want to wheelie, please help.

[dudeskin]

hi,
I really want to get my front end up a decent amount. I have an Honda XL250, old but cheap. I can pop it up about a foot in 1st, but then it goes down again.
Is it just the fact that its a low powered bike, or should i try a different way, like using the clutch?

can anyone explain the clutch method?can it help me?

Dudeskin
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[teampots]

https://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-6656191590638402466&q=how+to+wheelie&total=752&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
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[mrtEE]

Are you "living hard" by owning an XL250?

[LeeWat]

Popping wheelies fucks your chain and does your head bearings and fork seals no good. Fun though
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[dudeskin]

not really..
but i'm waiting for money, a bandit 600 awaits me in the next few months.
but untill then, i want to practice on a piece of crap 1st .

dudeskin
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[J.K.R]

Havent tried wheelie-ing with gears but the general rule is keep your arms straight, weight back and grow some balls
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[dudeskin]

i mean about the 'living hard'
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[LeeWat]

I can't comment on wheelies really, 3 of my bikes including the one i have now are shafties. However, my trusty RD125 was a pretty good wheelie popper, rolling at about 10mph in first, pull in clutch rev like a twat, pop clutch, try to get in second... arrghhhhh....ohhh nooo, need a new back light.... oww that hurts a bit
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[fuel]

sit on bike,

start bike,

clutch in,

throttle right back to the stop,

drop clutch,

hold on,


do not follow these instructions
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[tristan]

I'm not recommending you do it, but will be on topic and give the best advice/tips for it I can.

If your bike has enough power...2nd gear, say 30mph, get into them middle of the rev range, say 7000rpm and twist that throttle right back, and lift the bars up!

Or: (obviously take it carefully, and maybe lower revs to start with)

Standing start
keep the throttle pinned around 1/2 - 3/4 and med - high revs (8000 ish)
Put into 1st gear
Release clutch fairly heavily, and a split secind after it has been released about halfway, try to lift the bars as much as poss.

That should do it! Take it easy!

Tristan.

[Finglonga]

[G]

Why do you think I've been ostracised from VD, after I denied it was a photoshop?

Search on here for details of clutch wheelies.
Basically clutch in-rev-twang out. As ever, start small and work your way up. Play with revs starting at as well as additional revs dumped with clutch.

[Finglonga]

[G]

Sold it now; they weren't quite straight through, but much baffle; for a twin did sound quite nice. Had it described as "like two cylinders of a spitfire firing up" .

[bazza]

[lukamon]

i do wheelies in 1st, get into the powerband throttle back and snap the throttle + lean back gets almost vertical sometimes
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[Finglonga]

[st3v3]

Simple... roll along slowly at 5mph, rev to near redline, then dump the *butch[/edit]Clutch* sharpish... and hold on. To keep it up, try cutting throttle off and pulling round full again straight away(snapping back on).

Or to save your bike or yourself, don't wheelie(Can't hold me responsible if you follow ^that^)
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[bazza]

[st3v3]

'Oh, bollox'
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[tristan]

[st3v3]

I am successful at wheelie-ing, KD is another matter. I've practised a bit since those Vids.
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[jackw72]

put a fat man on the back
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