ok i need some help covering the back brake ,i can wheelie as long as i need to thats not the problem ,i am a bigger guy and over the years ended up muscling my wheelies i use my body and my mass to balance out when doing a wheelie but i relie all on that and the gas to save my *** if it goes to far i just cant seem to learn how to cover the brake its like i can never get my foot in place any one else have this problem and i am not just talking about slow wheelies im talking about all kinds of wheelies ,fast ,slow , power you name it and i realy want to learn to cover the brake b/c looping is no fun i just did that 2 weeks ago and that was on a slow wheelie and it hurt like hell and i dont want to find out whats its like at 80mph on the highway thats for sure
thanks for any help

 

What I do is conciously put my foot over the brake lever BEFORE i do the wheelie, then.... listen carefully... i use the brake to play with the wheelie, not the gas, i keep the gas consistent but use the back brake to bring it back down.

Then it's in my head as a survival reaction that if i need to bring the tire down I use my foot instead of my hand, so if i get too close to going over i BY INSTINCT hit the rear brake, haven't looped yet...

opinions are welcome on this method... i don't know how many other riders do this... probably not many LOL

usually i just keep my foot lightly over it before the wheelie though

 

did you raise the lever up at all cuz i never feel it or dont notice it lol

 

i am was the same way. . . until i looped my shiz. if im sitting i sit further back, and if im doing standups its with the left foot on the rear peg, both of these positions alow me to cover the rear brake better. if i did it the old way i couldnt physically cover the brake without putting pressure on it at all time. in both of these cases your body will be behind the brake allowing more room for your leg to stretch out

 

I do the same thing with the left foot on the passenger pegs and right foot on the brake, i just hold a small amount of brake all the time, it works for me...

 

my foot seems to be pointing up in the air when over the back brake not much but a bit is that about where the lever should be ?

 

you need to just go straight with both wheels on the ground and lock up your rear tire a couple times. then when you start to wheelie, hit the brake about the first 5 wheelies you pull. then you just have to remeber to cover your rear brake. worked for me and i used to have major probs hitting the brake.