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I have been trying to turn over a new leaf and was wondering if others have done the same?

I have had a passion for wheelies my whole motorcycling life. Loved my unicycle as a kid. Loved to balance on things all the time when I had one or two wheels under me. But I made a commitment here recently to stop doing them and have so far done well. On my ride to Redmond and back I didnt do one/NADA! Altho I watched a Oregon Motorcycle Officer do one while he was leaving the MOA parking lot! Gave me a big smile. I have decided my days of riding long distances on one wheel is over for me at the age of 55. Mainly due to the fact many of my buddies have racked up some really screwed up medical events from acting like we are fearless teenagers. I will still do little power lifts on roads that have sharp rises and drops, just no more rockin on the back wheel.

So my question to you posters is?

A Do you still wheelie (power it up and ride it on one wheel)

B Lift the wheel a little ( short bursts for $#IT$ and giggles)

C Never purposely do one ( Smarter than that/scares the $#iT outta ya)

00weel wrote:I have been trying to turn over a new leaf ... etc

Geez, 00. That was such a good start. I really thought for a moment that ..... oh never mind. Grin.

Anyway, Nup, not since I had a dirt bike a long time ago.

A modified "C."

I never do it on purpose, but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy it when I accelerate out of a turn and realize I've lifted the front wheel.

I did find it a little disconcerting the first time I rode the Duc with my wife on the back down at sea level. I was used to the 20% power loss at 6500 feet. When visiting Victoria Canada, I found that riding two up I was wheelieing at about 1/4 throttle when leaving stoplights with my wife on the back. I suggested she hang on.

I jump the front tire, now and then, on the the GS. The first time it was accidental.

Maybe most here on this site have ridden mostly street?

I have never done a wheely or a stoppy, I guess I'm a weenie. Hell I probably wouldn't even know how to do a wheely. I'd probably dump it if I tried.

When you were doing lot's of wheelys in your youth maybe your handle should've been 0weel?

Steve in Golden wrote:I have never done a wheely or a stoppy, I guess I'm a weenie. Hell I probably wouldn't even know how to do a wheely. I'd probably dump it if I tried.

When you were doing lot's of wheelys in your youth maybe your handle should've been 0weel?

SIG,

I think it has more to do with smaller lighter dirt bikes being easier to ride doing a wheelie and cost a lot less to dump.
Add in most dirt bike riding gets started in ones youth may be a reason why?

So you are not a weenie! I think most would say the same, learning in dirt, doing certain things you can't on a street
bike give an advantage for some who were fortunate to have a dirt bike background before going street versus going street to dirt.

On a light high powered bike it's hard NOT to wheelie constantly and for looong distances, and at high speeds.
On a airhead, first, maybe second gear is about it....
I'm sure some guys can wheelie a airhead for miles.
FOR ME airhead torque reaction (as opposed to a transverse engine) makes it hard to go straight for very long.
and the relatively marginal power/weight ratio means...well you all know what that means.

On my Shitzuki I will do second gear power wheelies occasionally. In the dirt I do them all the time. I don't like to force my airhead to do stuff like that. Sometimes if I'm coming over a rise with the R bike, I'll keep the front wheel of the ground.

TT600 A+B
R100RS B only in 1st from a standing start.

But then I'm only 48