Ive been doing wheelies for about a mounth, and ive fianaly found the ***** to get it to BP. Its a good feeling, but from what ive seen on this forum its a combination between brake and small throttle adjustments to keep it there. I must say, my weak point is the rear brake. I cover it and all, but I just never use it. Is this why it is so hard for me to keep it at BP? Should I just practice using the brake for awhile, or is it just a safety? Do you guys use the brake alot or is it just as a back up safety?

 

work on throttle control.thats what keeps you there.cover the break or start tapping it some so you can feel how it responds and get used to using it. Practice,practice,practice.

 

with highway wheelies you dont want to use any brake at all.
but for the slow ones you gotta bring it past balance point and just give it a little tap tap tappy.

 

thanks guys, I guess more practice is in order.

 

yeah. practice makes perfect so they say, but with this sport you have to be 100% dedicated because you definitely wont see results right away. i'm no pro or anything, but i've got my slow sitdowns and standups on lock, and it took me a long long time to learn that stuff. i'm startin to work on my scrapes now, and some nights i get so frustrated i want to put a bullet in my gas tank.

 

practice now and get in the habbit of workin the brake it will only help you in the future

 

I had alot of problems with the brake myself i had to adjust it alot,I moved it down a bit and kinda bent it out a bit so i could get to it without to much trouble

 

You should practice it every day over and over and over till it's a reflex that requires no thought.... and your better off the quicker you learn it.

brake is used for everything all the time... cept highway power wheelies

 

congrats man.. i gotta man up and start tryin to clutch it up also.. i did it once accidentaly andmy nads got crushed oh how i wish i could power wheelie the F4 lmao

 

Ok. Learn to use the brake. Got it. Thanks for all the advice.

 

why the hell did i get a reputation thing in my CP from this thread?

 

i like danger daves advice, I myself am 100% commited and learned back brake this winter, now I got to check my wobbles at the door!!! I simply went to a parking lot and clutched up some 1st gear 5 m.p.h. wheelies and either looped out or found out how much a little back brake can make loading your bike a little less painfull!!! GOOD work bro.. keep it up and make sure you were plenty of gear!!!!

 

if you dont know anyhting about brake control..get a buddies wheeler or something so you can somewhat get a feel for it and know when to use it my

 

yeah it took me a while to learn, i didnt have the funds for a fiddy so i just had to learn the hard way, one time i accidentally 12'd and it felt like it wanted to stall so i was like aggghhh!!!, and i jumped off. and i still have a fricken crack in my frame from rattrappin like 10million times. so yeah if you have access to a quad or somethin use that so you can gain some skillz to crossrefference and any mistakes you make wont be frames and subframes.