Stoppies advice-- calling Jon etc....

[Sparks!]

What's the "best" way to keep a stoppy rolling??

I can get the wheel relatively high according to Hustler, but I can only roll for about a meter or so... The R6 does it nice and smoothly and quite easy, just not very far. The WR is kind of difficult due to spongy brakes, but furthest I've managed is a couple of meters!

Anyone got any tips to keep the wheel up? I do it from varying speeds but still struggle, Are you meant to feather the brake off once the wheel is up or do you have to do it quicker and let the speed your traveling at keep the wheel off the ground?
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[Korn]

You should first give it a good firm squeeze to get the back up in a quick movement, then let off a bit of pressure once it's high enough to balance and roll along, adjusting the lever pressure if the back starts to drop/rise.

If you just keep the brakes pressed on, you'll stop. That's what they're there for
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[Ste]

It really is just a case of practising and finding the amount of pressure you need to keep on the lever, to little and it comes down, too much and you stop or flip over the front. As Korn said, the pressure needed to keep the rear up is less then is needed to get it high initally, just experiment carefully.

[Sparks!]

[G]

As Korn said.
Presuming you got good tyres, a sharp initial pull. When I'm really high I tend to 'modulate' the brake a bit... like I do with the throttle in a wheely to keep it about the same height.

It's best if you can do them without this, but initially at least you will probably have to.
If you start to get confident, becarefull... the balance point is remarkably easy to find!

[Jon]

Same as what they said really ^

Could be your speed?

Sounds like you're going far too slowly. If you get your bike up to 50-60mph and hit the brakes you should roll them nicely, but remember at this speed it comes up quickly so hit the brakes then release some pressure whilst still holding the brake tightly.

That's the way I learnt them on the sr and have started on the Hornet.

[G]

Yea, , was gonna mention the speed.

Once you are confident, build your speed up and it aint too much of a problem to do them from 90-100. Get plenty of distance even on low ones then.

[Sparks!]

[Smoto Bob]

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[Jon]

Just make sure you keep the front wheel rolling and 'play' with the steering i.e. don't hold the bike in one place and put it on full lock. You'll get it in the end put you will drop it quite often whilst practicing.

[Smoto Bob]