Tank Slapper

[markfes]

Anyone see this video?

Scarey as Hell. Dosent appear like he did anything wrong. I guess landing the wheelie with steering slighty off center. What causes this? I have seen tons of wheelies, done a few myself. Im sure not all have had perfect front wheel landings. Is this more common than Im thinking?

[DaCol.]

Looks  

to me like when he let the front down he also closed the throttle when the front wheel hit. Ya got to carry some power during touch down cause your going to quickly decelerate as soon as the wheel hits if not. He also looks like he is up over the tank with his weight when he hits. Lots of weight, quick deceleration, no power, NOT GOOD at speed.

[KanjiBusa]

It also looks like he was going to the right real quick, so he dropped it down, that with the closed throttle...equals trouble. noob

[Leo]

Its always a good idea to keep your bike and wheel straight when coming down...

[05BusaLe]

Better yet dont pull a whellie if you dont know what your doing, That hurt!