RE: powering up vs. power wheelie
Login  | |
|
RE: powering up vs. power wheelie - 5/1/2007 10:38:39 AM
|
|
|
isolated1523
Posts: 915
Joined: 11/7/2005
From: Clarksville, TN
Status: offline
|
Hmmm....i guess i'm a squid? Or maybe half a squid......I power up (actually, bounce) but straight to bp...So, i'm half a squid for powerin instead of clutchin, but only half because i can ride at bp lol....so it's like i got 1 leg and 1 tentacle.
BUT--for the record: I've been apart of many of these clutch/bounce debates. I've concluded that clutching is more predictable, to a certain extent. If you're gonna learn how to wheelie, definitely learn it using the clutch method. However, for someone like me who learned how to pull the wheel without the clutch, well i'm pretty much set in my ways lol. I can bring it up in any gear, 1st through 5th, without the clutch----but only because that how i've been doing it for years. I can clutch, but it's not comfortable for me because it's not how I learned it (unless i'm sittin down). It's crazy, but i think it's simply the difference in the way that you hold onto the bars! When i wheelie, i have all fingers completely on the bars. That one finger that it takes to clutch it up makes me feel like i'm outside my comfort zone lol.
Anyways, enough rambling. If you're new, learn to clutch it. That's my final answer! lol.
-Adam
_____________________________
 Voodoochyls Wisdom: "I would like to give you a "Dances with Wolves" Indian name...I dub thee "Snipes with a Fist". |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RE: powering up vs. power wheelie - 5/1/2007 1:32:13 PM
|
|
|
Dirtytoes
Posts: 278
Joined: 3/16/2007
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: BlindLOKI
I like to chase my wheel :P im like a dog in the wind chasing something out the car window :P My question is, if you clutch it lower than bp, is it ok to bring it up to bp? I myself would rather not try and hop it to bp everytime, as different circumstances bring the wheel up faster..... Im getting closer to being at bp each time. I can ride them for quite a ways. I seem to gain a bit of speed then hold steady, then gain, then steady, and I feel it getting too high in the revs, dont want to limit out, so I set it back down. How big of a window do you have at bp? I know im right at the edge and its KILLING me
LOL
i know exactly what you mean. the higher you go(closer to bp) the slower the revs will go up. thus, the longer u'll be able to ride it out. u should be able to tell when you're getting close to rev-limiter by the sound of the bike.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: powering up vs. power wheelie - 5/1/2007 1:36:57 PM
|
|
|
Dirtytoes
Posts: 278
Joined: 3/16/2007
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: isolated1523
Hmmm....i guess i'm a squid? Or maybe half a squid......I power up (actually, bounce) but straight to bp...So, i'm half a squid for powerin instead of clutchin, but only half because i can ride at bp lol....so it's like i got 1 leg and 1 tentacle.
BUT--for the record: I've been apart of many of these clutch/bounce debates. I've concluded that clutching is more predictable, to a certain extent. If you're gonna learn how to wheelie, definitely learn it using the clutch method. However, for someone like me who learned how to pull the wheel without the clutch, well i'm pretty much set in my ways lol. I can bring it up in any gear, 1st through 5th, without the clutch----but only because that how i've been doing it for years. I can clutch, but it's not comfortable for me because it's not how I learned it (unless i'm sittin down). It's crazy, but i think it's simply the difference in the way that you hold onto the bars! When i wheelie, i have all fingers completely on the bars. That one finger that it takes to clutch it up makes me feel like i'm outside my comfort zone lol.
Anyways, enough rambling. If you're new, learn to clutch it. That's my final answer! lol.
-Adam
ur telling me u can pop ur 600rr up in ALL 1st to 5th gear without the clutch?
i cann BS! 
|
|
|
|
|
RE: powering up vs. power wheelie - 5/1/2007 3:03:24 PM
|
|
|
BlindLOKI
Posts: 728
Joined: 1/22/2005
Status: offline
|
depends on where you live dirty... ive seen vid of guys near sea level bouncin up 600RR's in 5th gear.... they're goin pretty fast, but it works.
edit* btw, thanks for the info. I keep trying to just listen so I know when im at bp but my body/balance is telling me FU in a really loud voice. unfortunately my throttle hand looooves listening to the latter
< Message edited by BlindLOKI -- 5/1/2007 3:05:13 PM >
_____________________________
I feel like Im diagonally parked in a parallel universe
http://www.putfile.com/blindloki
http://photobucket.com/albums/v109/funnyjoka/
Mac&Cheese+Bike=BIG f*kin wheelie
|
|
|
|
|
RE: powering up vs. power wheelie - 5/1/2007 3:40:31 PM
|
|
|
SoRAD
Posts: 116
Joined: 1/20/2007
Status: offline
|
BlindLOKI, on the street, you have a while from bp to hitting the tail. obviously, the faster you go, the lower your bp is, and the lower your bp is, the further you are from looping. you can bring the bike past bp, close the throttle, and have it come back down w/o any brake. you just have to have throttle control and good body language. on the street i usually dont clutch to bp. ill gain a little speed before i hit bp. but thats just my style on the street. in the lot, i clutch past bp so i can land on idle. just get your brake control down (if you dont yet) and play around.
_____________________________
www.ruffryderssanjose.com
www.alloutindustries.com <---race stunt track 50s
|
|
|
|
|
RE: powering up vs. power wheelie - 5/1/2007 3:45:01 PM
|
|
|
Dirtytoes
Posts: 278
Joined: 3/16/2007
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: BlindLOKI
depends on where you live dirty... ive seen vid of guys near sea level bouncin up 600RR's in 5th gear.... they're goin pretty fast, but it works.
edit* btw, thanks for the info. I keep trying to just listen so I know when im at bp but my body/balance is telling me FU in a really loud voice. unfortunately my throttle hand looooves listening to the latter
LOL
i can hardly(can't) "clutch" up my f4i in 2nd gear, how the hell do they do it in 5th AND WITH POWER!?!
p.s. if you've got a cage and if you're not worried about dropping your bike. practice clutching up from a dead stop and cover the back brake. clutch it up hard so the bike comes right UP and try to catch bp with the back break.....after u do it a 100 times and you think you got em down, do it another 100 times and ull be golden. 
|
|
|
|
|
RE: powering up vs. power wheelie - 5/1/2007 4:54:05 PM
|
|
|
JZHALES
Posts: 1569
Joined: 7/30/2006
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: Dirtytoes
after u do it a 100 times and you think you got em down, do it another 100 times and ull be golden.
thats exactly what old man roger told you on stunt life when u posted your avatar and asked if that was balance point
_____________________________
my bike has character
|
|
|
|
|
RE: powering up vs. power wheelie - 5/1/2007 5:09:46 PM
|
|
|
Dirtytoes
Posts: 278
Joined: 3/16/2007
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: JZHALES
quote:
ORIGINAL: Dirtytoes
after u do it a 100 times and you think you got em down, do it another 100 times and ull be golden.
thats exactly what old man roger told you on stunt life when u posted your avatar and asked if that was balance point
LOL
nahh, it wasn't in that thread, he told someone else in another thread. i think it was somethin about coasters.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RE: powering up vs. power wheelie - 5/1/2007 5:50:07 PM
|
|
|
JZHALES
Posts: 1569
Joined: 7/30/2006
Status: offline
|
its not that we dont believe u, its that we just dont care lol
jk
_____________________________
my bike has character
|
|
|
|
|
Printable Version
