Unable To Wheelie

Discussion in 'Technical Help' started by Sage Craver NREMT, Mar 7, 2021.

  1. Tricky-Dicky

    Tricky-Dicky Crème de la Crème

    Dec 12, 2016
    2,441
    1,000
    Norfolk UK
    Quite frankly your attitude sucks fella and insulting people and being ageist won't win you any friends here.:poop:
     
    • Agree Agree x 14
    • Like Like x 4
  2. Pegscraper

    Pegscraper Elite Member

    Jun 12, 2020
    3,280
    800
    Yorkshire
    #42 Pegscraper, Mar 23, 2021
    Last edited: Mar 23, 2021
    To you maybe but I'm calling BS on that one. Have you done any short circuit racing? I'll take a guess and say you haven't, please correct me if I'm wrong. Any experienced racer will tell you wheelies slow you down and waste time, they're for show not go. If wheelies are your bag then that's fine, I've no problem with that and nor should anyone else but going back to your original post regarding the ST's inability to wheelie off the throttle. Mods will certainly deliver more power but if wheelies were as important a part of my riding experience as they are to yours then I wouldn't have started with a ST and that's an observation not a criticism.
     
    • Like Like x 4
    • Agree Agree x 2
  3. Wire-Wheels

    Wire-Wheels Elite Member

    Apr 26, 2019
    2,497
    800
    California - USA
    My instincts tell me this guy is really a 15 yr old talking smack. ...J.D.
     
    • Funny Funny x 8
    • Like Like x 3
    • Agree Agree x 2
    • Thanks Thanks x 1
  4. sprintdave

    sprintdave Nurse,he's out of bed again
    Subscriber

    May 25, 2014
    1,538
    750
    Birmingham
    Why didn't the o.p.get a z1300 like arto nyquist did if thats what he likes , big wheelies? Ffs.

    Fuck me? The kids these days. Lol
     
    • Like Like x 2
  5. Pegscraper

    Pegscraper Elite Member

    Jun 12, 2020
    3,280
    800
    Yorkshire

    Now there's a guy who could wheelie! I posted up a video link to his exploits a while back but can't seem to find it.
     
    • Like Like x 2
  6. joe mc donald

    Subscriber

    Dec 26, 2014
    14,353
    1,000
    slough / burnham
    I WOULD SAY YOU ARE ON THE WRONG FORUM AND NOT NEEDED HERE. YOU WANT TO WHEELIE SOD OF AND DO IT. HERE WE ASK A QUESTION AND ACCEPT THE COMMENTS.
    jOE.
     
    • Like Like x 4
    • Agree Agree x 3
  7. joe mc donald

    Subscriber

    Dec 26, 2014
    14,353
    1,000
    slough / burnham
    And again i can only say you are not welcome here.
    Joe
     
    • Like Like x 4
    • Agree Agree x 2
  8. Hubaxe

    Hubaxe Good moaning! aka Mr Wordsalad :)

    Mar 25, 2020
    1,694
    800
    Aix Les bains - French Alps
    #48 Hubaxe, Mar 24, 2021
    Last edited: Mar 24, 2021
    Really strange post. Looks like you have the wrong bike, or want to do things you just can't despite you are young and braver than anybody else.
    When I was younger and way stupider I could lift the front Wheel of a BMW K100 RT. Now I try not to fall with the 2 wheels glued on the road. About modifying a machine for more power, why not, but with the objective to wheelie ... Just get a cheap trial.

    Some spoke about skills.. sorry I have to agree with them
    upload_2021-3-24_7-56-22.png
    upload_2021-3-24_7-57-50.png
    Jean-Claude Olivier, president of Yamaha France at the time.
     
    • Like Like x 5
    • Funny Funny x 1
  9. Yorkshireman

    Yorkshireman Crème de la Crème

    Dec 12, 2015
    3,399
    1,000
    Barnsley
    I was SO looking forward to reading the post when he
    A. Blew up the motor.
    B. Was in hospital after crashing trying to wheelie.
    But then he descended into personal insults and frankly I was sick of reading the bullshit anyway so I hit the ignore button.
     
    • Like Like x 8
    • Agree Agree x 1
  10. steve lovatt

    steve lovatt Something else

    May 12, 2014
    9,216
    1,000
    North Yorkshire
    He's not blown up the motor (yet)
    He's not in hospital yet (as far as I know)
     
    • Like Like x 2
    • Disagree Disagree x 1
  11. Ducatitotriumph

    Ducatitotriumph Crème de la Crème

    Apr 25, 2019
    2,181
    1,000
    Rothwell
    Probably taking a file to the chicken strips.......
     
    • Funny Funny x 2
    • Like Like x 1
  12. Chubzilla

    Chubzilla Well-Known Member

    Oct 3, 2020
    180
    93
    Black country
    Nothing wrong with chicken strips
    I will continue to say that until mine are gone
     
    • Like Like x 1
    • Funny Funny x 1
    • Agree Agree x 1
  13. Lou160487

    Lou160487 Senior Member

    Jun 16, 2020
    305
    163
    Florida U.S.A
    Yipes this took a wrong turn somewhere. To the O.P. youth is a wonderful thing. Enjoy yourself. Have fun. But do try to be careful. What I meant when I said age forms our view was with age comes wisdom. Now I'd like to say more but I have to go out and cash my social security check. Then have my cane polished. Busy busy
     
    • Funny Funny x 8
    • Like Like x 2
    • Agree Agree x 1
  14. Iceman

    Iceman Crème de la Crème

    Apr 19, 2020
    2,365
    1,000
    Lancashire
    He's probably busy doing his school homework
     
    • Agree Agree x 2
    • Funny Funny x 1
  15. DanielB

    DanielB Noble Member

    Jan 13, 2019
    881
    393
    Abingdon, Oxfordshire
    I read that you tried this on a parking lot. Good. Please stay there if this is what you are going to do.

    The very notion of doing a wheelie goes against everything that being a competent rider (on the road) is all about. The rules we have here in the UK to prevent you from doing this are there not to protect you, but to protect me, my wife and my children from you.

    It's really impressive that you know how fast your bike goes after the first day of having it. And it's really really impressive that you can do a wheelie.

    But please don't do either of these things on the public road.

    I can't wheelie either. But then I was toilet trained at 2; now that's impressive!
     
    • Like Like x 4
    • Agree Agree x 2
  16. Rooster

    Rooster Grumpy Member
    Subscriber

    Sep 14, 2015
    1,654
    800
    Droitwich, Worcestershire
    I’ve been riding bikes for approaching 48 years and as far as I can recall I’ve never done a wheelie, can’t say I feel like I’ve missed out or feel any less of a biker.
     
    • Agree Agree x 4
    • Like Like x 3
  17. speedrattle

    speedrattle Senior Member

    Feb 19, 2021
    1,133
    243
    appalachia usa
    yo, op

    enjoy your machine. ride the shit out of it.

    you only live once, and none of us are getting out of here alive.

    use your time.
     
    • Like Like x 2
    • Agree Agree x 1
  18. Iceman

    Iceman Crème de la Crème

    Apr 19, 2020
    2,365
    1,000
    Lancashire
    Not if y
    You do if if you are an Astronaut
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
  19. Cyborgbot

    Cyborgbot Guest

    I agree. If you want to do stuff like wheelie then do it in the right place.

    Before lockdown a few mates and I were having breakfast in a popular Sussex bike cafe. We heard a mean machine heading towards us in the main road. They must have been giving it some with the Doppler effect and all. Anyway this bike had enough grunt to wheelie outside the cafe (at speed) but unfortunately the twat lost it. He and a very expensive bike went bouncing down the road. The bike was a right off. The guy’s girlfriend, who had arrived before, was screaming as she ran down the road to see him. Amazingly he was ok. Embarrassed as hell. £15K the worse off. But ok.
    I would have liked for him to get points and a fine as we were sat at a table by the road. Had the bike flipped towards us we could have been injured or killed. He was a twat.
     
    • Agree Agree x 8
  20. andyc1

    andyc1 Lunarville 7, Airlock 3

    Feb 4, 2017
    2,927
    1,000
    N. Ireland
    Like I said earlier in the thread... there's a time and place! I'll never knock anyone for wanting to wheelie or whatever floats your boat. But when you do things where you could potentially damage or hurt another party for the sake of showing off, then your just a nob
     
    • Like Like x 5
    • Agree Agree x 1
Loading...

Share This Page