My failing wheelie history

[mattgt]

I'm so unhappy. I try and try to pull off a proper wheelie and fail. I suppose I just get to that point and chicken out. I get the front up but the whole clutchless shift into second to keep it up is just too complicated to me. Any advice from anyone who has been there? My NSR fairing also is a bit dodge (needs some superglue etc to keep it on etc) which makes this really cringe noise as I come down with a BANG! Offputting to say the least. Help? Also, are there any NSR drivers around Neasden, London? I saw one of you buggers outside a curry house, but then lost ya. The only other NSR guy I bumped into did not speak a word of English, which was promising, and made a great conversation through helmets.
What? What did you say? Comprende mate, si si.

[instigator]

Power wheelie? On an nsr125? Do it on the clutch on a small cc bike like that, I'd have thought it would have been much easier?

[Ste]

Power wheelies aren't going to happen on your NSR.

Have a read of this thread about how to wheelie.

[mattgt]

also, why am i an L plate warrior? is it coz i just joined? id rather be a bandit. or a sumo.

[G]

[cc123]

Practice mate!

Thats what I was doing yesterday. Found a nice deserted industrial estate and was doing a few practice runs.

Power wheelies are no good I found as I really had to shift my body weight AWAY back to really get the front up to any decent height.

Off the clutch is much better and easier. Keeping it up and getting second is pure throttle control, sometimes I keep it there and other times I'd bugger it up.

Best wheelie I pulled yesterday though was by pure accident off the power, someone pissed me off after jumping a red light, I hammered away through a busy street and the front end came right up! Not one to miss an opportunity, I sneaked into 2nd and held it, much to the amazement of the row of cars stuck at the lights!
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[mattgt]

I'm jealous, I need a quite place like that. I found a really long road, perfect for practice, but has got f***ing bumps all the way down. So if I do manage to shift into second up there, things could get a little interesting...

That must av felt so good going up on one just like that, although you can't get too angry... I find screaming helps.

[cc123]

^^ I'm sure there is a road near you that will be empty, you just have to look!

[mattgt]

what you should have done then is pop a stoppie and really impressed everyone! ha ha silly car drivers


have a break, have a quick crap

[cc123]

Now stoppies I CAN'T do.....

Never tried either, I prefer wheelies....
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[mattgt]

ha ha, can i give you a tip if you want to try then? i went on a track day at donnington and asked 'ol haslam "what goes"?

ok, you know superbikes and all that, if they went through a corner and whacked the throttle open they would just spin out? well, they search for the level of trip and how much it will take etc. it's the same with a stoppie. go about 30 to start, pull the front in slightly until you feel a little bite. then lean slightly forward and pull it in hard, varying the pressure. you wont go over (hopefully) unless you go faster.
does that help?

[cc123]

Kinda, but not really interested in stopping!! Stoppies or otherwise, wheelies are far better crowd pullers! Just more to go wrong I feel trying to stoppie.

Had my first small off yesterday, don't want another one!
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[mattgt]

yeah, you have point there. would much rather wheelie than stoppie!
what happened yesterday? is your bike alright? one small off i had that always makes me laugh was practicing for my test ages ago. i was doing loads of u turns in my road, but hit some gravel in a drive. the wheel spun and slowly fell to the ground, while i was desperately trying to keep upright. felt like a right arse, but no1 was watching (hopefully) ha ha. scratched the fairing to shit though

[cc123]

LOL read here:

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=42969

Very similar!
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[G]

Doing stoppies you are slowing down... while wheelies you are speeding up.

Admittadely the bike is more likely to bugger off without you rather than bouncing ontop of you.

I stacked a wheely and a stoppy on my zx6 (first crashs on that bike) within two weeks of each other; the wheely crashed hurt me and the bike a /lot/ more.

[mattgt]

when you stoppie crashed did the bike not land on your head? i have this funny clip (its only funny coz he's ok after) where this guy is doing a HUGE stoppie towards the camera. its from some bike crash web site. anyway, his front wheel pops just as he's balanced up there, and the whole thing spins right on top of him. scary stuff, coz he's also doing some silly speed. i wish i could do both

[G]

The bike went sideways as it landed on the nose; kinda rolled around it (was very low speed when it went past the balance point.)

Luckily the bike landed on my leg and there wasn't any fairing lowers on it, so the only damage was to the nose cone.
Unfortunately the wheelie ended up with a dented frame.

[EuropeanNC30R...]

'Dented' doesn't do that frame justice... how about concaved.