Wheelie Balance - Help Needed...
11-04-09, 06:50 PM
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Not especially on point:
A while back I was on an expressway and I saw a motorcyclist on the other side of the road who
was standing straight up with his front wheel up in the air doing 45~50 mph moving with
the traffic. Looked weird...
A while back I was on an expressway and I saw a motorcyclist on the other side of the road who
was standing straight up with his front wheel up in the air doing 45~50 mph moving with
the traffic. Looked weird...
11-04-09, 07:12 PM
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^^ I think Tim and I should go down to the roads behind the shopping center off Indian Trail (perfect smooth slope) and conduct a 'wheelie clinic' some Wednesday night. Everyone who wants to wheelie should 
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waldo - - Best place to keep acceleration in check is to practice on a gentle up-slope. This gives your effort some resistance.
.waldo - - Best place to keep acceleration in check is to practice on a gentle up-slope. This gives your effort some resistance.
11-05-09, 01:17 PM
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Look far ahead and keep focused on the "horizon".... maybe 100m in front or something but just keep your head up. As soon as you look down your going to loose balance.
01-02-10, 11:33 PM
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PROGRESS REPORT!
My confedence is way up and so is the front wheel. Moved most of my practice to the grass at the local park which most of it is so hard packed it would feel like cement, its a mental thing I'm sure. The hardest thing for me is to remember to pedal. Until now everything has had a motor doing the work.
My confedence is way up and so is the front wheel. Moved most of my practice to the grass at the local park which most of it is so hard packed it would feel like cement, its a mental thing I'm sure. The hardest thing for me is to remember to pedal. Until now everything has had a motor doing the work.
01-02-10, 11:42 PM
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PROGRESS REPORT!
My confedence is way up and so is the front wheel. Moved most of my practice to the grass at the local park which most of it is so hard packed it would feel like cement, its a mental thing I'm sure. The hardest thing for me is to remember to pedal. Until now everything has had a motor doing the work.
My confedence is way up and so is the front wheel. Moved most of my practice to the grass at the local park which most of it is so hard packed it would feel like cement, its a mental thing I'm sure. The hardest thing for me is to remember to pedal. Until now everything has had a motor doing the work.
01-03-10, 05:57 PM
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01-03-10, 07:24 PM
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Kept my eyes on the horizon and trippled the distance of my longest one yet. I would go farther if I would allow myself to accelerate while doing it but I figure might as well take my time and learn them right.
Also MTNBIKER66 nice pic! Thats what im looking for. Is that a coaster?
Also MTNBIKER66 nice pic! Thats what im looking for. Is that a coaster?
01-03-10, 09:18 PM
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Thats gastro at his finest.
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Like a circus monkey on a stolen Harley......
Like a circus monkey on a stolen Harley......
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Update looped one today!! It has been sprinkling on and off today. Rode over to the park and started again and went to high and attempted to step off the back onto wet grass. I will let your imagination do the rest.
The nice part was there was no one around to see it and now I wonder if no one saw it did it really happen? That reminds me I need to stain stick that shirt agian.
The nice part was there was no one around to see it and now I wonder if no one saw it did it really happen? That reminds me I need to stain stick that shirt agian.
