How do you get your front end up?

[superbeagle]

I think we need so more of your videos sixpack!

[sixpack577]

I think we need so more of your videos sixpack!

Thanks man, we're workin on it, hopefully something alot better real soon. Camera girl's business really took off so we haven't been able to get her out to film some more. "Busa does wheelie" was really just random, us out messing around and she decided to shoot some video and do a quick edit(she only does still photography). I put it on here so I could show I wasn't all talk about stock Busa wheelies(I'm happy folks have got a kick out of it).
Everything else of us/me is scattered across different cell phones and even a few old vhs tapes The last thing of me that turned up was on a 600(Was on someones phone, I didn't even realize it was me for a minute) and nothing we all already haven't seen on any other stunt video. I'll try and just keep it on a Busa for here. Again thanks man

[highestgrade]

What should be safe tire pressures?

[sixpack577]

What should be safe tire pressures?

Depends upon your weight, speeds, temperature, riding style. I tend to keep front/rear at 34 to 36 psi cold, it'll come up 2 to 3 psi once the tires get hot.
I run them there for street knee dragging, cruising, and wheelies. I only put them up to 39psi cold if my wife rides with me.
You'll get alot of opinions on tire pressure. Low speed, parking lot stunters will run very low rear tire pressure(notice most of their rear tires look half flat) as it makes it easier to balance with a bigger contact patch on the road. If you try that at highway speeds you'll get a bad wobble, as well as wear your tire out prematurely.

[San Diego Busa]

I think we need so more of your videos sixpack!

Links?

[sixpack577]

Links?

Look in the videos section here under stunting, Busa does wheelie is me.

[Kainedogg]

Awesome post, I think I need to raise my Busa back up, and pull my nuts back from the tank as well. I also know that popping the clutch on my 1000 works a lot better than pulling it on the Busa. 1000 comes up...abruptly, Busa barely lifts but does a nice burn out.

[sixpack577]

Awesome post, I think I need to raise my Busa back up, and pull my nuts back from the tank as well. I also know that popping the clutch on my 1000 works a lot better than pulling it on the Busa. 1000 comes up...abruptly, Busa barely lifts but does a nice burn out.

Just be more agressive with the throttle on the Busa, it'll come up like the 1000.

[Hectic]

If you really want to get it up, take it to about 7k, feather the clutch, give it some gas and hang on. I don't do it much, but that seems to be the most controllable way for me. That, or being a light guy, at wot, towards the end of 1-3 it starts lifting.

[III]

Just be more agressive with the throttle on the Busa, it'll come up like the 1000.

I'd always clutched it up on my 750. That little bike got really gitchy when I'd try power wheelies and almost looped it once trying one. I went out last night and tried some power ones on the Busa and I seem to like it much better than I thought, especially after listening to Sixpack. It doesn't come up nearly as abruptly as it does with the clutch...in fact, I feel those stomach butterflies a lot less too, which means it must be coming up slower and under much more control. I feel like it's gonna be much easier to ride it out with a power wheelie on the Busa as you're controlling those rpms through lift off. With the clutch, when you rev and pop, you kinda have to re-rev to catch the rpms back up, if you follow what I'm saying, and that requires much more throttle control IMO. I think I may have converted.

[dadofthree]

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[sixpack577]

I'd always clutched it up on my 750. That little bike got really gitchy when I'd try power wheelies and almost looped it once trying one. I went out last night and tried some power ones on the Busa and I seem to like it much better than I thought, especially after listening to Sixpack. It doesn't come up nearly as abruptly as it does with the clutch...in fact, I feel those stomach butterflies a lot less too, which means it must be coming up slower and under much more control. I feel like it's gonna be much easier to ride it out with a power wheelie on the Busa as you're controlling those rpms through lift off. With the clutch, when you rev and pop, you kinda have to re-rev to catch the rpms back up, if you follow what I'm saying, and that requires much more throttle control IMO. I think I may have converted.

Glad that's working for you. Once you're comfortable there you'll know where and when to slip or pop the clutch.
Caution, you will become addicted

[highestgrade]

Oh man...lll got to practice before me....great advice & I think I feel much more confident to try it now that I have a better idea what is going on...just got to get my nuts off the tank

[mynewride]

i wish i could ride a wheelie on my busa like i can on my 450r. i can pull a wheelie anywhere anytime. right amout of clutch and throttle and it will come up in 1,2,3,4, and 5. doesnt matter wether im stopped, rolling, on flats, side of a dune going up, across or down. ive also dumped that quad more times than you can count learning how to do it. i had a bruised ego and body, but the bike usually didnt get hurt to bad...usually just tie-rods. i learned to ride the balance point and slowly moved up through the gears as i got more confident. and of coarse sand and grass is a little softer and less abrasive than the asphault

problem wit the busa is i cant afford to pick up the pieces of a $13k bike. damn sure dont want the ticket.

[San Diego Busa]

i wish i could ride a wheelie on my busa like i can on my 450r. i can pull a wheelie anywhere anytime. right amout of clutch and throttle and it will come up in 1,2,3,4, and 5. doesnt matter wether im stopped, rolling, on flats, side of a dune going up, across or down. ive also dumped that quad more times than you can count learning how to do it. i had a bruised ego and body, but the bike usually didnt get hurt to bad...usually just tie-rods. i learned to ride the balance point and slowly moved up through the gears as i got more confident. and of coarse sand and grass is a little softer and less abrasive than the asphault

problem wit the busa is i cant afford to pick up the pieces of a $13k bike. damn sure dont want the ticket.

Same here on both counts! I could wheelie the pee out of my XR650 in any gear any time!

Looping the Busa would cost big $

[superbeagle]

OK, tried the 8 to 9 rpm and let it fall to about 6.5 and hit it hard. It brings the bike up to about 10 clock real quick. Do smack it hard to bring it up? Also did a few stand ups. That is a different feeling.

[highestgrade]

Superbeagle getting practice also....got to get my bike out....does it feel under control Superbeagle? Any recommendations or advice?

[icecoldbusa]

Only By Accident Most Of The Time.

[sixpack577]

OK, tried the 8 to 9 rpm and let it fall to about 6.5 and hit it hard. It brings the bike up to about 10 clock real quick. Do smack it hard to bring it up? Also did a few stand ups. That is a different feeling.

How agressive your throttle hand is determines how fast and high the front will lift. It is whatever you feel comfortable with.
That's why learning them the "falling rpms" way gives you alot more control than just taking a guess and popping the clutch.
If you get used to where and how it lifts like that, you can apply it to the clutch(which is still a different technique in itself, you'll just have a better idea of what's about to happen).
Keep doing what you're doing, as long as you feel comfortable and in control then your wheelies are great...no matter how high or long they are, that part will come in time.

[Busaphyed]

Hey Guys, don't flame the stupidity of this question. Six, been riding over 8 years, the one thing I've never done is wheelies, want to learn however want to do it smartly. Great write up on the how. Two other questions: good idea to keep seated to start trying this? Will do the fallings rpm method. Also do I always cover the rear brake? If so, down the road when I try standing, you can't do that, can you? Like to know head knowledge from someone who lives on one tire.