| Author | Message | ||
     Spatten1 |
I've struggled to wheelie my XB9 under 4500 rpm since I got it. I usually hit the rev limiter within a couple/few seconds. I finally listened to the boys on the board from Kansas, as well as some others, and worked on stand up wheelies on Fathers Day. It was killer. I can pull the front end up at much lower RPM with much less effort. I'm still not great at it, but rode it to the rev limiter a couple times and will practice more until it becomes more comfortable. Thanks dudes. | ||
| Hammer71 |
Not that it matters much because both are made from same material but are you standing on the front or rear pegs? Reason I'm asking is many here have had their pegs break on them and I'm sure with much less force than that of the bike and rider coming down on them at once. Be carefull with that method although it is much easier that way. | ||
| Djkaplan |
You do standups the same way you get to Carnegie Hall... | ||
| Spatten1 |
Hammer: I'm using the stock rider's pegs. I have only heard of them breaking from hitting something solid while pushing the bike around. Have you heard of them snapping while riding? That would be horrible. DJ: Good one. | ||
| Saintly |
I have only heard of them breaking from hitting something solid while pushing the bike around. Have you heard of them snapping while riding? That would be horrible. While doing 50 mph on a hot & sticky day last year, I stood up on the pegs to uncramp my legs and pick my hanes out of my buttcrack only to soil my undershorts a second later when the right peg snapped clean off! The sudden drop/shift of my body weight caused a wobble that I barely recovered from. Dont trust those pegs for anything other than resting your foot on! | ||
| Spatten1 |
Not good. Any reasonably priced replacements? | ||
| Dago |
Any reasonably priced replacements? LSL's | ||
| Spatten1 |
Just called Al and ordered the LSLs. They will be 1" higher than my stockers. I'll either love it or hate it. | ||
| Spatten1 |
Dago: I'm looking in my palm for your phone number and spaced on your last named. What is it? | ||
| Dago |
For the track, I love'em. But for touring, they're 1" higher than they need to be. Muir two one four five zero seven eight three five six | ||
| Hammer71 |
Yes just riding around..Saintly was the first person to come to mind (thanks for chiming in) there are others and I think there were a few threads on it a long while back. | ||
| Ducxl |
Holy cow! uhh,i find my XB seat uncomfortable while trying to actually sit on it for long.The bumps upset me and my ability to sling through the corners.Although my legs get sore after about an hour,i find riding it sorta MX style(on the pegs&bars) most useful for handling.So i run the threat of them breaking off? WTF!!!! I've never been of the belief where i actually plant my weight on the seat.Am i doing something wrong?? Or do i need some special superbike pegs.BTW i wheelie incidentally. | ||
| Hammer71 |
Hasn't happened to me but I keep it in the back of my mind when I feel the need to stand it up here and there. The issue hasn't come up in a long while so maybe it was just those handfull of people but you can never be sure. | ||
| Swampy |
Why are you TRYING to do Wheelies? Don't they just happen? And why on a bike that is suited best in the corners... Doesn't doing Wheelies void warranties or something? | ||
| Ducxl |
They probably(i think) are prone to break with the jerking of pulling a wheelie whilst standing up. I could see that. But wouldn't there be a liability issue if they were prone to breakage under normal sport riding situations? What Saintly posted above HAS me concerned | ||
| Ducxl |
I wheelie mostly while accelerating too hard outta a corner. Those are the coolest ones that tend to loft/float the tire | ||
| Thansesxb9rs |
I remember hearing about these so called breaking foot pegs, but I don't know one person who has had this happen and there are about 30 or so of us Buellers here in KC. Duff has been doing stand ups for about 2 years and never had a problem with his stock pegs. Maybe the pegs that broke where hit hard by some outside factor. I think they are designed to break easily at certain angles which would make me think that a hard hit that is not a downward hit could weaken them. But congrats on the stand ups, you should see the combo wheelies Duff is doing with a stock 9. Well wait I did break a stock peg once it was when I lowsided the bike though. | ||
| Spatten1 |
Most of the stories I heard about broken pegs involved hitting something in the horizontal plane while moving the bike around in the garage. Therefore, if you just put downward pressure they might be fine. HOWEVER, I have dragged the right peg pretty hard going through a bumpy right hander at Summit Jefferson a few times. That would be a side load, which might have weakened the peg. I got scared enough by this thread to call Al and order new pegs. It does piss me off that I have to spend $85 just to make my stock bike safe, but it would cost a lot more to fix me and the bike if I crashed while de-wedgieing myself on a ride, or just moving around at the track, or wheelieing. | ||
| Ducxl |
I gave one of my XB passenger pegs(no use) to a fellow Bueller who broke his against his garage door frame as he snagged it while pushing his bike out the door. | ||
| Saintly |
Maybe the pegs that broke where hit hard by some outside factor. Now, lets not start that ever famous "blame the customer not the manufacturer" crap. There have been NUMEROUS threads on the chincy pot metal pegs snapping. Here's a few: http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/32777/111484.html http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/32777/150630.html http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/32777/82510.html They are real inexpensive to replace so its not a huge foul, but it is something to be aware of whenever you think about putting any pressure on them. | ||
| Hammer71 |
T/Y Fritz I was looking for those. Thought I was crazy for a second not being able to find them | ||
| Nasty73z |
Buell made these bikes to stunt. Hell they knew the weren't going to be fast so they made them good in the twisties and extremely stunt worthy. TONS of torque, dry sump lubrication, and a 52" wheelbase sounds like the making of a stunter to me. Hell the first video to pop up on their site was that stunt video. Wheelie on my friend. If you can't beat 'em in the straights, impress them in the parking lot.  | ||
| Ghostrider |
Wheelie on my friend. If you can't beat 'em in the straights, impress them in the parking lot. Squids.  | ||
| Chasespeed |
I agree with Nasty.... And no, not squids, not even by the street definition... I do stupid stuff alot myself...but, i always wear my lid, armor, etc... Chase | ||
| Djkaplan |
Only people that can't do them seem to be so disdainful of them... (let's see what's in the water here). | ||
| Spatten1 |
"Only people that can't do them seem to be so disdainful of them" That's the truth. We are talking about parking lot stunters, not (necessarily) guys doing 100mph wheelies on the freeway. Do you think Trials riders are squids too? | ||
| Diablobrian |
On a closed course/parking lot etc.. I enjoy watching stunters. when they are smart enough to wear the proper gear. (a wife beater, shorts and a ball cap aren't cutting it) I do not however enjoy seeing it on public streets with other traffic. That's kind of where I draw my line. It has to do with the safety not only of the rider, but of others around them. On a side note wouldn't a "dead-man's" switch tethered to the rider with a lanyard be a good idea when stunting? Just a thought. | ||
| Ducxl |
Thanks for the links.I'm not much into mods. on my Buells' but,it seems BILLET pegs are in order. | ||
| Buelltroll |
I dream of 100 mph freeway wheelies EVERY NIGHT... My buddy on his 02 R1 could power it up at 70 and not put it down till WAAY past 100. Get a little puff of smoke as the tire touched down n everything just like a jet landing. It got so annoying I stopped riding with him right after I moved out of state. | ||
| 99buellx1 |
Who cares how fast you can go, you're not that good if your speed needs to increase to keep the wheel up. |
