 15 mph in first), then jump on the throttle and dump a lot of clutch at about the same time. I honestly don't even know what RPM that happens at because all I pay attention to is the sound of the engine and what's in the road in front of me. If you haven't tried clutching it up you should give it a shot - it's a lot easier than the roll on wheelies (is for me anyway) | ||
| Noodles |
Thanks for the replies,sounds like I'm alright.It will come up with the clutch no problem.I should add I am 6ft 200lb and 48 yrs old and should not be doing it anyway but I can't help it. | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
<- 5'10 130 lbs, 22yo and too chicken shit to lean back and let it come on up with some throttle. I put a lot of dollars and hours into my bike, and am not willing to destroy any of it by trying to impress someone. I'm proud of my half-a-block long wheelies that only come up a couple feet  | ||
| Scarecrow |
Mine is hard to keep down when I accelerate quickly from a stop. I am 5'10" 250lbs and 52 and I too am too chicken to wheelie much. I've been over too many times on bikes (dirt bikes) during my formative years. | ||
| Buelleaver |
Mine will stand up no problem with just nailing the throttle. it will also lift in second also with just gas, if i ride the first gear wheelie out. it has force pipe and intake, race ecm. (Message edited by buelleaver on August 10, 2009) | ||
| Tom_b |
No clutch needed here.If i want to i just sort of whack it a couple of times and up it comes. I've also had my share of it coming on accident during hard throttle and quick shifts. i'm 220lbs. and it has always done before the slight mods. | ||
| Nukeblue |
mine is 100% stock. it will pull the front in first when it hits the power at the top. but only a foot or so. (it helps if the bike is warmed up & it's cool out) second gear no way. clutch it & it's a piece of cake | ||
| Lovedabueller |
im 6'2" and weigh about 215. and i can power the wheel up with only a little weight shifting. | ||
| Texastechx1 |
i'm about 6'3" and roughly 260lbs (big mofo). if i sit upright i can gun it from idle at a light and by 4000rpms it starts to pull the front end up... by the time i HAVE to shift into 2nd the front wheel is about a foot or so off the ground. it did this when it was stock/new and also now with simple bolt-ons and 11k miles (would also do it when i weighed 300lbs!). i have a technique that works better for me. run the bike in first gear up to about 3500-4000rpms, chop the throttle a bit to bounce the front end and you can hold that wheelie all you want, no clutch, sitting down, very fun. when you start to go over a lil to far, you let of the gas ONLY a little to hold it out until its shifting time. i don't wheelie near as much as i used too... its damn hard on any bike. | ||
| Kalali |
Note to self: Don't buy a bike from the folks posted on this thread.... (just kidding)  | ||
| Hugie03flhr |
Going uphill makes it much easier with just a twist of the wick  | ||
| Harold |
Your stock bike at 3,500 should flip if you crack it in first. In 2nd to get it way up you should be able to go to 4,000-which is around 40mph, back off the throttle and crack it wide open. It should come up high and quick if you don't back off. My stock S1W did that routinely and I weighed 240 then. My 88 CI does 2nd at 3,500 without the throttle closing and cracking, just hitting it. When you back off the throttle and hit it, the front end will dive down and when the springs are pushing it back up your throttle crack will just keep that motion going and she comes on up. By cracking the throttle- I mean full open, all at once. Our bikes are in the meat of the torque curve at around 4,000. Powering it up like that is a good seat of the pants dyno. IF the bike isn't running strong, it won't do it. |
