| Author | Message | ||
     Mtnmason |
The amateur hour questions will end after this, I promise. Ive had my '07 12R (11,xxx miles) for barely two weeks now and from everything I read on this board, I feel like it should be MUCH easier to pull the front wheel w/ 1203 cc's. Whenever I roll on the throttle really hard in 1st the bars start dancing as the front wheel baaaarely touches the tarmac. 2nd gear - nothing. Just really swift acceleration. I just assumed that any amount of serious throttle input should have the bike riding on the rear wheel. On my '77 yamaha 400 (only ~34 hp) I need only to manipulate the clutch ever so slightly to momentarily pull the front wheel a solid 18" off the ground (from a stand still of course). I've seen a few videos online of guys with XB's of some variant or another going into a full stand and it doesnt even sound like the motor is winding out hardly at all. This is my first bike with any kind of real power and I suppose I really dont know what to expect. Could it be that I'm just not 'snapping' the throttle hard enough? I didn't think any body english was necessary to achieve a wheelie that would have all the hot girls digging my insane riding skillz. Any thoughts? | ||
| Glitch |
Do this at your own risk of physical and motorcycle harm. Get rolling in first gear up to about 4000rpm, shut the throttle quickly, then just as quickly, snap the throttle wide open. This will loop the bike if you don't know what you're doing, as the front tire comes up very quickly using this technique. Power shift from first to second close to the red line, while shifting your ass to the rear end of the seat, this one is more controlled, but ought to lift the front rather quickly as well. | ||
| Mtnmason |
sorry to bump this old thread, but after spending alot of time on this site I still think that based on what i've read, my machine might not have the kind of power it should. someone referred to buells as "wheelie machines" and everyone talks like you have to be careful NOT to pull the front wheel on these things. Im just not finding that. Glitch- I tried your first method and pulled the wheel with relative ease but was nowhere close to looping it. I did, however, on one occasion try to use a little clutch on the take off and would have looped it had I not backed out quickly. Someone please tell me whether or not I should expect to dangle the front wheel from throttle input alone in 1st gear. I just decided to repost after reading Scheiths thread. Any ideas? speaking of wheelies -- I was haulin up I64 the other day when a school of squids came by. The lead guy on a GSXR pulled up to me and effortlessly stood his bike up doin 85+ mph. just curious - whats the top speed anyone has been able to wheelie their buell??? |
