New Stunter Saying Hi, and Need help
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Re: New Stunter Saying Hi, and Need help
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don't listen to this guy, its easier to learn bp in second just try to ride them out to the limiter first then go higher and higher, wouldn't really worry about slow first gear wheelies yet if I was you oh yeah cover the back brake lever
would recommend you start with the slower stuff and then the faster stuff will come. work on clutching in 1st, catching balance, then slowing it down. imo learning balance is the most tedious part of stunting but once you have the feel everything else is much less difficult
don't listen to this guy, its easier to learn bp in second just try to ride them out to the limiter first then go higher and higher, wouldn't really worry about slow first gear wheelies yet if I was you oh yeah cover the back brake lever
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Re: New Stunter Saying Hi, and Need help
yeah everything they said! ok i am a obviously a newbie and will probably stay a newibe for a while cuz i don't have a spot to practive (excuse #1) except for the o.o.w classes that i attended and a few pros tried to teach me but that didn't work out too well cuz i finally scraped the back of my bike and bailed going 30 odd miles an hour now i am discouraged and have to start from scractch. throttle control and brake whatever they said.
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Re: New Stunter Saying Hi, and Need help
Hi I wanted to formally say hi to everybody on this forum. I was under a different name but it was gay so I changed it. I have lurked on this forum forever, and with your help I changed the front end on my F4i to a 954. Now that I am almost caught up with my bills/debts I finnaly want to start stunting on a dedicated stunt bike.
I own two bikes, a almost stunt ready F4i (with 954 front end, FI cage, wheelie bar) and a 05 Gixxer 1000. I can only right now do basic "stunts"
like, sitdown/stand up wheelies, skitch on the side, burnouts, Jesus christs, and other lame stunts. I can clutch a wheelie but its not consitant all the time so I got alot I need to work on, and I have not mastered the rear brake yet (Very important). Now since I got my f4i almost all up and running I want to start learning how to stunt, but I am gonna need alot of little advice.
F4i Issues I am having:
1. When I shift to second from any gear, it stays in second for a little bit then drops back down into neutral. A friend of mine told me it is a shift fork issue and it happens to high mileage bikes (mine has 35,000).
2. The brakes stops really smooth but it does not have the bite at the end. Say I am going 50 I can pull on the brakes as hard as I want until my fingers hurt, the bike will stop fast but it won't endo or lock up. My brake setup is like this : 954 rotors and calipers, steel braided lines, ebc HH pads, and a yamaha 05 r6 (brembo?) master cylinder. The lines have been bleed a billion times.
I am gonna take off the front and side fairings, and slap on an Acerbis headlight. As for gearing I am probably gonna go up +15 in the back which I heard you only lose 25% of your top speed, so I can still get around town.
I don't know if I should change out the clip-ons to vortex or FI so they are more durable or just get renthal bars.
Sorry for the long *** post I am just excited and want to be well prepared. I am the type of person that makes a assload of mistakes at a first, but learn from them really quickly and perfect them.
Thanks Everybody! :YEAH
I own two bikes, a almost stunt ready F4i (with 954 front end, FI cage, wheelie bar) and a 05 Gixxer 1000. I can only right now do basic "stunts"
like, sitdown/stand up wheelies, skitch on the side, burnouts, Jesus christs, and other lame stunts. I can clutch a wheelie but its not consitant all the time so I got alot I need to work on, and I have not mastered the rear brake yet (Very important). Now since I got my f4i almost all up and running I want to start learning how to stunt, but I am gonna need alot of little advice.F4i Issues I am having:
1. When I shift to second from any gear, it stays in second for a little bit then drops back down into neutral. A friend of mine told me it is a shift fork issue and it happens to high mileage bikes (mine has 35,000).
2. The brakes stops really smooth but it does not have the bite at the end. Say I am going 50 I can pull on the brakes as hard as I want until my fingers hurt, the bike will stop fast but it won't endo or lock up. My brake setup is like this : 954 rotors and calipers, steel braided lines, ebc HH pads, and a yamaha 05 r6 (brembo?) master cylinder. The lines have been bleed a billion times.
I am gonna take off the front and side fairings, and slap on an Acerbis headlight. As for gearing I am probably gonna go up +15 in the back which I heard you only lose 25% of your top speed, so I can still get around town.
I don't know if I should change out the clip-ons to vortex or FI so they are more durable or just get renthal bars.
Sorry for the long *** post I am just excited and want to be well prepared. I am the type of person that makes a assload of mistakes at a first, but learn from them really quickly and perfect them.
Thanks Everybody! :YEAH
lol, j/k i still remember when i was first learning, and i hope i never forget it,
just practice practice practice. clutch up staggered 1st gear, and then start bringing it back and tapping the brake, stock gears. when you get that, do sit downs, then get an idle adjuster, learn idle, then get sprockets and start taking your hands off
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Re: New Stunter Saying Hi, and Need help
Oh wow. Today I took the F4i out for half an hour to wheelie it. I started doing sitdowns. I usally bring up wheelies on my f4i and gixxer around like 35+ MPH. I was clutching up the f4i around 12mph. I had alittle trouble at first but got the hang of it, but damn that sh*t was so woobly. I guess I have to lower my air pressure. Ill try agian when I get more time.
Anybody have recommendations what I can do with my clip-ons?
Should I keep them stock? (They are hitting my fairing stay)
Should I get like a vortex/FI/Renthal setup?
Anybody have recommendations what I can do with my clip-ons?
Should I keep them stock? (They are hitting my fairing stay)
Should I get like a vortex/FI/Renthal setup?
Re: New Stunter Saying Hi, and Need help
No need to lower the tire pressure at those speeds... Get it up faster, stay smoother on the throttle, and keep the rpms down
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Re: New Stunter Saying Hi, and Need help
slow sitdowns and sitdowns in general can get wobbly. try staggerd standups, do everything else nags said. also try to stay out for more than an hour. that always helps too!
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Re: New Stunter Saying Hi, and Need help
stock pads are hands down the best.
they are smooth, long lasting, and sometimes feature a divider in the middle which collects brake dust and then gets rid of it.
you will only have to lower your tire pressure when you get down to less than 10 mph. 12-20 psi. it will feel like the best thing in the world and totally stable.
but then after time, you will start filling it back up and realizing medium pressure is better. 20-30 psi
they are smooth, long lasting, and sometimes feature a divider in the middle which collects brake dust and then gets rid of it.
you will only have to lower your tire pressure when you get down to less than 10 mph. 12-20 psi. it will feel like the best thing in the world and totally stable.
but then after time, you will start filling it back up and realizing medium pressure is better. 20-30 psi
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Re: New Stunter Saying Hi, and Need help
holy **** who the **** told you about 76dodo..........thats g14 classified you have to have ss combo circle clearence to ride there
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Re: New Stunter Saying Hi, and Need help
i still a under 100 class rider but still high double digits. i see youve moved up to near single digit spots!!!
i do not have the SS 0 clearance to ride g14. my next spot is 56giantbeaver that after i get my podium to 50/50 drops tho...
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Re: New Stunter Saying Hi, and Need help
BTW: did u know there really was a giant beaver native to north america?
HAHA WTF
the thing was apparently 8 ft long and almost 500lbs.. lol. thats a big *** beaver....lol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Beaver
HAHA WTF
the thing was apparently 8 ft long and almost 500lbs.. lol. thats a big *** beaver....lol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Beaver
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Re: New Stunter Saying Hi, and Need help
BTW: did u know there really was a giant beaver native to north america?
HAHA WTF
the thing was apparently 8 ft long and almost 500lbs.. lol. thats a big *** beaver....lol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Beaver
HAHA WTF
the thing was apparently 8 ft long and almost 500lbs.. lol. thats a big *** beaver....lol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Beaver
