Stalling durring stoppies

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Feb 6, 2003 | 07:43 PM

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hondatech

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You're killing me. Yes, but not because of gyroscopic effect. It's bacause you're providing more torque to the rear wheel and it's trying to twist the bike over farther. That has noting to do with the idea that stopping the rear wheel in a stoppie will make the rear end rise, which is where this whole mess started.

Feb 22, 2003 | 11:24 PM

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Rational

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Originally posted by hondatech
You have it backwards. A moto-x guy gases it in the air to bring the rear up and the front down. And I didn't say gyroscopic effect had nothing to do with stability. Re-read my post.

smb123 has it right. Go watch a MX video. They fly out over the jump, then when they want to start dropping the nose you'll see them kick the rear brake to lock the rear wheel.