What is a good bike for wheelies ?

[cLaTTeReD]

Currently have an SP1 that i can do some pretty rubbish 1st gear power wheelies,

I have been told a twin is not the best to learn to wheelie as they dont have much topend power

i want to do some longer wheelies and am considering a 2nd bike which may also mnake it to the track

whats a good bike to wheelie ? any tips on doing so on the SP1 would be appreciated

many thanks

[Clanger]

Oh, really, I wish someone would tell my sv twin that it's crap at wheelies, and stop doing it, when I dump the clutch at traffic lights!
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[ms51ves3]

I can't see why a bike with loads of top end power would wheelie better

[Dr. DaveJPS]

aprilia sxv 550

https://www.psndealer.com/powersportsdlr/images/NewVehicles/NV41997_1.jpg

wheelies like hell
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[cLaTTeReD]

because once you hike the front wheel up off the power in 1st, there is nothing left at the top of the rev range to keep it up and sustain the wheelie

eg. R1 ect more rev's more power, longer wheelie

the sp drops the front at the top of the rev range as the power tails off

maybe this is different if you clutch it up ? as you can get the front up travelling slower, i dont know

im not talking about lifting the front at the lights, thats easy. I mean sustained wheelies on the balance point

any ideas ?

[lllN30lll]

the bike isn't the problem, it's the owner TBH.

you need to get a long to a wheelie school and learn more techniques.
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[Sparks!]

It's not the bike, it's the rider and the technique.

V-twins are good for wheelies if anything!!

The reason you run out of power is not the bike, it's just the fact you've only got the front wheel about a foot off the ground! Get the wheel higher and you'll maintain the wheely for longer before running out of revs... then once you get high enough to find balance point, you'll be able to wheely as long as the road is without running out of revs....

Learn to clutch it up, more controlled and you can get the wheel higher at slower speed which means you find balance point at a slower speed so can maintain the wheely.

Also, clutching it up in 2nd gear means that even on power you'd go further than in 1st before running out of revs.
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[cLaTTeReD]

Great!

This is the info i was looking for

so i am better off getting the bike to about 30mpg in 2nd then slipping the clutch ? rather than bringing it up in 1st off the power.

i am pretty sure your right in the fact im not getting the front wheel high enough

it does feel pretty savage when you slip the clutch on the SP though comapared to a 4 cylinder bike. Maybe i just need to get used to it a bit more

and save for some more tires

cheers

[cLaTTeReD]

[Reppyboyo]

Speed/Street Triple.

[lllN30lll]

i'm completely self taught.

all started after watching this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qncPBZ9DRRk
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[cLaTTeReD]

cheers mate

i have watched that vid many times

and i made some progress my ex missus SRAD (thats not why she is an ex lol)

but a v-twin seems very differnt to me - maybe just cause its not as smooth, off the clutch seems really violent and jerky

im probably just being a pussy

[MaybeGuy]

any bike will wheelie.
the way i learned was ''you have to do something with the clutch apparantly'' so i fiddled a bit, and thought ''awesome'' when the front of my 400 popped up a few inches once.

since then, work on it, method improves.

then all of a sudden it just clicks right there and then, and you can carry on for as long as neccesary (or thats what i found anyway0
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!!
Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

[Sparks!]

[Blunet600]

i've got a hornet 600, and i have been trying to wheelie it, bt having no luck. Tried the power wheelie in first, only manage to get a little one if someone is on the back, and only tried the slip the clutch a few times to no prevail. Anyone know the best way or easiest way to wheelie a hornet 600? cheers.

[Itchy]

Strangely enough the XT600E wheelies quite well on just the power if you don't change up and the 2nd carb kicks in. And its a low power single.

I managed to loft the front of the Africa twin (which is scary as it is such a huge machine with such a big fairing you can't see jack). When I was putting it through its trials.

If you REALLY want to cheat , do what many stunters do and stick a dinner plate sized sprocket on the rear front will come up just accelerating like normal.
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[binge]

Pit bikes are fun to learn on.

Roll the power on in 2nd. Will lift on power alone. Get it to balance point and away you go.

I learnt on a Speedfight. Was handy because it had a rear hand operated brake.




Ben

[Blue_SV650S]

Unfaired 1200 bandit!!
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[McGee]

Wait, your having trouble wheelying an sp1.

I had a mate that could keep it on the rear forever on an sp1 just practice.

And bandits suck if you want to find bp.
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[stevo as b4]

The last thing you want for low-medium speed wheelies is a powerful yet peaky bike, where the power only really comes on very strong in the last 1/3 of the rev range. The 2008 ZX10R is a very good example of this. 165bhp at the rear wheel, yet the engine is so docile at low revs that you have to be going at much higher than ideal speeds to get really good drive, and so when it gets airbourne your into silly speed territory.

[Blue_SV650S]

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[OssY]

I remember the first time my front wheel lifted, i thought WOW, that make off the ground by miles. I was dead chuffed... Till my mate said it came off the floor about 2 inches... Bubble burst.

[Sparks!]