i get asked alot "how do ride a slow wheelie" and stuff like that.. so i figured id write a "how to" as best i can.. so for all that wanna read... here goes..

How to wheelie like the 5 Foot Assasin A.K.A. Prozak


First things first, find your most comfortable wheelie. Mine was a standup with the left foot on the rear peg. This is for most the easiest way to learn 12’s. Some people like sit-downs ( I can’t ride a sit-down for my life) but whatever works. Now keep in mind for most people this takes months to even get a constant speed wheelie. DO NOT GO OUT TRYING TO SCRAPE, YOU WILL CRASH lol. The first thing you need to do is know how your bikes gonna react when u clutch it up. So go out to your favorite spot throw your bike in 1st gear and clutch it and make sure u know where its going to go. After u got that down the hard part is getting the brake down. Before you can scrape, drag whatever you have to have the brake down as instinct. Most people when they get about 11 O’clock they freak out and don’t cover the brake then crash. So follow the next step and you’ll save your self from that. To get the brake at first seems impossible, so don’t get discouraged. Get in your favorite wheelie stance or sit, put your foot on the rear brake. Now I start my wheelies already on the brake (not too hard or it wont come up). Clutch it up nice and high and when you think its pretty high hit the brake and set it down. Its literally going to take thousands of tries but keep doing this clutching it up real high then hitting the brake. What i do that helped me learn is dont mess with the throttle when your learning brake control. i clutch it up to about 10 O'clock and ease off the gas a little and hold it in the same spot, but its enough throttle to make the bike wanna keep going up. with that done i play with the brake, it makes it a little easier with not so many variables. Eventually when you hit the brake you wont hit it hard enough to put it down you’ll ease into the brake to lower it but still keep the front wheel up. If you get to this point your very close. Just keep practicing holding the wheelie up and using the brake. With lots of time and practice the brake will be instinct and from then on you can do whatever you want. You’ll be able to tip it back and scrape in no time.


Hope this helps...
Anyone else wanna add ??
Let me know if i missed anything

 

It is funny how some people can only do sit-downs while other can only do a standup wheelie. I can wheelie so much further in a sit-down. I have long *** legs and arms and when I stand up and lock out my arms it feels like I am pulling the bike over with my weight and not from the throttle. Are you leaning back on your standup? Already made the mistake of clutching it too hard and missing the back brake. I slammed my exhaust into the ground and crashed.

 

my weight is back... hanging off the ****...

 

the img dont work for me or im a retard..

 

Very nice post. I couldnt of said it better. When i was learning i used to go back in forth in parking lot for a good hour just getting the feel of clutching it up at slow speeds. The key that finally got me semi comfortable with it was riding the rear brake hard just getting used to the feel even before i brought it back. Once you can ride a wheelie riding that break thats not accelerating much if at all...its more comfortable to let it fall back. Riding that brake also seems to keep the bike upright.

Heres a question for you all. My scrape bar is way past 12...my bike stands on that back bar at like 12:30 or so (the tip of my race tail actually passes the bar so my actual tail scrapes first then my bar). Trying to learn 12's with this bar is hard...the bike slows down alot before it ever scrapes because no matter how much i push that brake it dont come back down. I guess thats the whole point but i get scwerly before i bring it back down cus im going so slow...still practicing getting the bike to stay upright. It falling to side is screwing me up. Im sick of stunting my R6 i think it just sucks as a stunt bike haha. I need to put more weight on my left rear peg but i cant get myself too. Well im out now with a bad sprained wrist so i have to start over with 12's when im back at it. Sucks i was just starting to get them too then i crash riding backwards...bleh...

So i think another good rule to add to your post on 12's is learning them with a bar where your bike isnt totally at 12 oclock will make it easier...then slowly drop the bar back to 12..then a bit past 12 to park it and do 12 combos and such.

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12 oclock ...help me out with my 12's please :cool:

 

that 12 wasnt that bad... and yea the further back your going the harder it is... but a bar like yours is very stable when its on it...


i wouldnt suggest learning with a bar at all.. dont think about scraping until your comfortable with the slow ****... and one time youll just go back far enough to scrape your tail.. if you learn with a bar i think you might rely on it to keep you from going over... where without a bar makes u learn the brake...


my .02


HAPPY 12'n

 

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i just read your how-to and it really gave me a lot of info, so first, thanks i have an f4i too, your pics always get me stoked. right now i am running -1 on my frotn sprockets thats it. seems cool for tank wheelies flamingos and everything. i was wondering what revs you started doing your 1st gear clutching at for 12s? first gear right? i wanna start like you said just hittin a parkin lot tryin to hold it at like 10 oclock before i even worry about anything like 12. just wondering at what rev i should be poppin it at to get it to come up nice and easy?

thanks!




Figured id answer on here incase anyone wants to read



Oh no prob on the post... always like helpin ppl out...

as far as the revs.. youll learn to snap it higher and higher with practice.. now i can go straight to my bar....
but revs.. honestly i dont look at my tach.. but i have one down in the front also and i step on the rear brake b4 i snap it up and almost bog the bike out to slow it down.. and give it a good clutch.. the more u clutch it the faster it comes up.. meaning you are going slower when it gets where it needs to be... so dont worry about revs.. worry about height..

let me know if that helps

 

Good post man! You forgot the key true lesson that I still have not mastered yet....Pulling the dick out of my *** and JUST DOT IT .

 

HAHAHAHAAHAHA yea that too LMAO... more like pull your dick outta the tank and hang off the back of the bitch... lol

 

Good job. You look real close to being able to ride them. When I watched the video I noticed that the bike tipped to the left side and that you were standing on the left rear peg. That makes sense because that's where more of your weight is. If you are consistantly tipping to the left then you need to adjust your weight to balance it out. Try moving your upper body more to the right or away from the direction the bike is tipping. I could also tell that even before the bike started to tip to the side it sounded like you had closed the throttle. That causes the bike to flop more than anything else. When you're first getting it up that high there's nothing harder than stopping your thottle hand from closing the throttle because that's what your survival reaction is telling your hand to do. But you have to convince yourself to keep the throttle open and just use more brake if it's going too high. The smoother you are on the throttle, the straighter the bike will go. I'm assuming that you're running low pressure in the rear tire (everyone seems to go with around 20lbs.) Good luck