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AndrewDoesHair

AndrewDoesHair

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If I should just quit wanting to try this, let me know. Maybe I'll find my answers in the "learning the hard way" thread. I ride a 1973 Triumph T140 and a few guys I know are all wheelie happy on their ninja 1000's and such, but today for a laugh I thought I'd try one. Didn't even expect the bike to do it. But I can get the front wheel off the ground, and that makes me feel like Steve McQueen. So now I'm wondering if a bike like mine can even do full blown wheelies down the road (I mean, closed private parking lot). These ninja 1000 guys tell me they rev the engine really high and pop the clutch, but my bike doesn't rev all that high, and the power is more on the bottom end. If it's possible to wheelie on a bike like mine, is it done the same way as a newer sport bike? Or is my 6 inches off the ground pretty rad for a bike like mine?
 
Better yet - borrow one of their Ninjas.

Why on earth would you feel it necessary to learn how to do wheelies anyway?
 
those 1000's can wheelie just from rear wheel inertia alone, the triumph has about 20% of the power and weighs just about as much, you can probably wheelie in first but who cares, bikes were built with two wheels for a reason
 
Wheelies are Gods way of letting us know he loves us and wants us to be happy :)

Just about any bike will pop that front wheel up if you know what you are doing.

This is an old flogged out TT250 that I borrowed off a mate. It is really flogged out and I can still get it up there in 2nd gear.

 
I've done wheelies on sportbikes. But they need that. Our bikes, EVERY ONE of them look a hell of a lot better going 40mph than they do going 100mph on the highway. If you decide to keep trying them, invest in some type of frame sliders. Or buy a crappy dented tank to protect yours. I Wish you and your bike the best.
 
Big Rich said:
Better yet - borrow one of their Ninjas.

Why on earth would you feel it necessary to learn how to do wheelies anyway?
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Because they're fun!

Easier to learn on a dirtbike, I think.
 
wheelies are grate fun for sure and are a good thing to know how to do
but no,yeah go ahead pop the clutch on your 73 triumph that wont hurt it
slam the front end back on the ground too while your at it
silly man that is not a bike to learn whillies on,wtf are you thinking ? get a dirt bike to learn whillies on
 
Don't listen to this bunch of pansies, give it a go.
If you break something you break something, then you fix it.
Just find a deserted road and give it a go.
 
xb33bsa said:
hah ! jeff ward
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Jeffs doing well, My kid and his raced MotoX in the same class till Brandon went to SuperMoto, I agree with most here get a dirt bike wheelie your balls off DONT fuck up your bike!
 

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I remember there was this show called "That's Incredible" and this bloke could wheelie anything with two wheels even a 10 speed bike.
 
Cafe_to_go said:
I remember there was this show called "That's Incredible" and this bloke could wheelie anything with two wheels even a 10 speed bike.
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Anyone can wheelie a ten speed haha weren't you a kid at one point?
 
One method for getting up on the back wheel is to start out rolling slowly, grab all the front brake you can (without skidding it) to load the front then gun it with the clutch out.

It's sort of like "bouncing" off the front forks.

Watch these idiots do it on $25,000 couches:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsPjNYY5GvM

-Deek
 
You can pretty much wheelie anything with 2 wheels. Just got to find the balance point. It's a lot more precarious on a vintage bike than some run of the mill crotch rocket.
 
I dont know about anything. I can't for the life of me get my 400f to ride a wheelie. Theres just no low end torque to get it off the ground.
I probably could by dropping the clutch real good but I've got an sr for that.
 
I have several bikes that wheelie, usually when I don't want them to, they have torque. For those bikes that don't have that type of torque, you have to help them a little, just like back in the day with your Schwinn. You don't have to rev them to the moon, just get the bike rolling a bit, pull the clutch back in, rev higher and drop the clutch, at the same time pull up on your bike, just like you did your Schwinn, as the wheel comes up, feed more throttle. This will take practice. I'd also like to say before doing this, it's a good time to check your bike for loose stuff and tire pressure. I'd also like to say, if you don't want to harm your bike, leave wheelies to others. Every time I lift the wheel on my Aprilia, I think how much $ and how long it takes to get parts for this beast, then I back out of it and ride a little more normal. I know I don't have to say this, but some people lock up when things go bad. In a wheelie.... the front brake is useless, make sure you can work the rear, when that wall, pole, car, etc. approaches. Go to you tube and pull up all the wheelies that have gone bad, and then make the decision on whether you want to experience their outcomes. If this appeals to you, then get to it and lift that wheel....
 
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