Guide to Stoppies

BikerWannabe · L Plate Warrior Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Karma :

I just finished reading the post about wheelies and found it very informative. I was wondering if you guys could put together a similiar "how-to-for-dumbies" on Stoppies.

Thanks for the help

Laura · Playboy Bunny Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Karma :

Go to the faqs there should be one somewhere to a search for it.
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v4forlife · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 31 Mar 2003 Karma :

Grab too much front brake and hope...did i get that right danny? Laughing

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monkeyman · Scooby Slapper Joined: 26 Jan 2004 Karma :

Just lean forward a tad and pull the front break.

For longer stoppies it requires you to get near the balancing point, don't recommend hitting the balancing point as you sh1t your kegs because nothing you do brings it down i.e let go of the breaks and see which way you go.

don't recommend trying it in the wet.
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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

Ask and ye shall get....
wrote this /ages/ ago:
https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=193556#193556

and, erm... my experience with the balance point in stoppies isn't so much a 'o shit I can't get this down again', it's more like 'o shit I'm going down the wrong side of the bike'. It's usually all far to quick. However it'll be a while before you're getting that high.
If by some freak you do manage to get a balance point stoppie and don't see the ground rapidly approaching; let go of the brake and shift your weight back along the bike, this will increase the balance point, so that your current attitude is below it.

Stevie Northants · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 03 Apr 2004 Karma :

I have an easy way,
www.scottishbiker.com/getagrip
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Smoto Bob · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Dec 2003 Karma :

Any one know how to do the tail whip thing. i been practicing on a push bike but haven't quite managed it yet.

Also the 1 handed stoppy Embarassed

hurts on a dirt/supermoto as theres nothing for your knee's to grab so you just fling forward Shocked

Any ideas??
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hush · Scooby Slapper Joined: 04 Apr 2004 Karma :

Dunno about a tail whip on a motorbike, but on a push bike its all done with the placement of your hips over the frame. There is a great vid called 'Dirty Tricks and Cunning Stunts' which shows you how they are done. Don't know how different the motorbike version is, but obviously there is more mass to move...