Well after months of being scared, not sure how to execute, and generally not doing them right, I finally got a good 2nd gear wheelie, on my basically stock 02 6R.
For a while I was beginning to think that in order for me to do a wheelie in 2nd gear on my 6R I would have to buy a full exhaust or something. Not the case!
Yesterday I was out with some experienced riders that were doing all sorts of cool tricks. These guys I trusted because they were not stupid about it. We went to a safe place away from all the trafic (and curbs) with good roads. Most of the riders I was with have been riding for over 8 years and wore pretty much full protective gear. Anyway, not believing that my bike could wheelie in 2nd gear, I asked the most experienced guy to wheelie it for me, so I could see that it could. He was happy to oblige <---(spelling?).
Anyway, he not only got it up in 2nd, but he got the wheel up in 3rd as well but didn't ride it out. I was so impressed. He got off and told me that I need my revs to be higher that what I was trying on (about 7000). I used the clutch method.
So after about 4 tries and nothing happening, I got sick with myself. I started to question my manhood and such. Finally I said fuck it, I'm going to wheelie or die....
So I got going to about 40mph (i think) and got my rpms to about 9000...and gently pulled in the clutch and reved to about 10K and bounced the bike a little...and before I knew it my wheel was up...but didn't stay there because I was scared it was going to come over. So I did it again and again and again, till finally (as the sun was setting) I got a good wheelie and kept my wheel in the air for at least 5 seconds. Now to some of you, you may think that still sucks, but thats a HUGE victory for me! Now it practice, practice, practice.
Yay me!
02 ZX6R (Yellow)