fish_antlers
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posted November 07, 2003 07:55 PM
Help me wheelie...
I've been practicing with my DRz400 ... I can get it up in 1st, and I can get it up in 2nd... prob is I need advice on how to shift from 1st to 2nd during the wheelie.. do I use the clutch? trying to shift without the clutch seems to offset the balance of the bike and make me veer off to the left... that's my question and I'm stickin to it.
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ninja12
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posted November 07, 2003 09:14 PM
load the shifter and blip the throttle (speed shift).
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deathpulse
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posted November 07, 2003 09:26 PM
I use the clutch when going from 1st to 2nd in a wheelie. The hard part is "balancing" the bike on the rear tire. Once you reach the balance point, shifting is a LOT easier. If you are not on the balance point, shifting can lower the wheel if you don't have enough power during the shift. I also notice that on the '12, the "balance" point it pretty high up - scary the first time you feel it, but you will know when you hit it.
REMEMBER - ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS "cover" the rear break with your right foot in case she gets too far up on you. a SMALL tap to the rear break will recover from even the most dire wheelie  .
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posted November 07, 2003 09:29 PM
Good question and better answers!
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PDB1964
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posted November 08, 2003 01:23 AM
I always forget the brake part. I haven't gone to the balance point yet but one of these days.....
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted November 08, 2003 06:28 AM
your bike inst a unicycle!!! Its got 2 wheels for a reason!
Fish some of us just werent ment to know how to wheelie...I being one of them....you MAY be another......llol
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posted November 08, 2003 08:24 AM
How do you wheelie while standing up?
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posted November 08, 2003 11:06 AM
 Edited By: worm~hole on 8 Nov 2003 11:06
I try not to ride my bike hard. I try not to get it up when I'm riding. But soemetimes I do. Riding a bike is serious business and one should have total concentration for the task at hand and requires the majority of your blood supply to go to your brain. 
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mattie_k
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posted November 08, 2003 02:30 PM
Wel fish, I'm no expert but.... if ya know it'll go left upon shifting try compensating with a little lean to the right. The reason your going left in the first place is that your probably "trying" to hard with the shift. Try a little more finesse, and not so much force!
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DaveInDaytona
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posted November 08, 2003 04:02 PM
I'm no expert either, but he is http://www.garyrothwell.com/Gary_s_Lessons/wheelies/wheelies.html
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PDB1964
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posted November 08, 2003 04:22 PM
I don't even think about the shift. Do you think about the shift when you're accelerating hard (no wheelie) down the road? When it's time to shift, shift! I use the clutch, just like when I'm shifting normally. I'm no expert but it seems to work for me. I did a good one today. Getting my last rides in before putting the bike away for the winter. Was at the balance pt, got scared, backed off, got back on the throttle, came back up but not quite enough, shifted and kept the front aloft for a bit them came down smooth. Felt good!!!
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zxfingyz
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posted November 12, 2003 08:29 AM
What is the worst thing that has happened to you while attempting to wheelie?
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mattie_k
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posted November 12, 2003 11:42 AM
Missed shift. Bruised chin and sore nuts!
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deathpulse
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posted November 12, 2003 01:44 PM
scared the SHIT out of myself trying to find the balance point on my old zx-11... hit the rear break HARD... and almost made myself a unic. Other than that - nothin  .
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posted November 12, 2003 04:58 PM
Edited By: k bryant on 12 Nov 2003 16:59
Looped while doing wheelie. Endoed while doing stoppie. Not sure it gets much worse than that. Well, wait, it does. When I was first learning in back in the 70's, I wheelied my Z1 into a car that cut out in front of me. The guy was a motorcyclist, and he let me pay for the damages without reporting it on our insurances or calling the cops. Still one of the coolest "favors" someone did for me when I was younger. Ah yea, the foolish things we do in our youth....
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PDB1964
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posted November 12, 2003 05:58 PM
Scared myself trying to find the balance point, or getting there to fast and then coming down hard on the front. Flat spotted exhaust header but not sure if it was from coming down hard from a wheelie or landing after being launched over a crest in the road.
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