I see that you ride a F4i, and I have a question for you.
I have a 2002 F4i and I am trying to learn the key to 1+mile standup wheelies. Right now, I bounce/clutch my STOCK F4i in 2nd gear and can only ride it for about 100 to 200 yards. Thanks in advance.

 

Balance point dude, that's the key for every long wheelie on any bike.

 

I had the same problem, the guys told me balance point so here is wath you do. 2nd gear clutch. bring up the bike at about 30mph. bring it up vertical to point where you don't need to rev. use your back brake to prevent you from gaining speed. that way your gear never limit and you can ride for miles be carefull

 

the faster u get to the balance point the easier it is to ride for distance, you can use the rear brake but if you are good enough with the throttle you won't have to, small movements with the throttle, practice

 

yup.. pratice pratice pratice..

oddly enough, I RARLEY do 2nd gear wheelies..

most of the **** I do, is in first gear ~30mph... and yes, I just clutch it up at a slow speed.. so it comes up fast.. but I'm used to it coming up like that, so I KNOW when to adjust throttle input..

all it takes is comfortability with having the bike up on one wheel..

if you've only had the front wheel up one time, the balance point will DEFINATLEY feel like your falling backwards and you may panic and crash..

wheras when you've had it up 1000 times, you KNOW where the balance point is, and how far back you can go...

all it takes, like was stated, is pratice... with pratice it will come.. hell I can remember when I thought my 4" power wheelie was pimp ****

start out small, and gradually progress.. it's not easy to balance a 400lb bike..

 

i thought i was helping you with this like 2-3months ago mkg.

 

he just saw my pimp *** new avatar and couldn't help himself

 

Usualsuspects what up!!
Yes you did help me out a whole lot, but I always try to seek advice just to get a different outlook on things. HOLLA

 

well, I don't do many 2nd gear wheelies, so I really cant help ya much there...

hell, it usually takes me like 2-3 tries to even get it UP to the balance point... it's so hard to get the damn timing down I usually clutch it before the bike starts to rebound..

but the balance point comes with time and pratice..

 

in your only riding it for that distance your probably not at the bp, work on height and the rest will come

 

BLER, on your first gear standup wheelies, do you sit down before you clutch to get it up, or do you stand up first and then clutch the bike to get it up.

I also want to learn first gear standups, but was learning 2nd gear standups for the highway. I have been practicing first gear sitdowns power/clutch wheelies to get the feel of the bike to learn my first gear standups for next spring. I just need the advice to learn first gear standups. Thanks to all in advance once again!!!!!!

 

i standup first, then clutch it at about 7k(guessing because I don't actually look)... while i'm rolling at like 5-7mph

first gear wheelies are definatley more 'twitchey' since your throttle inputs are much more sensitive, so be carefull and remember throttle controll

 

At that speed do you even need to bounce or chop throttle? Do you recommend learning this for a person who's kind of new to stunting (or relearning I should say). Or should I be focused on other things first?

 

as far as recomendation for someone new to stunting... pratice power wheelies to get the feeling for the wheel off the ground, then progress to clutching it up (witch is much more predictable)