looking for advice I;ve been practicing slow wheelies on my 03 r6 with stock gears,10 psi in the rear tire, and idel at 3k. having trouble finding the balance point Ive goin back far enough where I've sraped the the tail but my reaction is to hit the rear brake then I just come back down. Can't seem to keep the wheelie goin at a constant speed I just keep speeding up

 

need more practice!

 

yea I know just looking for some tips to get the hang of it

 

if your hitting the tail and not crashing then your getting it ,,,,keep it up

 

I hit the tail then hard on the rear brake so I come down hard but cn't seem to stay in the wheelie or at BP

 

be smoother on the brake apply it sooner but not as hard

 

I hear ya, but it's so sensitive and my natural reaction is to hit the brake hard cause I don't wanna loop it. Still getting used to throwin the bike up slow I'm real inconsistint

 

i had an 03 r6 and i would bring it up in third and then slow down when i was learning ,,,,its less choppy

 

i never got it up in third are you goin fast? I have stock gears, can you explain

 

U can scrape but u cant find balance point????... Knock that **** off!

 

cant scrap just tap the tail and come back down I'm workin on it

 

stock gear is how i learned ....stand ups from 3rd start at about 35 mph and get it nice and smooth then start slowing it down ....when you can go like 15mph every time then try going from a dig in first

 

what do yo mean.....when you can go like 15mph every time... when you can slow it down to that speed?

 

I can do wheelies in 2nd and hit BP but can't slow down that much

 

12:38 - 3:02 In that amount of time you could have got a lot of practice in.

 

This calls for more practice. It's good that your instinct is to slam on the rear brake when you tip too far, instead of what most n00bs do which is just loop. Practice, and pretty soon that feeling will become natural, and you'll begin to feather the brake.

 

Ride the brake. Then slowly ease off, and see how little brake you need to give it without increasing speed.

Don't do this for too long, at one period of time you will cook your brake.

 

yup

 

thanks guys I'll put you advice to work

 

its all about throttle control too, once it feels balanced, slowly bring it back even more, but very SLOWLY

the way you position your weight can have a lot to do with it also