Stoppies

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Marine

Discussion Starter · Dec 1, 2002

Okay...I told myself I'd never trick my bike but as of a week ago I've been trying to slowly and safely try wheelies and stopies...

My stopies....as of yesterday I was getting real good and gaining some confidence in my stopies. I was getting my back wheel up about 12 inches or so...I think. Anyway today I tried to do a stoppie and my front wheel is skidding instead of sticking to the road...and I almost had to ditch my bike. My bike is doing this consistantly now and i dont have ANY confidence in doing stoppies at all now because my front wheele is skidding. Anyone know why this is happening?

My wheelies....I'm starting of with 1st gear wheelies...I'm starting at about 15 mph and pulling the clutch in and reving to about 7500-8000 rpm and letting the clutch go....I can get the wheel to pop up and it goes right back down. I'm not sure why its not staying up. Any ideas what I can do to get my wheel to pop up and stay up?

Thanks for your future posts.

02 ZX6R (Yellow)

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VR6

· #8 · Dec 2, 2002

Another reason you may be slidding is locking up the front to fast while your suspension is set full or half stiff. You need the nose of the bike to dive then when you feel the suspension is fully compressed then you can lock up and get your ass raised off the seat a bit and lean forward. If your suspension is set stiff the bike will not dip it will be level and shocks will work against you. I must agree a cold road and tires don't help the situation. I do wheelies as well as you do so sorry I have no suggestions. Also set your front brake lever as close to bars as possible allows for two finger "endos". Peace

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VR6

· #9 · Dec 2, 2002

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Tire compound, road conditions, tire wear and weather bro.

As for the wheelies, try this instead... rev up to around 8 or 9,000rpm, then very quickly roll right off the gas and then immediately scream it... no clutch. I call it a "hickup" some call it "drop and pop", but either way you will save from burning out your clutch and probably do better wheelies. The 6R is great for this method. Eventually you can work on holding it on long enough to try to get a shift in. I can't, but my cousin could go through a gearchange on the wheelie. Big bore bikes can just roll on power to wheelie... they say the new 636 can almost do this too... yee haa can't wait.

Anyway, just remember to do everything in moderation while you're learning, and my own personal philosophy is to avoid showing off to buddies when you're not practiced at it yet... seen an accident or two because of this, and the sick feeling in my gut watching a guy picking up a shattered bike that skid 100 feet up the road after ditching a wheelie is pretty sobering.

Have fun, stay safe.

I hear ya be smart about it.

FYI: the 2002 ZX6R will do roll on wheelies. I witnessed this with my own eyes. You must have some seriouse nerve though. Bike just had slip on pipe and perhaps 1/2 to 1/4 tank of gas. Slight upgrade of hill. Looked awesome.

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VR6

· #12 · Dec 4, 2002

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do ya'll think my inability to keep my wheel up is due to my position on the bike?

like I've said, I've gotten the wheel to pop up but it goes back down as fast as it did coming up. My first instinct is to lean forward when i give it the gas its needs to bring my front end up. Is that my problem? If so, its going to break.

When I see other people do wheelies the bike seems to just come up so easy. I just don't get it! =(

02 ZX6R (Yellow)

Edited by - Marine on 12/03/2002 13:26:51

Yup, gotta lean back takes some nerve though

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