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**samyakmodi** · 03-20-2009, 06:32 PM

but guys what is power wheelie??

and which is the best way to pull a power wheelie safely on bigger displacement bikes??
they have the torque, the power, the extra weight (so pulling it with your hands is not a great option for not so strong guys), but most importantly they have those crazy repair bills attached with them if some one falls down while attempting a wheelie. and not only that. the threat of the bike being snatched away from your family because u have had a fall while "normal" riding is pretty big.

so which is the best and the safest way to pull a wheelie on a sports/super sports bike??

**rossi_god** · 03-20-2009, 07:50 PM

ok, mods....is it possible tht we have a G2G with all the pros and the amateurs coz reading on the net and then practising is entirely differnt from getting live help. we can go anywhere outside delhi or may be to a confined location and then practice there. once we get a live demo..it wud b much easier for us to do it then. plz see if its possible...it'd b great. thanks in advance

**svjhonda** · 03-23-2009, 01:00 PM

@ Samyakmodi- I have absolutely no experience about stunts on SBKs, but I know this much from You-tube videos that people practise in 1st, roll it in 1st gear, slip the clutch by pulling it in and as you do that the throttle hand remains where it is. As the revs rise you release the clutch and the front lifts and you gradually close the throttle to bring it back down softly. This process barely lifts the front about 1.5-2 feet.

This is generally safe unless you rev all the way till redline and let go, resulting in a crash (have seen examples of that too). And as you keep practising, the height keeps going up.

**frank_dude_007** · 03-25-2009, 08:39 PM

Dont know if it is the right section but wanted to share this for looooong time
it is related to wheelie though
One day i went to my frnds place directly from our school(was in 11th) to get some movies, so while returning we were on his bike(4-5yrs old splender ,not serviced for a year or two) which i was driving because of lack of cut for taking a U-turn we had to drive on the wrong side for couple of meters,and then when i finally found the cut i began to drive the bike towards the cut and while driving i mistakeingly slipped a gear or two and then i had the first wheelie of my life in the middle of the rode on the wrong side with aal the passerby's and the approaching traffic watching (they were obviously dumb founded on wat the hell was i doing in the midlle of the road)and we crossed the road on one tire and the rest is history

**Insidious** · 03-29-2009, 10:00 AM

Originally posted by stuntpsycho View Post

thts badd dude always remember one thing u shud never start of doing wheelies in basic position,as in this wheelie u tend to leave the bike if u r not comfy a point or u get scared .so for begining try doing half olds or standups and then go to basics,and if u wanna move ahead in wheelies start using rear brakes

Never start off doing wheelies in a basic position? Does that mean that stand-ups and half-olds are NOT basic? If they aren't basic, doesn't that make them tougher, and possibly, a bit more risky to be attempted by a beginner?

**EL LOCO DIABLO** · 03-29-2009, 02:58 PM

Originally posted by stuntpsycho View Post

i wud recommend doing wheelie in first only as it is way more slower ,and as the limit of speed is less in 1 st gear the bike won't get above a certain speed while Wheeling .
Lets be practical no one wud be able to get to balance point in few attempts u really need to develop balls for riding wheelies in 2nd and that too at balance point.
So what happens is guys start giving more and more power in 2nds as the start pulling the bike up and then gradually the speed also gets increased and then at the time of landing it can get really scary sometimes.

so if u guys take my advice,do wheelies in first ,right now i can manage a comfortable 4oo mts in first gear in half old wheelies with some amount of breaking and thats "the" best way of doing wheelie,no matter which wheelies.

Just remember few things:
1.Lift the bike at low really low speeds around 10 .
2.keep ur tyre pressure around 10-15 psi in tubless or 20 psi in tyres with tube.
3.always cover the rear brake.
4.concentrate on the angle,the higher the better,and not on the length,as higher the angle more will be length and lesser wud be the speed.
5.try to ride with a comfortable position,dont be stiff while doing wheelies.It wont help,be relaxed.Remember u need to adjust with bike ,the bike wont adjust with u.

Possibilities in first gear are limitless so just concentrate on first gear itself,and u can go kms in first too.

Just Remember :
THE HIGHER THE BETTER,THE SLOWER THE SEXIER

I can visualise to a certain extent as to what you are saying but my major query is the throttle control, what do i do once i get the front up in the air? Usually the way i do it, the bike just wheelies as i dump the clutch, with the throttle pinned at a level, therefore the bike picks it's front up goes a distance and then drops. Should i increase my throttle as soon as i get my front up?

**Devilboy** · 04-22-2009, 06:07 PM

Wheeleeeeeesssssssss!

Well I usually start the wheelie in Basic position, meaning sitting down on the seat but with my bum shifted towards the pillion seat and my foot on the rear breaks....it does the wheelie easily at most times...I personally found that stand up as a learning method seems to make me off balance and difficult cos the weight of your body is concentrated on your feet ie. on the foot rest which is again located at almost the center of the machine(almost between the front and rear wheels). And when one fall while wheeleing on standups, you are sure to find yourself in the ground with a hard crash and for sure injuring yourself more. But on sitting position with your weight/bum shifted towards the pillion seat you have more control over the fall because your feet can easily reach the ground as compared to stand-ups. Well this is my personal experience, dont know what pros have to say regarding this...

Yea as read in the earlier post by other members, we should never forget the rear breaks while wheeleing ...NEVER!

.... I remember i had fallen into a position where i had forgotten my rear breaks and my controls on the throttle...This was wat happened: I over throttled the engine and suddenly left off the clutch. In the next second i was up almost 90 degrees up. I remember my FZ tail panel, number plate and rear mod gaurd skidding against the road with a squeaking sound... at that moment my two feet were on the ground running along with the "bike which was in almost 90 degrees" and my two hands firmly on the handle. I ran in this position about 5 or 6 steps, but realising there was not much space available ahead of me i had to let go of the handle leaving the bike crashing. Thanks to my elbow guard, gloves, knee guard and off course my technique in falling that saved me alot from bruises and injuries. Later when I analyse, i realised I had not used the rear breaks and I didn't have enough control on the throttle and yes my balance and my technique or posture of wheeleing was wrong as compared to the pros seen in the video tutorials. If the speed of the bike was very less I could have just jumped back on the seat while it was in that position and thus make the front wheel land... but... but... unfortunately i was not prepared for this position though i had seen in the videos about this...

Now I am able to pick up little by little and hope in the near coming days/months/year i will be able to master this "running along the bike and jumping back" .....

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Well If there is any Wheelie Pro reading this post please do upload a video in You Tube with a step by step technique in wheeleing, stoppie etc... I am sure many other stunt learners would be very much happy to have a virtual tutor. Yes of course there are many tutorials in You Tube, but most of them are meant for powerful bikes and not for Indian Manufactured bikes with less power and cc.

**sushcha** · 05-01-2009, 11:53 PM

hey gang. all advice taken. not tried yet. im a little on heavier side

.....so some friend told me i would have to sit on the rear seat...but that did not work...so do i have to do something different or just keep practising as mentioned?

**motormania** · 05-02-2009, 12:33 AM

abe Sushi

, abhi galti se bhi tu apne P200 ke pillion seat par baithkar wheelie try mat karna......tujhe langdata hua nahi dekhna chahta

....pehle apne bikes le aate hain Manipal fir jam ke practice karenge dono (though i would practise taking pics only and swearing at u

)

**bijay.bhai** · 05-27-2009, 10:15 AM

how to wheelie

the suggestions r quite handy..thanx foh the ideas..will try one later..

**Lost Soul** · 05-28-2009, 12:13 AM

can anyone tell me how to wheelie in second gear or at speeds over 20Kmph . i got apache

**joe350** · 05-28-2009, 01:11 AM

i am not a guru in stunting, i think by a little push and pull the front during the clutch release and a pull when the shock comes up would do the trick when its in the second gear!!
gurus can spread more gyaan on to this!

**rakeshkn** · 06-02-2009, 12:43 PM

thanks man

Originally posted by Thunder View Post

If you have a manual geared bike - with good clutch settings - there we go wheeeelieeeee......

But before doing do not avoid wearing proper riding gears....

prefer atleast a helmet and gloves - coz when u fall helmet will save ur head.......

Make sure - the clutch is perfect - the tyre pressure can be set to somewhere near by 30 or even 28... coz if the pressure is full - the wheelie will not stand....

Make sure you have a stock handlebar and not the local clip-ons.....
coz i have an experience of broken clip on while plugging down after a wheelie....

Raise the bike - start and go after the second gear - plug the clutch and raise her - to a good throttle - and release the clutch ----- its better to raise and test it slowly step by step ..... coz certain bikes like P200 - RTR can pull up easily and may result in a complete collision.....

So make sure you pull it step by step by testing the throttle response that your bike is giving.........

Its better to start learning from lower end bikes....

RX100 teached me the concept of wheeling.....its really easy to pullup a wheelie in a powerfull twostroker.....

thanks man.. i will try with my pulsar 150.. what you say?

**princesirohi** · 07-27-2009, 04:40 PM

can somebody describe in full detail ...how to wheelie...the information is all jumbled up....

**saurigr8** · 08-10-2009, 01:55 PM

Lot of mess up.

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