everytime i lean into a circle i highside. ive tried 1st gear tight circles at slow speed, 2nd gear slow, and second fast big circles. wtf am i doing wrong.

 

you're afriad to low side, so you are high siding. Dip into that ***** hard.

 

If you put one foot down its easy as hell
I did about 6 or 7 on my first day trying

 

^ those don't count!

seriously tho, it does help to learn that way.

 

yea tahts what i was getting at, it teaches you how to balance the bike while doing circles. Its really hard to get them tight without the foot though, so its kind of cheating either way i do it.

 

well, i would personally try first gear tight, thats how i learned, and at first you can start with ur foot down, then start brignin ur foot up, and then rock it no ffeet, when i do circles (first gear tight) i start at almost a compleete stop and turn the bars a lil into the way i wanna rock the circle, and then i give it gas, and get the front end up, and i start doin circles, and then i counter steer (steer teh oposite way that ur spinnin) and it tightens up ur circle and remember it is easier to manuver the bike when ur near, or in BP

 

Wanna hear something funny? I can do sit down circles only to the left. I can do axle peg circles only to the right. and flamingo-seatstander circles only to the right?

 

*** it ill just lean like a motherfuker and atleast the fiddy will do a circle. lol

 

if your highsiding give it more gas and lean harder its all about the control going into it first if your smooth with it you can coast them no gas needed to do them but if your choppy with it going into them and highsiding them try what i said above

 

learn them on the pegs first.....i learned to do peg o's, and then while riding the o's id sit down (feet still on back pegs) then i started off sitting down w/ 1 foot helping to balance me <--- still not getting them good yet

 

lean in hard it will come to you ... do 1st gear, 2nd is to fast to learn in ... you can put your foot down but i wouldnt reccomend learning circles draggin it - just touch the ground with it if you need to - try to keep it up but stick your foot out if need be ... watch a vid if you need to - theres lots of em

 

Just keep practicing and it will click all the sudden, it just takes a while to get the feel down.

 

the further past bp the easier it is to maneuver (sp?)

 

it also helps to sit off to the high side of the seat. and the less foot dragging you learn with the faster you'll progress. i stick min way out at first ( in the air for balance) then i get it tucked up on the peg. here's a video of me doing them in a leg brace teh day before my surgery.


i start froma stop in 1st, and do like Taylor MAC says above and turn the bars, then countersteer it and move my weight "on top" of the bike kind of 1/2 off the seat in the oposite direction of the circle
http://members.***.net/wantedman/kneecircles.wmv

 

when im sittin down i lay the bike out and cut the bars so the wheel is facing away from center of the circles.
but i do most of my circles standing up on the stunt peg

 

good vid glenn, shows a real easy way to get the hang of the circles.

Love that song too!!