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How to wheelie vid (soz if its a repost)
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:41 am
by Afrodesia
Heya
was trolling the cbr forums and came accross this..
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... motorcycle
apologies if its old, but it was new to me and rather well put together. BACK BRAKE is your friend :p
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 12:25 am
by Neka79
havent seen it b4.,..pretty cool..also sum cool other links/vids...
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:06 pm
by wags
Nice vid, on a zx6r no less
Gotta love the 6 (i didn't want to say that, but since so many on this board say "gotta love the 9"....
)
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 2:33 am
by DEN MONKEY
Awsome Vid. now where are the keys to the gpx?? sob sob
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:47 am
by vinze
i got a 99 zx6 and cant for the life of me get the front end up just from the throttle roll , anyone else tried??
just working out if its me bike or not lol
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:18 am
by Plaz
vinze wrote:i got a 99 zx6 and cant for the life of me get the front end up just from the throttle roll , anyone else tried??
just working out if its me bike or not lol
Its all about skill and practise, I've seen all sorts of bikes that you think can't wheelie, hoisted on to the back wheel, oh and as Greeny pointed out to me in that Vid, have a real good listen and look. When he is showing you how to "power Up" in the first bit he is actually using the clutch
Have a look here
http://www.ksrc-au.com/html/how_to_chuck_a_wheelie.html
Some advise that got me started from one of our own.
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:33 pm
by Neka79
vinze wrote:i got a 99 zx6 and cant for the life of me get the front end up just from the throttle roll , anyone else tried??
just working out if its me bike or not lol
i couldnt on mine...same bike...
could clutch it up tho
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 2:24 pm
by thewonderer
That's Dave Sonski who's a US stunt rider who worked for superbike mag for a couple of years. He rocks!!
That's my bike.. but i've never seen the wheel go up in first before... will have to go and try that now!
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:22 am
by vinze
Plasma Blue 636 wrote:vinze wrote:i got a 99 zx6 and cant for the life of me get the front end up just from the throttle roll , anyone else tried??
just working out if its me bike or not lol
Its all about skill and practise, I've seen all sorts of bikes that you think can't wheelie, hoisted on to the back wheel, oh and as Greeny pointed out to me in that Vid, have a real good listen and look. When he is showing you how to "power Up" in the first bit he is actually using the clutch
Have a look here
http://www.ksrc-au.com/html/how_to_chuck_a_wheelie.html
Some advise that got me started from one of our own.
seems to make more sense
Have studied that vid and his hands well away from the clutch so guess im missing something
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:23 am
by Stereo
Neka79 wrote:vinze wrote:i got a 99 zx6 and cant for the life of me get the front end up just from the throttle roll , anyone else tried??
just working out if its me bike or not lol
i couldnt on mine...same bike...
could clutch it up tho
Ive got an 03 like the guy in vid, and it works exactly like he said...
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:52 pm
by mikk
yeah seen that before... not sure if it was here or not.
the original file was available but the site seems to be down:
http://www.madaboutbiking.co.uk/how%202%20wheelie.wmv
i have it if anyone wants it. i could upload it somewhere. its 34.1MB though
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:23 am
by vinze
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:53 pm
by thewonderer
doh!
I tried the superbike video tip a few times and could not for the life of me get the front to get up or even feel light....
Either i'm not being agressive enough or something else is wrong. I have exactly the same bike as in the video and when i watch Dave's throttle hand it looks like he's just opening it steadily and to full. I've tried opening it to full quicker than he has, but no luck.
Any suggestions?
cheers
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:06 pm
by Stereo
thewonderer wrote:doh!
I tried the superbike video tip a few times and could not for the life of me get the front to get up or even feel light....
Either i'm not being agressive enough or something else is wrong. I have exactly the same bike as in the video and when i watch Dave's throttle hand it looks like he's just opening it steadily and to full. I've tried opening it to full quicker than he has, but no luck.
Any suggestions?
cheers
Yup.... read that link up 2 posts.... it explains it...
but basically, get your bike up to 65kph and then open the throttle in one big yank and it will come up real quick
Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:19 pm
by wags
Plasma Blue 636 wrote:vinze wrote:i got a 99 zx6 and cant for the life of me get the front end up just from the throttle roll , anyone else tried??
just working out if its me bike or not lol
Its all about skill and practise, I've seen all sorts of bikes that you think can't wheelie, hoisted on to the back wheel, oh and as Greeny pointed out to me in that Vid, have a real good listen and look. When he is showing you how to "power Up" in the first bit he is actually using the clutch
Where is he using the clutch when powering up? His hand doesn't go near the lever when doing a wheelie with the on-board vid, and it doesn't sound like he's slipping it at any other of the vid angles?
