So I started doing wheelies today on a gsxr6. Im having trouble riding it out. Towards the end of my session i was able to get up to say 11 o'clock, defently to the point where i felt like i was gonna tip back, but thats all i could do is get it to pop up. Bike came down as fast as it went up. I wasnt stagger stance, im 6'1" it felt to sketchy, so i just sat in the seat with my *** all the way back. Went 10-15mph and clutched around 11-12k. i tried to pay attention to my throttle hand to make sure i wasnt backen off, i dont think i was, when i came down my bike continued to gain speed, so idk. any ideas?

 

practice ...practice practice, and start slower bro... keep practicing... it is like playstation bro... sooner or later if you keep playing you will figure the game out

 

whew, 11 o'clock? you're way back there buddy.


Did you have anybody watching you do them? When you first start, what feels like nearly looping is actually only about a foot off the ground.

 

I was at it for most of the day, I filled up before I went to my spot then had to leave to go fill up again. Scared i was gonna blow the engine. I went thru the the falling back thing the whole niight, but towards the end I ask an onlooking kid (14 or so) where I was at, I prolly judged his arm wrong. I read the forums they all say start off about 15mph, so if im going 15mph and clutching at 12ish should I clutch at around 14 or so, like just keep revin higher till somethin works?

 

:popcorn

 

11-12 thousand rpm?!!! damn dude thats way to high for a gixxer. im surprised you aint looped it yet. 6-8k on a 600 is plenty enough to get to BP. if your coming down as fast as up then your either letting off the throttle or hittin rev limiter. are you 1st or 2nd gear?

 

when I started to learn wheelies, if I was sitting I felt like I was way farther back than I really was... standing staggered was way easier for me. it was uneasy at first, but you are learning right? ad by the way 11-12 grand seems like a little high to rev. my 600 gixx comes up way under that in first. not sure where, being that there are no gauges haha. just practice, not too many people just "hop on" and ride em out for miles.

 

pop it up and just hold the gas on until you feel the engine start to stutter, then your at balance point then start to work the throttle and rear brake. It helped me when i was startin out. You may be better off workin your way to balance point rather than tryin to hit it right off the clutch, especially if your not usin the rear brake. As you get higher and higher just start pushin the rear brake to bring you down instead of lettin off the gas. You also may want to turn your idle up a few g's. I also found it easier to learn the rear brake while in a staggard position. Good luck.

 

how so?

 

feel it stutter???????? what the **** are you talking about?????

 

Bring a video camera next time and watch the tape to see where your at. If your gaining speed it means your not at bp yet. If your going to be in the lot, turn up your idle bring it up fast so you have more time and space to find bp.

 

im in 1st gear. i started off at 8rpm, just gettin lil pops so i kept raising rpms. when i got to 12ish it was getting up there.

 

thanks for the help/info guys, muchly appreciated. ill be practicing all weekend, hopefully monday i can relay some good news.

 

im banking on some bad news

 

11-12 grand is too much. u may have to learn to clutch it more efficiently. thats a problem i used to have until i learned to not feather the clutch

 

i think the reason it's doing it is because he is holding it at a steady rpm and popping off the clutch instead of revving the bike and letting the clutch go... that would explain why it takes such high rpm to get it up and why it won't stay up.

 

/\/\ Yup I'm gonna imagine the same cause 11-12k? haha ****** crazy haha

 

dude remember your rear brake. and if your not using it start .

 

+1 U DON'T NEED UR RPMS ANYWHERE NEAR THAT HIGH. MY IDLE IS AROUND 3GS AND I'M GUESSING I SLIP THE CLUTCH AT AROUND 6GS, AND SHE COMES RIGHT UP.

 

holding the rpm steady was a problem of mine too. i learned to just barely pull in the clutch with one finger, give it juice, and just let the clutch go, all in one quick motion.