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09-01-02, 08:44 PM
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My shins look like hamburger, my back is stiff, my inner thighs look like I sat on a cactus.
I love riding.
I love riding.
09-02-02, 12:14 AM
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Originally posted by Road Rash Rob
Ouch!! My foot got stuck on my pedal trying to wheelie and I went right over backwards and landed on my back. Then I was trying to go up on my front wheel and spin around and I went over the handle bars and hurt my wrist. Then I was trying to bunny hop a curb and my foot slipped off the pedal and I shredded my shin then I did it again and sliced my shin wide open. Then I did it again and put another big slice right beside the old slice. Then I went to the bike park and tried to ride on the logs and went over the handlebars twice and scraped the back of my leg. DO I CARE, NO!!! CAN I DO WHEELIES, NO!!!
Ouch!! My foot got stuck on my pedal trying to wheelie and I went right over backwards and landed on my back. Then I was trying to go up on my front wheel and spin around and I went over the handle bars and hurt my wrist. Then I was trying to bunny hop a curb and my foot slipped off the pedal and I shredded my shin then I did it again and sliced my shin wide open. Then I did it again and put another big slice right beside the old slice. Then I went to the bike park and tried to ride on the logs and went over the handlebars twice and scraped the back of my leg. DO I CARE, NO!!! CAN I DO WHEELIES, NO!!!
10-02-02, 02:01 PM
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Can a person with BAD balance improve it?
I hit my head in childhood (total head travel distance - about 2 meters + downward spinning :/ ) and my vestibular apparatus (or however it's called) has a habit of malfunctioning, especially when I'm tired.
I hit my head in childhood (total head travel distance - about 2 meters + downward spinning :/ ) and my vestibular apparatus (or however it's called) has a habit of malfunctioning, especially when I'm tired.
10-02-02, 06:55 PM
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Yes there are tools to help balance. I don't remember the name of them all but one has a board on a ball that you stand on. You try to keep it level while all of your little corrections through it off.
Even those ab balls (euro balls, chiro balls) those big balls for various workouts. There are exercises to do on it which helps you balance.
Either way I don't think it will permenantly fix you issue but it will help. Oh and practice. Trackstands are great for just plain practicing.
Even those ab balls (euro balls, chiro balls) those big balls for various workouts. There are exercises to do on it which helps you balance.
Either way I don't think it will permenantly fix you issue but it will help. Oh and practice. Trackstands are great for just plain practicing.
10-03-02, 10:54 AM
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Just be careful - my uncle got to where he could do a wheelie for about half a mile, but one day his wheel fell off while in the air. He's had false teeth for about the past 30 years or so!
10-05-02, 01:03 PM
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Get the revs up to around 4K in first, steady the bike, and chop the throttle to 75%. Once its in the air and to the balance point makes minor adjustments as needed.
Oh my bad....wrong forum!!
Oh my bad....wrong forum!!
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Originally posted by Road Rash Rob
Any Idiot can do a wheelie on a motor bike.
Any Idiot can do a wheelie on a motor bike.
Yeah!
*sarcastic smirk*
10-06-02, 04:56 PM
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Bike mag had an article called The Power of One a few months ago, it was about the power of the wheelie to captivate people. It is so true!!!! I to lack the wheelie gene, but every once in awhile I can pull off a pretty good one, and I get so pumped I'll spend hours trying to do it again, but in vain.
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10-06-02, 07:56 PM
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I've been practicing steady since I started this thread and I'm starting to get better. Just keep practicing.
10-06-02, 11:51 PM
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Originally posted by Road Rash Rob
Any Idiot can do a wheelie on a motor bike.
Any Idiot can do a wheelie on a motor bike.
10-07-02, 12:23 AM
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I think he means it is easier to maintain a wheelie with a mx. It is. 
Wheelies on bikes are far harder to maintain because you outweight the bike thereby screwing up the pivot point far more than a simple wheelie on a mx.
Wheelies on bikes are far harder to maintain because you outweight the bike thereby screwing up the pivot point far more than a simple wheelie on a mx.
10-07-02, 08:13 AM
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A Kona rider pulled a wheelie going 80 mph. Also, a bicyclist has wheelied across the US. Any MXers want to step up?? 
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10-08-02, 07:04 AM
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Just found this article about wheelies:
https://www.dirtragmag.com/articles/a...epartments#TOP
https://www.dirtragmag.com/articles/a...epartments#TOP
