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Wheelie help!!!! Setup? What am I doing wrong?

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Old Jul 19, 2013 | 06:54 PM
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Default Wheelie help!!!! Setup? What am I doing wrong?
Im trying to figure out how to get this front end up!!!!

I have a 94 dyna fxdx

The thing has power, I just cant figure out what I need to change.

Anyone know a little more on this subject that could help me out?
 
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Old Jul 19, 2013 | 07:20 PM
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Seems to me that ya need to slide further back on the seat while yanking up on the handle bars when ya hit it. Never tried it myself cause I really don't want to dump my RG but I did do that with a 350 Honda inside the hobby shop at Coronado Amphib Base back in the early 70s.
 
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Old Jul 19, 2013 | 07:22 PM
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this should be good
 
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Change the gearing and hit it harder.
 
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Buy a crotch rocket or better yet, a dirt bike! Why in the world do you want to do a wheelie with a Harley?
 
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Buy a crotch rocket or better yet, a dirt bike! Why in the world do you want to do a wheelie with a Harley?
My thoughts exactly
 
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Old Jul 19, 2013 | 10:43 PM
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get a dirt bike!
 
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It's not worth it, yeah it's cool an all but when u break your cases or fvck up the tranny you'll be pissed.
 
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Wheelies are for dirtbikes. If you have to ask how to do one, you have no business doing it.
 
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Too long, too low a center of gravity and perhaps not enough torque on tap at the gear-speed-combination when you try it. I actually like that my FXDF does neither wheelies nor stoppies.
 
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