Downside of wheelies

Mr Hammers · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Jul 2008 Karma :

Although this is a video i thought it'd be better placed here. Don't know about you, but i didn't know wheelies pretty much automatically come under Dangerous Driving, with all the penalties that that entails.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVPeZg4Imqw

Shocked

Going to be a lot more careful in future, i think.

Always annoys me though, when some people say if you want to do it, do it in a field, or an old airstrip, or on a track. No tracks allow wheelies that i'm aware of, good luck finding a field where no one's going to mind, and how many old airstrips are around where you're not going to get chased off or reported?

In Germany, as much as i hate all their other restrictive laws, wheelieing is seen as a minor infraction and on its own at worst might earn you a telling off by the polizei.

Dammit. Why is it that anything that's any kind of fun these days either bad for you or massively illegal.... Mad

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davebike · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Nov 2013 Karma :

I twice got the talk er wheelies and once fro a stoppie but on a roadised dirt bike and no one else near
The "Yes sir sorrey sir" worked I would guess if I done the "so what haven't you got somthing better to do" bit I have been in court !
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xX-Alex-Xx · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Sep 2019 Karma :

So in other words, don't stop. If you're gonna lose your licence anyway... Wink

edit: and don't stick a dildo on the seat either Laughing

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MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

A stoppie doesn't arguably reduce visibility or braking effectiveness a lot... so I can see that it's not so much of a problem... maybe? But most magistrates will drive a Hyundai or something so won't have a clue about bikes.

Andrew Dalton seems to be one of the few people online who actually knows his onions when it comes to motorcycle specific law.

Also, I really like 44 teeth. I can't stand BvG on his own, and I think some of his views are a bit... sus... but together with Fagan it's something that can't be replicated. Eveything they do is enjoyable.
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MaybeGuy · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Karma :

I've been caught 4 times, and only "charged" once. If you do it properly I don't think it's that dangerous at all, but I've seen so many power "wheelies" that make you think they pretty much deserve to get in trouble for being an embarassment to the word "wheelie".
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

You can wheelie as much as you want if you go drag racing. You won't get good times though.

You can also kill your engine doing wheelies. A mate of mine seized his SV650 through repeated wheelies and drag starts because all the oil went to the back of the sump away from the pickup. He had to rebuild it and weld baffling into the sump pan.
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notbike · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Apr 2014 Karma :

Just don't get caught.

Then again I got caught speeding after 6 years of stupidness.

Never been caught for a wheelie though.

Skudd · Super Spammer Joined: 01 Oct 2006 Karma :

I would love to be able to do wheelies properly, I need to go to a wheelie school to learn.

I've done a few, most have been done in error. I just don't fancy wrecking my bike, fork seals. flipping the bike, engine damage etc.

Most of the people I know who can do wheelies on tap have either had access to dubious bikes in their youth or used other people's bikes to practice on and make all the errors on those, walking away when it all goes wrong.
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struan80 · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Nov 2014 Karma :

Wish I had the balls to do a wheelie, intentionally anyway.