How do you wheelie a fiddy?

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Old 01-10-2003, 09:04 PM
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How do you wheelie a fiddy?

Picked up a fiddy and I can't keep it in the air. Hook me up with some tips.
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2nd gear is my favorite. Get it way up and ride the brake. It is pretty simple to pick up and it is a blast.
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there is a clutch, go into second, and shift up like half way and it will be sorta like a clutch, rev it up then let it out, I have only wheelied a fiddy once, I reved it with the clutch in first, and instead of letting it back out, I shifted into second and I road it for a decent amount of time
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They have a centrifical force clutch. All ya have to do is wack the throttle then wait for the hit. Then pull up a little and off you go. I will have to admit I was one of those guys that would drag my feet to get comfortable with finding the balance point .
Once you get that figured out use your legs to balance out the wheelie. Then i moved on to using the rear brake .
Good luck and be prepared to get hurt by that little toy
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yeah it was harder to wheelie then i initially thought it would be, it took me almost a week to really start ridin long, smooth wheelies, i love that little thing though
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I would not recommend using Wheelie boys technique. That little thing will put you on your *** in a hurry. Just gas it and yank on the bars. It is not a bad idea to drag your feet for a little while.
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Sit way back on the seat. Grab a handfull gas and pull on the bars. Always keep some presure on the back brake. 2nd gear is fun.............3rd gear wide open is the ****. Good luck if you loop it.
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naw i think the easiest way to go is in second gear, put a little pressure downward on the shifter till you feel neutral, rev just a tad and lift your foot, just like droppin the clutch, requires zero effort, no tugging on the bars required! :D
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I crash & get more fucked up on fiddy's than i do on anything else.

those mo fo's mean bid-ness when you crash!

Loop the things, end up on my face doing endo's. its all good though.
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I hear ya 1000ceecee. Just when you think youve got it wooped it will put you on your *** likes its nothing.
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yeah dont ever underestimate the extreme power of your fiddy, as soon as you do, WAM!!
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Originally posted by mattdedes
yeah dont ever underestimate the extreme power of your fiddy, as soon as you do, WAM!!
yea, just read my post
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2nd day out on it and I was hanging them a little but. I'm reving it between first and second then up I go. Side to side balance is the bitch now. I'll get thanks for the info though it help a lot.
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yeah the balance is pretty tricky, you have to just use your knees for balance, sit way back on the seat
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Doesn't anybody like the method of shifting past 3rd into neutral and reving the F' out of it? It comes right up once I drop my foot to put it back into 3rd. It's real predictable too.
Once it's up I just work on balance.
Mind you I'm light............155lbs.
I doesn't take much tork for it to come right up.

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im more of fan of the second gear wheelies, everytime i loop in third i remind myself NO THIRD GEAR!
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