When the front wheel lands...

Nah - a wheely *and* a stoppie at 120 - that would be cool[1]

[1] Mortuarys are cool places, right?

 

on the other hand, *do* grip tightly, if you find yourself going over
an unexpected hump at 120mph with a bigger dip on the far side, and
your arse comes off the seat and your feet come off the
pegs...DAMHIK,IJK-OK?

 

I spent an afternoon old the old runway [1] behind me helping Blaney. I
knew I should've mentioned not wheeling while beer is sloshing around in
your stomach and that hitting the front brake while the wheel's still
travelling downwards is a bad idea...

[1] Sadly there's just one width of concrete left and it doesn't look
bike friendly at all...

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In all seriousness, you want to be barely holding on at all. I've fucked
up once or twice and landed really crossed up. A very, very light grip
on the 'bars just meant that the front shook violently once when the
tyre hit before it pulled itself straight again

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TBH, I've never pulled any kind of proper deliberate wheelie, when it
has happened I've promptly panicked and closed the throttle. Any help I
can get will be good help

I'm willing to give it my best shot. The biggest fear for me is either
going over the top or not having a big enough grip and running behind
the bike or sliding right off. There's not much in the way of plastic to
damage, only a set of Buster's bars and the levers that I can tell.

 

Sage advice from Mr wheelie.

 

It was marked as the size of the rebore that we had done, but was still way
to big at the skirt comparatively to the top.

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In situations like that, I've found that the limpet-like grip exerted
by sphincter on seat to come in more than slightly useful. Repeated
excursions lead to a permanent longitudinal saddle ridge and
increasingly powerful pucker muscles, which combine to make the rider
even more secure.

There ain't no subsitute for practice. Especially when the arse does
leave the seat and landing it again becomes an issue - application of
stoppers at this point tends to lead to a three-point touchdown: arse
on seat, bollocks on tank - not always the best, TBH.

 

But infinitely preferable to arse on tank, bollocks on seat. That's
when you know something's gone *seriously* wrong.

 

Aye - you're on somebody else's bike and they're looking at you from
very close range - and looking more than a tad irritated, generally.

 

I agree.

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OI sideshow Bob... is you having a dig or what? )

 

Heh.. no. More an observation[1][2].

[1] Every time I've seen you on a bike, you've been mostly on the rear
wheel.
[2] My style these days, is more.... skinhead.

 

Good fun, that.

To be fair to me, I haven't done it since...

 

That's 'cos either:
A) You haven't ridden since, or
B) You haven't done a wheelie since

A mate flipped it last Sunday. The second he was up I got him straight
back on his bike to have another go before it became a confidence
problem that would stop him from ever trying again

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I have, but not much.

I have. The crucial thing I've taken on board, is the absolute
necessity for the front wheel to /not/ have the front brake applied at
the point at which it hits terra firma.

You're a good lad.