learning to ride wheelies

[RagunCajun]

I hope this is not bringing up to old of a topic, but i just got my bike back last week as the forums went down. Anyways, here i go.

After getting used to the bike again, i started tinkering around with wheeling again. I'm making small progess. I had to lower the PSI in my rear tire so it wouldnt spin to hell. I have no idea what psi it's at but it is good enough for sure.

Anyhow, i am slowly bringing the front higher and higher while maintaining throttle control while holding on with my legs. I bring it up in 2nd because 1st is too touchy. Also, i dont use the clutch.

Quick question, will reving up and letting the clutch out hurt the bike? I start doing this to take off in 1st from a dead stop to practice for drag racing. I wanna make sure this isnt too hard on the tranny and bike. The rear doesnt seem to be in a bind too much because the rear tires gets loose if i rev up enough. If you are wondering who do i drag race.....no one, just the wind =-\

[MX86]

just don't re-engage it until it's slowed down... it'll strip your gears after a while.. also i would try it in higher gears.. less sensitive to changes.. plus you can be a little leanient on the gas

[MX86]

like i do all my wheeling in 5th.... and just lean back.. shouldn't have too much trouble.. matt does it on his 02 125

[RagunCajun]

god damnit

I started today trying to wheelie while sitting down. Well, it turns out the front end doesnt have to come up as high VS standing up. So i was just pulling it up in 1st, then 2nd then 3rd. So i got confident, dropped to 2nd gear and while sitting, i pull her up. Well i feel the front end come up too much and before u know it, i fall off backwards. It fell and the bars bit hard and it flipped a few times and i slip on the ground rolling.

Back fender was bent strait up but i kicked it back haha. The bars seem very slightly bent. I'm not sure what aftermarket bars the previous owner put on, but it is damn durable! As for me, a few bruises but im going back ride in a little while.

Moral of this story is USE THE REAR BRAKE. I had my froot on it but i freaked out and didnt use it. damnit.

edit* i cracked the hand brake completly off haha. ah well. It cost to play hard!

[MX86]

though luck on that one... i can't ever say i have actually flipped over backwards since i started riding.. but i've been damn close a few times remember the clutch and rear brake are your friends use em and the gas when getting into jumping.. but that's a different story haha

[greeny250sx]

i have just perfected the stoppie come back on the ground and hold your balance
for like 2 seconds..and crack a wheelie from standstill..its pretty hard....wheelies while going are prob the hardest. like shifting through gears..i just mastered that..but my bike really doesnt like to ride wheelies in 4th..butt owell...1st 2nd and 3nd are good enough.

[project_Tecate]

On a dirt bike even when you find your balance point it still takes a lot of work to keep it going. A lot of your balance will also come from your legs and even your front wheel. I still cant really do them at a slower pace, on my rm250 i keep that bitch cracked wide open and just band the gears at around the 1-2oclock position

[RagunCajun]

It seems easyer to do it sitting because your body wieght doesnt shift. for the last month, i been using the suspension and my body to rock it up. With sitting, i just put it in 2nd, and crack the throttle while slighting pulling up to make it go up.

My biggest problem is throttle control. I let off completly once the front comes up high enough. Front the videos i have seen with 2 stroke bikes, they blimp the throttle to keep it up. Ah well, practice makes perfect.

I'ma go run to the cycle place tomarrow morning if i dont work to get a set of levers. It's too damn wierd to ride w/o a front brake. Although it's fun locking up the rear tire and going side ways haha.

[MX86]

Originally Posted by RagunCajun

It's too damn wierd to ride w/o a front brake. Although it's fun locking up the rear tire and going side ways haha.

i've never touch my front brake.. only in high speed turns to swing the rear end out...

[cr125rider]

guys on my cr 125 i can pull the front up in firts than bang gears like crazy, up in
1st, then 2, 3, 4, 5 and i ride it in 5. i can keep it up around slight turns as well. thats how i learned was just changing gears...... i have hit the rear brake like twice when i cam over to far trying a slow one in 1 gear. and i have gone through one fender so far and it should be my last. i can ride wheeleis as long as a guy on a 400ex.... oh and on a side note my cr 125 is for sale to