Tried Some New Tandem Stunts
05-26-2007, 12:13 PM
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Tried Some New Tandem Stunts
tried out a few new tandem stunts yesterday, pretty much only got some of the things we tried, and were just starting to do this so not the greatest yet but here they are
05-26-2007, 03:03 PM
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05-26-2007, 04:26 PM
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Re: Tried Some New Tandem Stunts
Great start!!!! A couple tips for ya:
1st pic, "Minesweeper"-- To get her extended out more & closer to touching the ground she needs to scoot up as close to the windscreen as possible, it should be hitting right at her lowest back right above the butt. It is sketchier hanging on, she will have to grip you with the her heels & calves so make sure she is strong & ease into it until both feel secure!
2nd pic-- a variation of that that looks better, is a tad more difficult & looks better is the "Woods" (the inventer) or "Star/Starfish" as it has also come to be called: She sits in your seat with you in seat stander so her crotch is resting on the tops of your feet. Start that way or she will slide down onto the as you rise up, you don't want any additional weight transerefnce whenever possible as a general guideline. She should arch her back to keep her shoulders pressed against the tank, and extend as usual as soon as the wheelie is stabilized. It also saves her from blocing your view or leaning to look around her as in the pictures above.
Those spreaders look awesome!!
Any questions you have I'm happy to help, cuz I like to see tandem stunting be as extreme as possible when its something people want to do, too many pussyfooters out there making it look like a joke! You guys look off to a great start though so keep it up!! =)
1st pic, "Minesweeper"-- To get her extended out more & closer to touching the ground she needs to scoot up as close to the windscreen as possible, it should be hitting right at her lowest back right above the butt. It is sketchier hanging on, she will have to grip you with the her heels & calves so make sure she is strong & ease into it until both feel secure!
2nd pic-- a variation of that that looks better, is a tad more difficult & looks better is the "Woods" (the inventer) or "Star/Starfish" as it has also come to be called: She sits in your seat with you in seat stander so her crotch is resting on the tops of your feet. Start that way or she will slide down onto the as you rise up, you don't want any additional weight transerefnce whenever possible as a general guideline. She should arch her back to keep her shoulders pressed against the tank, and extend as usual as soon as the wheelie is stabilized. It also saves her from blocing your view or leaning to look around her as in the pictures above.
Those spreaders look awesome!!
Any questions you have I'm happy to help, cuz I like to see tandem stunting be as extreme as possible when its something people want to do, too many pussyfooters out there making it look like a joke! You guys look off to a great start though so keep it up!! =)
05-27-2007, 12:28 PM
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05-28-2007, 10:17 AM
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Re: Tried Some New Tandem Stunts
i'm not comfortable at all bringing my head up, i can tell how high i am much easier with my head down, a buddy of mine does them at higher speeds and always looks up, couple days ago he looped it from a slapper. i'll stick to doin it the way i feel comfortable doing it
05-28-2007, 10:29 AM
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Re: Tried Some New Tandem Stunts
Great start!!!! A couple tips for ya:
1st pic, "Minesweeper"-- To get her extended out more & closer to touching the ground she needs to scoot up as close to the windscreen as possible, it should be hitting right at her lowest back right above the butt. It is sketchier hanging on, she will have to grip you with the her heels & calves so make sure she is strong & ease into it until both feel secure!
2nd pic-- a variation of that that looks better, is a tad more difficult & looks better is the "Woods" (the inventer) or "Star/Starfish" as it has also come to be called: She sits in your seat with you in seat stander so her crotch is resting on the tops of your feet. Start that way or she will slide down onto the as you rise up, you don't want any additional weight transerefnce whenever possible as a general guideline. She should arch her back to keep her shoulders pressed against the tank, and extend as usual as soon as the wheelie is stabilized. It also saves her from blocing your view or leaning to look around her as in the pictures above.
Those spreaders look awesome!!
Any questions you have I'm happy to help, cuz I like to see tandem stunting be as extreme as possible when its something people want to do, too many pussyfooters out there making it look like a joke! You guys look off to a great start though so keep it up!! =)
1st pic, "Minesweeper"-- To get her extended out more & closer to touching the ground she needs to scoot up as close to the windscreen as possible, it should be hitting right at her lowest back right above the butt. It is sketchier hanging on, she will have to grip you with the her heels & calves so make sure she is strong & ease into it until both feel secure!
2nd pic-- a variation of that that looks better, is a tad more difficult & looks better is the "Woods" (the inventer) or "Star/Starfish" as it has also come to be called: She sits in your seat with you in seat stander so her crotch is resting on the tops of your feet. Start that way or she will slide down onto the as you rise up, you don't want any additional weight transerefnce whenever possible as a general guideline. She should arch her back to keep her shoulders pressed against the tank, and extend as usual as soon as the wheelie is stabilized. It also saves her from blocing your view or leaning to look around her as in the pictures above.
Those spreaders look awesome!!
Any questions you have I'm happy to help, cuz I like to see tandem stunting be as extreme as possible when its something people want to do, too many pussyfooters out there making it look like a joke! You guys look off to a great start though so keep it up!! =)
thanx man, and we have done a few different variations of other things as well just didn't get the pix for them. i have to look around her though no matter what, idk if you realized from the pix or not, i am only 5'4 and my girl is 5'5 very difficult to be over her back and reach the bars and still see around her. we have done the actual starfish with her in my seat, i did it with a flamingo as well. spreaders we have been doing the longest for sure and we got those mastered, thatsd more of a highway trick i guess, the rest of the stuff is quite slow, 1st or 2nd gear and my bike is geared down quite a bit. w'll try to do that in the minesweeper to get better extension. she extended her feet as well yesterday and my windshield snapped pretty much in 2 lol.
couple more pix. we need to get some pix of the ones we dont even have any for
05-28-2007, 01:38 PM
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Re: Tried Some New Tandem Stunts
Yeah that looks great! Try cutting down your windscreen & getting a nice stay behind it for support, talk to Warped Toys about one that has bars for her to hold onto, both Bill D & Conway have them on their R6's and it allows alot more HC variations etc.
pics look good btw 
05-30-2007, 06:58 PM
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Re: Tried Some New Tandem Stunts
haha sorry my bad, i'll look into that becuz we actually just snapped my windshield in half trying to extent the mindsweeper a bit, guess it was a little too much pressure for a sportech windshield, although it was already shaved down becuz i broke it doin long highchairs but she cracked it once then the next time it just snapped on us.
have you had any wrecks from trying tandem stuff? just curious
have you had any wrecks from trying tandem stuff? just curious
