I've been practicing my *** off the past few months to ride wheelies. I can now say I am MUCH better than when I was practicing, before I got some tips from you guys. BTW Thanks to this site.
Problem I am having is staying in the balance point. Do you guys use throttle to adjust or body weight or a bit of both? When I'm holding it up in 2nd in a staggard stance, My RPM's seem more stable when I'm pulling on the bars, leaning back a bit. But at times I need more throttle to keep it up and I end up going about 80+mph.
Also how do you guys slow it down from lets say 70 to 40? <--did all this make any sense
Thanks in advance

 

rear brake control... once im at BP, i just sorta stay there, even without the brake.... just practice ur brake control...

 

okay, lets say you are in front of the bp and the only thing thats getting higher are your RPM's what do you do to bring you to the bp. Lean back more?

 

my rear brake pads have been wore all the way down for months,if you want to slow them down use 1st gear.i just leaning back and engine brake to go behind or back infront of the balance point. its taken me months but i can hold the BP in first for a long *** time now..just practice

 

Here's what I do on my xt 600, if it helps.
Pull her up in second gear real fast, just outta first with low rpms, stright to balance point or as near as possible.

From here on out I'm sailing!!!! All I need to do afterwards is tap the brake and/or adjust my body when I feel trouble coming.

The key thing to remember here is that finding the BP real fast is what helps to slow your wheelies down right out the gate, then your on to braking in front of the BP and thats where it get real tricky!!

I had to practice hitting the rear brake all through my daily commute to and from work, while on two wheels or one wheel the key was to learn to react quickly to dips. Believe me it probably sounds crazy but it saved my hide over and over again.
I would apply light brake presssure, stamp the brake, snap the throttle, stand up snap the throttle all in an effort to get use to the "dip and brake and then throttle again". It teaches you not to panic when you hit a dip but instead keep on the gas and balance it out with the rear brake.

Today I bust my a$$ real good, slammed her up in first by mistake, I always come up in second gear, but today I screwed up big time!! No brake in the world could of stopped her with the amount of throttle I put on her in first!!
Stuff happens so be safe "OneWheeler".

 

if you are behind the balance point, your rpms will not be increasing...

 

I meant in front. sorry had to edit original reply.

 

So when your at bp are you steady on the gas or on and off. ALso do you get off the gas and push the rear break or do you stay on the gas and push the brake

 

When truly at the balance point, you're steady on the gas. You only roll on/off when you need to. Keep on practicing and you'll eventually get the feel of it. It's kinda hard to explain, you just have to feel for it. I also don't use the back brake. I keep it covered but I rely on my throttle to control my height.