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Grussy
| | Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 08:47 pm: | 
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My exhaust is all scraped up in the very front from puttin her down to hard!!!! |
Shea
| | Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 09:22 pm: |
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Rear brake is also used because if you pick up too much speed or if the RPMs don't stay in the wanted range, the bike will just come back down too. For certain wheelies, you actually accelerate to bring the wheel back down, not the brake. This is pretty advanced though. Not that I can do it, just watched a video of a pro on it. |
Shea
| | Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 09:23 pm: |
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6656191590638402466&q=how+to+wheelie |
Buellxb9s
| | Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 09:51 pm: |
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Shea.. THAT'S WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT!!!  |
Skyguy
| | Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 10:13 pm: |
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Good video Shea! I did not realize I was supposed to do it with no shirt and no helmet........  |
Buell_892
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 10:12 am: |
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can a buell even do that... LOL |
Dmextreme
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 10:31 am: |
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amazingly enough.. nice video though.. very thorough |
Dark_angel01
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 03:42 pm: |
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wheelies are the whole reason I bought my xb12r short wheelbase + massive torque = WHEEEEEEEEEEEELIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Djkaplan
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 03:56 pm: |
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" For certain wheelies, you actually accelerate to bring the wheel back down, not the brake."
Why would you accelerate to get the front end down? I can kind of see how if you're doing a stoppie and you feel youself going over, hitting the throttle may help getting the rear back down, but not during a wheelie.
Could you elaborate? |
Mdm
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 08:05 pm: |
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this is funny
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8376535986333815159 |
Skyguy
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 08:50 pm: |
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Gee ya think he was a little rough with the throttle? |
Diablobrian
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 09:21 pm: |
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too bad he was wearing his helmet, jacket gloves, and boots. Un-like like the "pros" in the how-to video.
He could have saved himself some injury if he hadn't been wearing that crap.
Tongue planted firmly in cheek, and no, not that kind of cheek.  |
Olinxb12r
| | Posted on Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 10:33 am: |
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DJK I believe Shea is referring to when you are setting the front end down. I always try to give the bike a little pop of throttle right before the tire hits the ground so it isn't as rough of an impact. Wheelies are all throttle and brake control. Back it past the balance point to shed some speed, or drop it just below the balance point to gain speed if you start to wobble. Past the bp requires brake work and lower than the bp requires throttle work. Once you are good with both you can wheelie for miles.
If I'm not talking about the same thing you are Shea, will you elaborate on what you saw in the video? |
Debueller
| | Posted on Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 10:41 pm: |
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Don't know about wheeling a belt driven bike. I just broke a lifetime belt on my Uly today. I could have been thousands of miles from home. Or dozens of miles from pavement. Luckily it was in front of my house. The bike has only 7700 miles on it. I've got high hopes for some long distance adventure rides very soon. My friends ride a 950 Adventure & a V-Strom. We plan on doing some fairly steep and very rough gravel/dirt roads. I assumed the belt drive is up to the challenge. I have doubts now. |
Shea
| | Posted on Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 10:56 pm: |
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Watch the end of the Vid where he rides the long ass wheelie. He says that he has to speed up a bit to get it back down gently. |
Buelltroll
| | Posted on Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 11:58 pm: |
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http://media.putfile.com/XB9S-Stunts
http://media.putfile.com/RIDIN-IT-OUT
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