Wheelie help!!!! Setup? What am I doing wrong?
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From: Eastern NE
I feel the same about all that chrome and leather to be honest. A new generation of riders is here and we don't want to just cruise around national parks and chat with our wife's on the back through a Bluetooth intercom. This was just to honestly get some advice. I grew up on bikes, I'm young and honestly have always enjoyed pushing the limits on anything I do. Cruise up on your bagger to the bar... Cool, maybe snap a few old broad. Ride by on a wheelie and watch the pu** melt on your face.
Just bust'n your chops, but seriously - do your wheelies "away" from everyone else...nothing ruins lives more than a speeding HD bullet launching into cars, or crowds. May sound/look cool, but things can go awry real fast and then you'll have no means to turn back the clock & think twice about potential risk(s).
Tourer
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Another thing to consider is that without proper power and good technique trying to do a wheelie is hard on your handlebars where they mount to the triple tree........good way to strip or crack the mount bracket etc, especially if you have Apes.......I have seen Apes actually break before.
Cruiser
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[QUOTE=pikeysxtcob;11544704]I feel the same about all that chrome and leather to be honest. A new generation of riders is here and we don't want to just cruise around national parks and chat with our wife's on the back through a Bluetooth intercom. This was just to honestly get some advice. I grew up on bikes, I'm young and honestly have always enjoyed pushing the limits on anything I do.
I have this argument with chromosexuals all the time just for having 13 inch Shocks instead of slamming it
I have this argument with chromosexuals all the time just for having 13 inch Shocks instead of slamming it
Road Captain
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why does he have the wrong machine??? and what would be the correct machine??? dynas, fxr's, baggers, wheelie all the time here in the CA bay area...pretty much all HD models except softtails are capable of banging wheelies.
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From: NC
2. Install a Heavy Duty Screamin Eagle cluch spring or Barnett scorpion clutch with the heaviest springs you can pull at the lever.
3. Sticky rear tire like an Avon Venom.
As always engine work makes wheelies easier. Get the bike rolling into the sweet spot of the powerband, let off the throttle to load front end, grab some throttle, slip the clutch and pull up. If a wheelie doesnt happen here u did it wrong.
Most of these guys have heavily modded engines I believe, but you can see how its done in this video.
Last edited by parts eeter; Jul 20, 2013 at 10:58 AM.
Road Master
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Uhh. Dynas are perfect wheelie machines.
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Belt works fine and the gearing on 5 speed bikes is mint. I'd gear down a 6 speed bike.
Avons aren't very sticky
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I feel the same about all that chrome and leather to be honest. A new generation of riders is here and we don't want to just cruise around national parks and chat with our wife's on the back through a Bluetooth intercom. This was just to honestly get some advice. I grew up on bikes, I'm young and honestly have always enjoyed pushing the limits on anything I do.
I have this argument with chromosexuals all the time just for having 13 inch Shocks instead of slamming it
I have this argument with chromosexuals all the time just for having 13 inch Shocks instead of slamming it
Avons aren't very sticky
Last edited by vdop; Jul 20, 2013 at 12:03 PM.
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Road Master
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From: Albuquerque, New Mexico
On several occasions I've had to roll off a bit of throttle and lean forward to AVOID doing a wheelie on my
dead stock 2009 FXDC when accelerating hard from very low speeds (no wheel spin) so there's no question
that they are quite capable of it.
I did an unexpected wheelie on my 2009 XL1200C, (traded in of the FXDC), making a full-throttle, hard
shift from 1st to 2nd and carried the front wheel about 18" in the air for well over 100 feet merging into
heavy truck traffic on the interstate and was damn glad it came down straight.
Once was enough..
dead stock 2009 FXDC when accelerating hard from very low speeds (no wheel spin) so there's no question
that they are quite capable of it.
I did an unexpected wheelie on my 2009 XL1200C, (traded in of the FXDC), making a full-throttle, hard
shift from 1st to 2nd and carried the front wheel about 18" in the air for well over 100 feet merging into
heavy truck traffic on the interstate and was damn glad it came down straight.
Once was enough..
Road Warrior
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From: Glen Mills, PA
Using the front brakes help. What ever speed or gear you are in, tap the front break until you feel the front dive and load the front fork springs, then let off and hammer it. The preloaded front will help get the front up. Works really well.