The main rules with the list of steps for doing pop a wheelie : Kawasaki ZX Forums: Kawasaki Ninja Forum

arbalet4ik · 04-12-2009, 12:27 PM

hey guys! I've just bought my bike this autumn. And i was never doing a wheelie. But just riding by itslelf is not the maximal effect that you can reach with a bike. So i've decided to learn at least a wheelie. Those guys that i've asket to said that first of all i have to take the fairings down and to put the safety arks on my bike. But the bike is almost new and i dont want to make it look ugly but i still want to make a wheelie.
So if anybody with some experience of doing these stunt can advise me something i would be grateful.
Thank a lot!

Goremore · 04-12-2009, 02:59 PM

Yugatttt yugatttttt when u hear that u know u are doing a wheelie

:rotflm ao

02ZX6RRider18 · 04-12-2009, 03:11 PM

Youtube how to wheelie, theres plenty of videos out there to help you

LOUIEzx6r · 04-12-2009, 04:06 PM

By safety arks im going to take it you mean frame sliders?

BadWolf88 · 04-12-2009, 04:39 PM

make sure you cover the back brake and take your gloves off so you get a better feel for the throttle

ZX6Ray · 04-12-2009, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by BadWolf88

make sure you cover the back brake and take your gloves off so you get a better feel for the throttle

Only retards would start learning wheelies on a beautiful bike... Oh wait maybe mommy and daddy paid for it so he doesn't care?

I foretell another nice bike is going in the junkyard.

Also this thread belongs in the stunter's forum BTW.

LOUIEzx6r · 04-12-2009, 07:38 PM

In the stunt forum theres is a write up on how to wheelie...http://www.zxforums.com/forums/stunt...-wheelies.html

o2bazx9 · 04-13-2009, 04:54 PM

learn power wheelie 1st then move to clutch up in 2nd gear.

wil · 05-07-2009, 02:49 AM

Seems like there's lots of confilcting advice about wheelying in here, and allover the internet.
Personally speaking, I'd say if you're new to wheelies (and riding in general by the sound of it), the LAST thing you want to be doing is removing your gloves when you practice, for example.
Here's how I practiced:
First of all set up your bike. You'll want to set the front a lot softer and bouncier than you would for normal riding. By this I mean less preload and less damping.
It might also be worth adjusting the back brake lever downwards, so it's easier to access when the front is high - but you probably won't need to worry about that to begin with; I guarantee if you get it too high to begin with all you'll do is panic and slam the throttle shut and hope it comes down.
Next step is to practice dialling in 3000rpm worth of throttle without looking at the tacho. 3k is all you'll need to lift the front, so roll along at about 2k rpm in 1st and open it up to 5k rpm. Keep doing this until you can feel exactly how much throttle it takes to get the extra revs without staring at the tacho.
Next step is to 'flick' the clutch at the same time as dialling in the revs.
2 fingers is all you'll need, pull it in and let it go, at the same time as dialling in the 3k extra revs. Careful not to dial in too many revs, cos that's where back ache happens and that's why it's important to know how much throttle you need wihtout looking.
If you time it right you'll find the front is now starting to lift ever so slightly (maybe 6 - 8 inches) off the ground and you're starting to wheelie.
Now, there's just one last step to getting higher and that's the back brake.
What you need to do is, when you dial in the extra 3k rpm, apply the back brake until 2k of them have gone. In other words dial in 5k rpm, then use the back brake to bring the revs back down to 3k.
Now, flick the clutch as you did before and release the back brake at the same time.
This will unload the front suspension at just the same time as the engine is trying to lift the front and it will lift much higher.
After that it's just a case of practice practice practice until you get it up and keep it up.
No mega high revs, no high speed, just a nice controlled wheelie with only 3k rpm.

05Carbon636 · 05-07-2009, 03:33 AM

i dont honestly think a new rider would be messing with his suspension set up to do a wheelie ? and 3k of rpm? i dunno if you know this but a new wheelie rider is gonna be where? on the gas tank scared of 12 0 clockin.. so 3k aint gonna get anything but a jump in speed when they let the clutch out? im not tryin to start nothing .. just sayin

wil · 05-07-2009, 06:00 AM

I learned to wheelie on a bandit 600 and 3k of extra revs is plenty to bring the front up on one of those, and every other bike I've tried it on. Try it, you'll be surprised.

Also, if the rest of this technique is practised and it still won't come up, you can always give it a little more, better than starting at 6k and working down.

It's by no means essential to set the suspension up to do it, it just makes it lift a little easier, that's all.
If you're so scared of the front coming up that you're sat on the tank shitting yourself, it's probably not worth trying to wheelie. Since he asked how, I assumed he wasn't going to do that.

riderx · 05-20-2009, 08:27 PM

[quote=ZX6Ray;139192]

Only retards would start learning wheelies on a beautiful bike... Oh wait maybe mommy and daddy paid for it so he doesn't care?

I foretell another nice bike is going in the junkyard.

Well my 04 zx600 rr is my first bike. I learned how to do wheelies on it but i already new the basics because i had moto cross bikes and race quads all my life. And mommy and daddy never bought my bike.

elgatovolador · 05-20-2009, 08:54 PM

Why is anyone suggesting this new rider learn to wheelie? How 'bout he learns to RIDE first..?!

wil · 05-21-2009, 09:49 AM

No-one is suggesting he try it, apart from himself.
If he's gonna do it anyway, better if he has some advice?
We don't know how competent he is, that's his call. The internet is not his baby-sitter, He makes his own choices and lives with the consequences - good or bad.

05Carbon636 · 05-26-2009, 03:32 AM

Sweet_Bean · 06-25-2009, 09:03 AM

Can coming down too hard mess up your front end? Not super hard but whenever i bring mine down its def not like falling into some downy softness.

05Carbon636 · 06-25-2009, 09:05 AM

yeah.. your fork seals may need to be changed out soon.. when its coming down try and give it a quick burst of gas if its gonna be a hard landing.. it should soften the blow on ur fork seals.
im sure you know this but thought i would cover some bases. if you hear a metal ping when you land.. oooohh yea ur fork seals are done.. unless it was a hella hard landing.. a good way to test it is have someone sit on ut bike and push down on the front handle bars as hard as you can.. if you can get it to travel more then about 2-3 inches.. or if you bottem the forks out gooood indication to change the seals and mabey the springs

Sweet_Bean · 06-25-2009, 09:06 AM

Also yuuugaaatt!! Rofl

arbalet4ik · 06-25-2009, 09:22 AM

Thank you very much, Wil. Your advisec were the only one which i like and understand...all the others are just laughing......it so funny .....isn't it?

And one more thing .....i bought my bike by myself for my own money!

Sweet_Bean · 06-25-2009, 11:53 AM

Yeah i've never heard a ping or anything and i know the forks won't budge too much with someone pushing them down. I'm just worried about jacking up my stuff with some little wheelies. I never get them above a foot off the ground so i think i'll be ok.