How do you wheelie on your busa ?

[ICEMANN]

Hey I thought we werent allowed to post ref to how ta kill yerself to a new busa owner threads?

 

[hionbusa]

The most difficult part of the wheelie for the bike is to get the front tire to break contact with the pavement. This is where the clutch comes in handy. By bumping the clutch as you twist the throttle, it gives your bike that little extra help to get the front wheel started. Once it's two inches up, the rest is all throttle control. As the front comes up, begin to close the throttle slightly. The front will slow in it's assent towards the heavens. I like shifting to the next gear before I reach the BP. This makes the front more manageable once you are balanced. A higher gear let's you do sustained wheelies a lower RPM. It takes much practice to get brave enough to bring it all the way to balance. You will swear you are going on your backside long before you actually reach balance. I find not to many guys are willing to put in the time on one wheel to get comfy riding the BP? But once you have achieved this skill level, it's such a rush!

The side to side movement you get when you are up is most likely due to an over inflated tire. You won't get this side to side wobble until you get up pretty high. As long as the front is low with the bike under accelleration, there seems to be no side to side movement. Believe it or not, the faster you go, the easier it is to wheelie. Sustaining a wheelie at 60 mph is much harder than at 120 mph.

You don't have to crash to learn how to wheelie. Just take it in little baby steps. Learn to wheelie a foot high, then two feet and so on. Make sure you feel quite comfy doing a one foot wheelie before you move to a two footer. Then, start going for distance. First try doing a 100 footer then 125 etc. Pretty soon you'll be on one wheel for miles not feet.

The way I do a clutch wheelie (Start in low gear if you are inexperienced) is to begin with a rolling start. Once you are moving apply the throttle fairly aggressively, maybe half throttle. As the tach comes up through about 5K just bump the clutch with one or two fingers and increase the throttle at the same time. Not wide open but just slightly more than you have. If the front don't break contact, try it again and give it just slightly more throttle when you bump the clutch than you did the previous try. Soon you'll find that sweet spot on the throttle that works just perfect.

My suggestions to an inexperienced wheelie guy, is to learn to get the front up with throttle alone in low gear before working with the clutch. Master low gear throttle wheelies before moving up. If you are trying to learn how to get her up, the clutch just adds one more thing to think about. Keep it as simple as possible in the beginning.

I remember my first clutch wheelies. My fear was the bike would just flip violently over  backwards and send me to the ER? That's not the case as all. As long as you start with little baby steps and don't over step your skill level at any one time, it's a fun process while learning.

Remember, Wheelies are against the law in every state. Make sure you practice in some desolate place where LEO seldom treads?

Good info.

 

[GMbusa]

Try wheeling with a 6over swingarm. It's a whole new ballgame.

No boost. Just goofing around.

 

[inthexring]

First gear comes up easy, I have come down hard a few times. I may have to do some front end work soon. This bike has so much power that it is easy to roll up to 40 50 mph in first and chop the throttle, and hold on, whoa, feel the rush

 

[The Big Red One]

There must be tons of info on this located throughout the org, and I have read alot of it. Yet still, no matter how much info I gather, I STILL can't do it!

Well, actually, I just don't have the nerve to hold it up. Get it up .... yes. Hold it up .... uh-uh.

Yes you can!!!!!! If I can do it - anybody can do it!!! I've done it once and I have to say I won't be doing it again on my busa until I have learned it well on something else. What a blast!!!

Mines always coming up under acceleration.....never intended tho. I just stay in it and ride it out unless she gets too high for my comfort, then I'll throttle back till she's down some and roll back into it. Lofting the front a little's kinda cool, but I'll never be a true vertical specialist.....don't wanna have to fix stuff when I drop it lol

 

[tinbender0]

cant seem to get enough nerve to clutch it myself..tried it a few times ..it always jerks violently..I worry about screwing up my bike...

 

[pward76]

How do I wheelie?



















accidentally...... and then, not very high ( couple of inches)

 

[chrisarrington]

To me it looks awesome to leave a light bring it up a couple of inches maybe 6 to 7 at the most and let her float for awhile. It looks so controlled.

 

[BUSAFETT]

(Devious @ Dec. 19 2005,14:21) I have 16/42 and it will come up in 1st and 2nd at around 5K just from power/torque. And I can bounce it in 3rd at around 6K or 7K and it will come up slow and easy. My problem is that I don't have the cajon`es to hold it up for more than a few secs.

David

Hmm.. I think I like your rims..

What are they?

BUSAFETT

 

[rtvegas]

Ok all you busa riders that wanna wheelie.. Just click below, take notes.. and enjoy

How to Wheelie...

 

[psycobusa]

i want to learn "how to let a thread die"

 

[Red05]

My last wheelie was a hill-topper in second; it came up so fast and high the battery lifted and tore the wire (which I had routed so carefully and ziptied) for the Power Commander off the battery, killing the engine. It took me awhile on the side of the road to figure that out. No big wheelies since

. Wheelies are a lot of fun but I'm not talented enough to make them worth it.

 

[BlueHaya]

If I wanted to ride on one wheel I would have bought a uni-cycle.

 

[PaNDeM1C]

(BlueHaya @ Sep. 10 2006,00:01) If I wanted to ride on one wheel I would have bought a uni-cycle.

haha!

Or you'd have bought a gixxer for circles...

 

[bradsbusa]

just waitin on more nerve

 

[300Busa]

whats a wheelie?

 

[PaNDeM1C]

(300Busa @ Sep. 10 2006,00:07) whats a wheelie?

I don't know, either... maybe the experts can help define it for us!

 

[Projekt]

I'm am still practicing the extended wheelie. I have popped it up a few times... Once I was doing a rolling burnout and hit a sticky spot in the pavement. Man, everybody around me told me how cool I am for my degree of throttle control to be able to do that. You laugh but I my heart was still racing from that experience. I just choked it down and said, "yeah it takes a little finesse" Ha Haha ha. My arse needed a little extra attention when I got home...
Lately, since most of the main roads in Sarajevo have new black hi-trac pavement, it is just a matter of lean back lock arms and roll through first with a heavy twist at around 4750-5500 and in a split second she'll be up on a nice stable power wheelie.. I've held it at 10-1030 for a few hundred meters with a pillow soft landing... SOmetimes she is just too willing to whip up. Sometimes just plain unpredictable due to ambient temperature, operating temperature, surface temperature and other traction influencing conditions. If you want to learn do it at the same spot until you can hold it. That deserted industrial park boulevard that we all know of on a Sunday afternoon on warm days will help you become consistent.

 

[Projekt]

(rtvegas @ Sep. 09 2006,20:45) Ok all you busa riders that wanna wheelie.. Just click below, take notes.. and enjoy  

 

How to Wheelie...

Excellent video!!!

 

[KennyMac]

(Sloto200 @ Dec. 19 2005,16:01) I'm not a wheelie rider by any means but when i get on the gas my bus just spins....

I hear that. Long wheel base + skinny arse on a tobin (see: balls on tank) = wheelspin. The conditions have to be pretty good to get that sort of traction. It rose more with the stocko seat when I could move back. No complaints though. Got a dirtbike for that stuff.