View Poll Results: Ever got a wheelie wobble?
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Wheelie wobble experiment
03-19-2006, 01:17 AM
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Re: Wheelie wobble experiment
Originally Posted by MikeM
Im with Kyle. Thats primarily doing staggered standups, because your weight shifts left-right a little as the wheelie moves up and down. .
its surprising how much throttle smoothness affects side to side stability
very smooth throttle is the key to lots of tricks, its the absolute key to nohanders
03-20-2006, 09:43 PM
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Re: Wheelie wobble experiment
Originally Posted by Metzger
i've had one bad wobble and it was a second gear sitdown with a choppy throttle at high rpms, on a streetfighter 636 with a partial lower fairing. in fact, here's video footage of it. such a squid mistake...
http://www.stuntfreaks.com/vids/SPSSTUNTS.wmv
http://www.stuntfreaks.com/vids/SPSSTUNTS.wmv
03-20-2006, 10:29 PM
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Re: Wheelie wobble experiment
Originally Posted by twinisin
man, you could jump of that at that speed. I wish my wobbles were that slow. It looks like you guys havi' fun. Tried to fugure out where you filmed that.
03-25-2006, 08:21 PM
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Re: Wheelie wobble experiment
I assume you are probably talking about wobbles during high speed wheelies 70+ mph. the only times I have gotten them is with real new back "STREET" tire that is real round with stock pressure in it while standing on the passenger pegs. I find that letting off the throttle slightly to let it tip down a little straitens it back up. other than that it could be something to do with traction also because I don't expierence the same feelings on "TRACK" tires at all during highspeed wheelies. it's allway best to burn a little bit of flat spot in the center and lower pressure a little.
03-26-2006, 02:17 AM
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Re: Wheelie wobble experiment
I thought it could be back tire balance at one point also, but once you burn out one time you're off balance anyways. I'm thinking it could be a traction kind of thing. I've never had the wobble from a Metzeler rennsport or from a michelin pilot power race, but I have had the wobbles like that at high speed from dunlop 208's and from the battleaxe. somebody told me to burn out the street tires once before some long wheelies to make it sticky and it seems to help lots. I'm going slow now 'm just trying to pass the info along cause it hurts going down at 70+ and it could kill you.
05-05-2006, 12:43 PM
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Re: Wheelie wobble experiment
Originally Posted by martino
exactly right..
its surprising how much throttle smoothness affects side to side stability
very smooth throttle is the key to lots of tricks, its the absolute key to nohanders
its surprising how much throttle smoothness affects side to side stability
very smooth throttle is the key to lots of tricks, its the absolute key to nohanders
05-05-2006, 01:23 PM
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Re: Wheelie wobble experiment
Originally Posted by NINER
being smooth on the throttle is the key to no handers? I thought it was brake control and turing the idle up. How exactly are you smooth on the trhrootl when your hands aren't touching the bike?
i said smoother throttle is the key to side to side stability,
smooth brake application is the biggest secret to no handers
Last edited by martino; 05-05-2006 at 01:28 PM.
05-06-2006, 02:08 AM
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Re: Wheelie wobble experiment
who put this thred up hardly ever get wobble went for a ride today got the wobbles and came down HARD bent my ****ing forks i blame this thread
and its to do with body weight one would think
and its to do with body weight one would think
07-14-2006, 06:36 AM
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Re: Wheelie wobble experiment
Originally Posted by sitdownsteve
no wobble is from throttle control, if you are not smooth it will get nasty because of the way the motor tourqes, ever look at a motor in a car when some one revs it up yeah it moves, same with a bike so if in wheelie at bp if you are not smooth it will wobble make sense
it doesn't bother me, but everyone says it looks like im gonna crash at any second which is cool i guess
07-14-2006, 06:44 AM
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Re: Wheelie wobble experiment
i wouldn't really call it wobble, more like oscillating...
it will move back and forth about 4 or 5 inches really quick then i'll correct it
oh well it never got out of hand so i dont see anything wrong with it, i gotta move around a lot to take corners and compensate for raises in the pavement and **** like that so of course my bike isn't gonna be taht stable, not to mention im on a top heavy race bike with race suspension
it will move back and forth about 4 or 5 inches really quick then i'll correct it
oh well it never got out of hand so i dont see anything wrong with it, i gotta move around a lot to take corners and compensate for raises in the pavement and **** like that so of course my bike isn't gonna be taht stable, not to mention im on a top heavy race bike with race suspension
07-14-2006, 08:53 AM
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Re: Wheelie wobble experiment
Heres one I havent figured out yet..
In 3rd, never any wobbles whatsoever. 40 mph up to 90ish it stays smooth.
4th gear, i bring up at 60+ and it starts wobbling immediately. Even if i slow it down to way under 40, **** still wobbles.
In 3rd, never any wobbles whatsoever. 40 mph up to 90ish it stays smooth.
4th gear, i bring up at 60+ and it starts wobbling immediately. Even if i slow it down to way under 40, **** still wobbles.
07-21-2006, 09:14 PM
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Re: Wheelie wobble experiment
Reason for my inquiry. I learned christs at 40mph+. A bit shaky, but fun, especialy above 60mph. One day, I instaled a front fairing and realised that the bike felt so smooth, I wasn't sure the engine was running. Maybe the same thing applies to highway wheelies. The motion of the air keeping the bike in place.
07-22-2006, 04:50 AM
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Re: Wheelie wobble experiment
Originally Posted by sitdownsteve
because of the way the motor tourqes, ever look at a motor in a car when some one revs it up yeah it moves, same with a bike
A CARs engine rotates AGAINST the direction in which the car moves, thus rocking it side to side.
A MOTORBIKEs engine........if you ever looked closely...........rotates in the SAME direction in which the bike will travel.
You'll, have a whale of a time driving a streetbike with the motor turned 90 deg in the frame.
Wobbles comes from a group of factors. IE Wind, road surface, weight distribution, SLIGHTLY untrue rear wheel etc.
07-24-2006, 01:06 AM
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Re: Wheelie wobble experiment
Originally Posted by 929_uR
nobody mentioned road surface.
i live on a highly traffic road and when i do long wheelies down it, there is certain parts that are grooved (almost like ruts) that you can go in and out of so it def. makes you wobble.
i live on a highly traffic road and when i do long wheelies down it, there is certain parts that are grooved (almost like ruts) that you can go in and out of so it def. makes you wobble.
