| Author | Message | ||
     Backnblack |
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| Desertfox |
How do you make sure the front end doesn't come up? Great picture! My brother has an old rear tire on his TDM 850. I should convince him to do that... | ||
| Kalali |
That should shave a good few miles off the clutch life...A nice picture nonetheless | ||
| Spiderman |
How do you make sure the front end doesn't come up? Fill the rear with helium, it evens thing out... | ||
| Backnblack |
Two sided tape under the front tire, make sure it's 3M. (Message edited by Backnblack on December 18, 2010) | ||
| Desertfox |
Hahah. But seriously, these things wheelie so easily! Is it a matter of just letting the clutch out slowly? (which would explain Kalali's comment) I guess I don't really need to know... I'm definitely babying my X1 from now on. | ||
| Rick_a |
For sure. Way ahead of ya...
Done right, it doesn't stress the clutch. | ||
| Andymnelson |
nonsense, clutch it fully out...it's no different than driving the bike, you just have the front brake held.
Not really an issue, since there is not really any torque being applied once the tire breaks loose. Start out by standing (weight off of the seat) with your weight on the bars, front brake fully applied, release clutch and apply throttle! ...please be careful tho. | ||
| Skntpig |
If you have to ask please don't try it. Just like the question...How do you wheelie? | ||
| Jramsey |
The hampsters didn't break a sweat during this one. http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/406 2/589215.html?1283362374 | ||
| Andymnelson |
touché | ||
| Koz5150 |
I love killing old tires  | ||
| S14life |
Here's a new tire going to waste at the Buell factory during the Harley 95th reunion in 1998.And I still have the bike!  (Message edited by s14life on December 21, 2010) | ||
| Desertfox |
If anyone actually heeded "If you have to ask, please don't try it" then how would anyone learn anything? You make sense though, Andy. Getting all the weight off the rear wheel would definitely help make it lose traction. | ||
| Koz5150 |
It's worth asking, I did and that's how I learned. What works best with my M2 is to 1. Stand up 2. Hold the front brake with 2 fingers 3. PUT THE BIKE IN 2nd GEAR 4. Rev it up to about 4,000 or more and then let the clutch out enough for the tire to break loose. 5. Keep your revs up and keep the bike pointed upright as straight as you can. the minute you lean the bike to one side it will start to slide sideways. Don't try this until you have mastered a few burnouts. 6. go have fun.... | ||
| Andymnelson |
I think the reason that I agree with the sentiment is that I learned to burnout on my own- it was natural once I rode enough and knew my bike well enough. So it was not me trying to do something I did not know how to do. I watched a buddy of mine try to do it base don "instructions" given to him and he didn't put any weight on the front. It stuttered along, got away from him, went about 20 feet on it's own, tipped over and flooded out. had about $1500 in damage to his new ride. That's why.  | ||
| Britchri10 |
A little mineral oil under the rear tire really aids in it breaking loose. (DAMHIK) Chris C | ||
| Serialk |
Bleach under tire =  | ||
| Bluzm2 |
That would be gas not bleach. Bleach just produces HUGE amounts of smelly white smoke. They used to do fire burn outs once in a while at the drag strips back in the old days but the practice was banned as it was quite dangerous. Google "fire burnout" and check out some of the old pictures.. | ||
| Serialk |
last bleach burnout i did i guess there was something else that made my tire catch fire! It was white smoke then blamo fire produced... nothing smells quite like it. Here is another method...fast forward to 1:10. crazy germans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjWCcJ-sY4E&feature =related | ||
| Eshardball |
Wonder how long it took to clean all the baked spooge off of his bike. I have too much respect for the value of my Buells to do that. Very entertaining though | ||
| Koz5150 |
Call me crazy, but I get the feeling that fire and a plastic oil tank are a bad mix... | ||
| Dave_02_1200 |
If I am going to apply enough power to light the tire, I don't want to remain standing still in one place with the brake holding me back. That kind of defeats the purpose. I would rather have a spectacular, but controlled, launch that gives me a big adrenaline rush and puts the power to its intended use, rapid acceleration. That will finish off old tires too but it takes longer and is really fun. |
