wife wants to go fast?

061krr.....there's been a couple of times the wife want me to kick it a little... and i know how the front likes to come up on me when i ride alone. i've tried a couple of times to get on it a little in second but it feels like with her on it it's about to wheelie.....   my thinking is it would probably wheelie easier with a passenger on the back? with the extra weight up high and so far back?  im not talking about getting stupid on it with her on the back.... NO WAY..... but a second gear pull hear and there?   do you guys (with experience) think it'd come up on me easier with her on the back?   or would more weight in general hold it down better???   

     i have never had the front end "accidently" or "want" to come up
even with a 15/43 520 conversion and a HRC quick turn throttle i have done full throttle 1st gear launches and both wheels were on the ground.

must be body position 

it is partly due to seating position for the driver and as for the extra weight in the back yeah it will definately help with the wheelie situation if youre not careful...........

I have never had the front want to come up on me when I lay on the throttle, but I do sit as far forward as I can and lean toward the front just in case.  One of the many mags I subscribe to noted how easy it was to get the 06 1K to pull up at about 9K, so I tend to watch that.  I don't' know how to do a wheelie and messing up my brand new bike to satisfy a juvenile desire to wheelie just isn't worth it. . .for now.  Next year, I'll try to learn but I'd like to meet someone in my area to run me through it first.

i sit humping the tank also, and i barely get the front to lift at 3/4-full throttle during the last half of 1st and all of 2nd (riding solo).

I don't think you guys are hitting the throttle wide open.  In first gear snapping the throttle Allll the way will bring the front end up.

i just got my 061k and if i sit back on the seat and yank the throttle at 5500 it snaps right up. But if you lean forward and don't snap the throttle you should be ok.

w3rd on the crowd. sometimes, when i rev pretty high and fast on 1st gear from stop. the front wheels stays on the ground. never tried to wheelie with my bike, though.

Hello all.     I must be doing something wrong.
I have about 3700 miles on my bone stock 06 1000rr and have very seldom (almost never) been able to get through 1st gear, wide open, without the front end coming off the ground. Done this about 100 times from a 25-40 mph roll- on . I’ve tried moving up on tank and modulating the throttle without consistent success. . I have occaisionally been able to accelerate hard in 1st by modulating the throttle, letting the front end come up slightly and try to carry it to red line without the tank slamming me in the chest.

I was able to go wide open in all gears in all other bikes I’ve had before this one. Mastering the acceleration of 1st gear is the one thing that I have not gotten use to on this bike.. .

of course its going to come up if you start moving in first gear and snap the throttle after preloading the suspension. 

Don't have a 1000RR but do have a funny story.
 
I know a guy with a 86 custom softtail.  This bikes front end had never even come close to coming up.  One day the guy had his wife on the back.  He went to take off like normal.  He revved the engine pretty high and let off the clutch fast(how he normally took off).  The bikes front end shot up before you could even blink.  He set the bike down with no problem.  We all laughed as his wife was chewing his a$$ for nearly throwing her off the bike.
 
I know I'm comparing apples(sportbikes) and oranges(harleys) here.  The moral of the story is if a heavy a$$ softail can get off the ground with a passenger then your bike will do so also.

I don't own the 1krr, but a heavily modded 929.  Mine comes up very easily when hard on the throttle in first and second.  Obviously with clutch it can come up in other gears.  That's not the point.  You inquired about you and your wife going fast.  Not to sound like a dick or anything but listen to your own logic and your thoughts are the best answer.  If you are not comfortable with the reactions of the bike under normal riding, aggressive riding, and even experimenting like wheelies and such, then you shouldn't do it yet.  I don't condone you experiment with wheelies, I meant that you would be able to test your suspension to see if it handles the load correctly for weight distribution.  But if you want to do it for fun, that's your choice.

I've had my bike since September of last year and feel I can  only  ride it at 90%.  Whether it's defensive traffic driving, draggin a knee on the track, or even 1/2 mile standups down the back country roads near my house (for the record, there's like 1 house in a 8 mile stretch).  You are an extension of the bike, and therefore she is an extension of you.  Say for example, if she still bonks the back of your helmet, or crunches your nuts when ya come to a slow down abrubtly, then that shows that there is more to be learnt.

Having said that, there's nothing wrong with doing it in a higher gear until you both get use to the torque in tandem.  I absolutely love riding solo as that is what the bike is set up for.  BUT, it only takes a second to make a couple of adjustments to your suspension to compensate for the awesome feeling of the two of you rolling up through the rpm range wherever your ride takes you.  It's taken my wife about 50 rides and now we can ride the bike through the twisty's at a spirited pace, say like 55-60% as opposed to 80-85 solo.

ok, that's my two cents.  ENJOY!

ofcourse it comes up a lot easier. i'll be rolling around 15mph rev up and i can pop a wheelie easy. i am not good at it yet but it sure does come up Fast. i've seen a person that can do wheelies on his 600rr more with a chick on the back. so imo the extra weight will make u pop it up. just becareful

thanks.. to those of you who did answer the question... i also think the front would come up easier with a passenger... i'll keep doing what im doing... not listening to her when she wants to go fast. lol
 
ps..  i weigh 150 lbs soaking wet, and im 6'3"  so yeah my riding position is towards the back of the seat and i dont weigh enough to hold the front wheel down in 1'st laying on the tank...... and i've had a couple occasions where i'll roll on second to WOT and it will lift the front about 8k rpm.... just my experience......thanks again for the info...
 
 

Hey Guy's,
 
After I did the 15\43 520 conversion, the front end comes up very easy, almost too easy,(first gear, under full throttle and from a dead stop). It's kind of scary if I stay on the throttle too long. I did it yesterday, next to my girlfriend...she was trying to race me home.

I tell ya what. I wiegh 210 and I'm 5'9'' and my bike is bone stock except for some led blinkers. If I roll on the throttle at anything after 5500 in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd my front coming up no sweat. Ok maybe a little preload in third, but thats it. The point? These bikes got plenty of juice and if you hit hard its going to sit up and say hi to you. Just remember, you can go fast without giving it full throttle all at once.


If it aint in the red, your just cruising.

I don't own a 1krr, but an '06 F4I, and mine comes up quite a bit easier in first gear with the woman on the back, and while shifting into second. To give you an idea my fighting weight is about 185lbs, and if I were to take a stab at hers I'd say she's around 135ish (I hope to god she doesn't read these forums.) 

I got a 06 1000RR with a Jardine Rt1 S/O, I weight 198lbs and my bike is useless in first gear. I have to ease into first gear and if i go above 6 it will stand up in a hurry, be easy on it till 11 grand and shift it will stand up on the 1-2 shift then 11 grand again will cause 2-3 shift to stand up also. This is with stock gearing. When my wife is on back i short shift all the time when we want to pick up the pace a little. Just my experience.

I don't have the 1k I have the 06 600 rr black and I have a wife. The answer is yes YES yes it comes up much easyer If im not carfull and I drop a gear to hard it shoots strait up. Im talking about doing 50mph. To the 100 owners saying they dont wheelie f*cking bs. If I open my STOCK 06 600 rr leaning all the way to the front the front tire comes up in first and in second and im 200 lbs. It lays back down with me trying to keep it dawn but if i lean back it rolls back. So if anyone says your 1000 dosnt do this then please stop posting because you dont own a cbr.