Author Topic: All this to ride the rear wheel!!!! Video (Read 3138 times)

Daytona · « **on:** August 17, 2006, 10:29:43 AM »

http://www.learntowheelie.net/lBalancepointignitioncutoutswitch.html
Anyone know of a good track school/course with instructor in the South east area???

Dave 02 1200 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 17, 2006, 12:37:07 PM »

The ultimate poseur accessory! Once upon a time a wheelie was the result if a failure to balance wheelspin and traction and the outcome was a poor run. The guy who did the big wheelie was the big loser.

Don't get me wrong. I like to lift the front wheel under hard acceleration as much as the next guy just to let my B 1200 "flex its muscles" but roll-on acceleration, not the wheelie is, the goal. The wheelie just happens.

The big long wheelie is just a stunt. One might just as well learn to ride standing on the seat etc. to show off for the easily impressed. I have no doubt that this gizmo would work but I would rather spend my money on more horsepower, gasoline, tires, etc.

Russtang · « **Reply #2 on:** August 17, 2006, 07:48:07 PM »

OMG, that is completely ghetto. Especially for $100. I can think of a few different ways to do this better with no stupid curb feeler dragging behind your bike. Maybe I should start a business... :)

KX5000 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 18, 2006, 08:07:35 PM »

I don't know Russ, that thing looks awfully high tech. Don't most of us have a similar device? I call it the throttle.

smooth operator · « **Reply #4 on:** August 19, 2006, 07:23:02 AM »

When I was about 12-14 I baught a 100 Hodaka (worked it off unloading trailer loads of shrubs&trees) I used to practice wheels for hrs at a time. Seems like I have a hard time staying on that balance point.My son can take our quadrunner and ride all around the yard on 1 back tire. I quess I've never been much of a gymnastics guy. So I figure if I can't do it on a mat,why try it on a mtorcycle. And even though powering up a wheelie is easy on the Bandit,I just put on new tires. Hell, I don't even want to start out fast right now! I'll get going fast, but I got to make these tires last!
Quess I must be a uncordinated cheapskate? Dan

Old_n_Slow · « **Reply #5 on:** August 21, 2006, 08:52:53 PM »

The ultimate poseur accessory! Once upon a time a wheelie was the result if a failure to balance wheelspin and traction and the outcome was a poor run. The guy who did the big wheelie was the big loser.

Yep, that's old school and well educated old school. The unwashed see a wheelie and say "wow! " . They never see a true power run when the front tire just kisses the road surface, never more than an inch off it, like a stone skipping low over a pond. And, they'll never understand the big grin you get when you do it that way!

Vidrazor · « **Reply #6 on:** August 21, 2006, 10:06:12 PM »

>>Anyone know of a good track school/course with instructor in the South east area???<<

How 'bout the Kevin Schwantz course at Road Atlanta?

http://www.schwantzschool.com/