ok, so i'm not scared of 12ing my bike like everyone saw, but i usually clutch it in first and it snapps up and i hit the brake and it taps the bar then i bring it down....I am horrible at slow wheelies riding them though. I wnat to be able to bring it up and just get it back high and slow it down so then i can actually have control. Right now i clutch it up and i get to the balance point and start using the brake and i either don't brake enough, i brake too hard (most of the time), i'm weird on the throttle, or i get side to side wobble. Usually i'll brake too hard then use the throttle and fight it back and forth and get violent and then side to side. How do i make these smooth? I'm using about 3k rpms on my idle to help but i can't get the throttle smooth and i can't get my brake pressure right and also my side to side balance is horrible....please, someone smack me in the head and make it work or soemthing. I'll be in michigan this next weekend at the show so if anyone wants to show me what i'm diong wrong, i'd appreciate it.

it's frustrating me beyond belief and i'm getting tired of my bike fast like this. I need these to do more tricks though.

 

I turn my idle up to 5,000 it helps alot...but I'm still a newbie

3,000 doesn't seem to be enough to fight the brake...what I mean is that it doesn't seem like it would have enough power to over come too much braking...just my 2 cents

 

Dude you have a fiddy........ use it, it will teach you alot.

 

i wreck the fiddy a lot....i have the same problem, too much brake. Also it seems to be harder on my big bike to stay side to side stable, i don't know what i'm doing wrong.

 

It just takes time to get the brake control down........ as far as the side to side motion, try moving your knees in and out to counterbalance your fall, so if you start to fall to the right just throw your left knee out.......... just keep at ti and it will come.

 

cool thanks.

is there a better body position i could use? like, lock my legs or put a knee into the side of the bike or anything like that?

I happens real bad wheni try my foot on my 12 bar, i can't keep balance on that thing for nothing. any tips on it?