Wheelie

[cribby]

Well, after a week of practice I've finally managed to get a good wheelie out of the F3.

I can get the front wheels about 2 feet off the floor and hold it there for around 100 yards, the hard part is stopping the bike from lurching either left or right.

Any one else tried this?

Ant

 

[ARtraveler]

Well, after a week of practice I've finally managed to get a good wheelie out of the F3.

I can get the front wheels about 2 feet off the floor and hold it there for around 100 yards, the hard part is stopping the bike from lurching either left or right.

Any one else tried this?

Ant

If you do it again, how about a nice video if possible. I am thinking you are the first. opcorn:

 

[Chupaca]

Seeing is believing...

not that I know of. Did see a photo shopped picture of a ( GS/RS/RSS/ST don't know which) wheeling over a bridge once. Next time you manage that video it and send it along. :thumbup:

 

[jaherbst]

Well, after a week of practice I've finally managed to get a good wheelie out of the F3.

I can get the front wheels about 2 feet off the floor and hold it there for around 100 yards, the hard part is stopping the bike from lurching either left or right.

Any one else tried this?

Ant

?

Jack

 

[coz]

I'll have two

Well, after a week of practice I've finally managed to get a good wheelie out of the F3.

I can get the front wheels about 2 feet off the floor and hold it there for around 100 yards, the hard part is stopping the bike from lurching either left or right.

Any one else tried this?

Ant

of what ever you're on.:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

 

[MikeP]

Video / or it didn't happen

 

[HIspyder]

Well, after a week of practice I've finally managed to get a good wheelie out of the F3.

I can get the front wheels about 2 feet off the floor and hold it there for around 100 yards, the hard part is stopping the bike from lurching either left or right.

Any one else tried this?

Ant

What's that saying? If it's not on video, it didn't happen, plain and simple. :shocked:

 

[TommyBwell]

Do you have a SM6 or SE6? I'm just wondering if there is any clutch work involved? I was at a light next to a kid in a Challenger that thought he was going to take me off the line and move into my lane. I blasted off the line and the wheels came up as we went over the crest of the road we were crossing but nothing like what you are talking about.

 

[Bob Denman]

:crackpipe:

 

[Pampurrs]

I'll wait for the video opcorn:

Pam

 

[Bob Denman]

You'll see the video of Elvis riding into Stockholm on a pink elephant first... :shocked:

 

[jaherbst]

You'll see the video of Elvis riding into Stockholm on a pink elephant first... :shocked:

Purple mushrooms in your oatmeal causes such halucinations.:joke:

Jack

 

[Mikind7]

Maxed out my BS O'meter...

 

[Gator37]

Well, after a week of practice I've finally managed to get a good wheelie out of the F3.

I can get the front wheels about 2 feet off the floor and hold it there for around 100 yards, the hard part is stopping the bike from lurching either left or right.

Any one else tried this?

Ant

My Dumb question is WhY? :shocked:

 

[Sccar]

Well, after a week of practice I've finally managed to get a good wheelie out of the F3.

I can get the front wheels about 2 feet off the floor and hold it there for around 100 yards, the hard part is stopping the bike from lurching either left or right.

Any one else tried this?

Ant

You are freaking awesome. :bowdown:

 

[jerpinoy]

See what you did?:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

 

[bmccaffrey]

I just don't see all the physics that would make this work :dontknow:

 

[TommyBwell]

I know it's a bunch of weight up front but y'all don't think an SM6 would do it if you revved it high and dumped the clutch? 100 feet might be a stretch but I've seen Full dressed Harley's do it with similar weight (although distributed better), less horsepower and a smaller contact patch.

 

[TommyBwell]

Well there's not a single video on YouTube so disregard previous post.

 

[Xyzzy]

I know it's a bunch of weight up front but y'all don't think an SM6 would do it if you revved it high and dumped the clutch? 100 feet might be a stretch but I've seen Full dressed Harley's do it with similar weight (although distributed better), less horsepower and a smaller contact patch.

The rear wheel loading is so low that traction is the issue. Even on the tackiest surface the rear tire spins. (I haven't tried a drag strip, yet.)

You see fat tires on F1 cars but they have thousands of pounds of downforce from the bodywork. Without the downforce they'd blow the tires.

We have a fat tire but no downforce. Simple physics, right?

I could wheelie my Grom. That is a 9 HP economy bike. It was just a matter of shifting my weight. (My ZX-14R wheelied, too! Come to think of it, every motorcycle i ever had did wheelies! But in a lot of cases a lot of "body-english" was needed.)

I think that people who think they are doing wheelies are really misinterpreting the chassis rocking back on the (undersprung) rear suspension.

I'd love to be proven wrong, though!