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Ridden for 40 years, and still can’t. Doug Damokas had a gift.
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first street bike, i behaved myself for about 2 weeks before i started experimenting wheelying my 96 cbr 600 f3.
got 1st gear power wheelies down then slowly started learning how to clutch it in second
i got pretty good at it, could do a local bridge, about 1.5 miles in either direction nice and steady
it was just so easy, from 30 roll on hard, around 40 in 2nd bang the clutch into your knuckles then drop it while leaning back standing....then when it got pretty high ,just feather the throttle.
i can confirm that cops hate wheelies.
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eventually upgraded to a cbr1krr after a few years laying low and i just....lost it
way more power and obviously an easier machine to w heelie but i just didn't click with it.
i believe my wheelying days are over.
And for something completely stupid we have the happy hour wheelie contests.
https://youtu.be/yRclNQc0zg8
Pit Row
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qNnrCKi4-js
about two weeks ago I was on my 18 KLX 250, and wanted to practice wheelies. Well my drive way is uber shitty, its hard to get up on both wheels, or in any two wheel drive vehicle because they used repurposed asphalt which is essentially loose stone, and the drive way is super steep. in some spots the asphalt has hardened and is close to concrete. So I found a spot and picked up the front end, but wasn't thinking (I was trying to show off in front of my wife) and hit the loose stuff. as the back tire started to wash out, the front end dropped. I put my foot down (rookie mistake) and that also washed out. Dumped the bike, which is heavy as fuck compared to an MX bike, and shattered my mirror and bent the clutch lever. Also tweaked my knee and back...and ego, pretty good. only good thing that came out of it was it was an excuse to get rid of the tacky stock mirrors and get some more low profile ones.
I've tried wheeling this bike on the street, and it is not exactly easy to even get the front end up as the bike has no balls, nor do I, and you really have to lean back and rev the piss out of it before dumping the clutch.
On a 2-stroke dirtbike, there was a point in my early 20's where I worked on it a little, and did ride them from 1st through 5th gear a few times, but never consistently. I think I could've gotten good at them, but didn't put in the effort to learn them like I did on a bicycle.
Edit: I have mastered the foot down 180-360 to get myself out of situations on a trail if that counts as slow wheelie lol
oh I cant ride one worth shit, my kid gives me crap about being on a bike since 1980 cant sustain a wheelie
I'll be honest though, I've never put a serious effort into learning the slow one, definitely not as much as doing nose wheelies.
I've got nose wheelies down, so now I'm going to put some effort into learning this
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