TooTall...am a wheelie buff... but ave tried a few times wi ma XTR but it does come up but it needs a good handfu befiore it`ll do it.... am gonna go fur a 14 tooth sprock...that`l make all the difference....a have only 300 mile on ma bike its got pipes an filters... but ave had plenty 650 trailies which wid eat this thing in wheelies... but a hopin a need ma engine tae slacken off..... sit a wee bit further back than normal riding postion.... 2nd gear...roll on... slip the clutch an a big handfu.... an hopefully ye`ll be seein fresh air... mind that back brake....keep it covered at all times...I try but a dont always cover it.... ma last outin on ma old xl500R cost me 4 months when a flipped it...that wis 30 months ago....a now have a we limp...an its jist not right.....John

A wee pic tae urge ye tae cover that back brake

ouch...jeez John i can see why you'd be out for 4 months with that...anyway cheers for advice and yes - i'll be covering that back brake...and praying...lol :eusa_pray:

PS - what footwear did u have on? Remind me not to buy any.... ;-)

....90BHP :evil1: (Standard)

Gross!

Mine does...:evil: :evil: :evil: ...just. (with mods!)

John,

I was going to ask you about 2nd gear mingers, I read you wheelie 'resume' in another post, so you seem to be the man for advice on that sort of thing.

1st gear wheelies on the XTX are not a problem and are a source of great enjoyment from every set of lights, but its all over too quick, usually by the other side of the lights I've hit the rev limiter. I'd consider a clutchless gear change, except for the fact that it cost me $2000 to replace a few gears on an R6 - farked from a years worth of clutchless gear changes while wheelying... don't want to go there again with Yammy gear boxes.

I've nearly totally shagged my XTXs chain trying to work out 2nd gear wheelies using the idea that wheelies are supposed to be based on torque, not valve bouncing revs... I just can't work it out - I've tried launching it from a few revs, up to "a lot",but obviously not 'enough'... and if 'enough' is any more than the most I've tried so far, IMHO its too risky...

So you're saying that unless you thrash the nuts off it, a stock XTX is not going to come up in second anway? (at least not without a rish of putting a foot peg through you foot)...

Mic.

Here are some old photos of me in my young days, I was obsessed with wheelies.

Want to wheelie, first step learn the back brake, that's your life saver. Wheeling has nothing to do with balance, it's being in total control. It's all about throttle & brake control as soon as the front wheel leaves the ground.

You need to first need to learn the rear brake, to do this you need to train you mind when to push the rear brake. As most riders take their feet off the pegs as soon as the front wheel gets to high.

Fit a 14 tooth sprocket for training. You first need to pop the clutch in 2nd gear at low RPM & hit the rear brake as soon as it gets up. After a few hours your mine will know that the brake will save you. You must repeat this process over & over getting the bike higher & higher, until the front wheel is well over your head. If you battle to push the rear brake, try riding the brake a little when popping the front wheel up, or adjust the rear brake pedal up. Do not let the motor rev out, you must save the bike with the rear brake, just shoot it up, brake & straight down, that all you need to do for now. That's how I learn't

Then once you are sure your foot will save you, shoot the bike & this time add a little blip of throttle & over time you will get the action, throttle brake, throttle brake.

For a smooth wheelie you would be applying brake pressure all the time against the throttle, I.E. riding the rear brake as well as accelerating.
I will never wheelie a bike if it does not have a good rear brake

Kev the wheelie god, nice one, good advice, but what about suitable clothing, its a bit cold here at the moment for shorts!!!!!!:002: :002: :002:

Kev. is that an auld xl500s in one of those pics.... the best bike ave ever had fur wheelieing was a xl500R very easy tae come up...a kin do wheelies but am having a terrible time wi this xt660R it wont come up easy...ye need tae persist an gie it masses o throttle tryin tae get it it up ib 2nd slippin the clutch.....:icon_scoot[1]: