Sportster wheelies?
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Sportster wheelies?
Do you pop wheelies? I saw a Nightster at Bike Week popping them a lot. At the cost of damaging spokes, blowing fork seals and the chance of dumping my bike, I got the front wheel off the ground about 6 inches today just to see if a 1200 Custom would do it. Once was enough for me, sure a hell of a different feeling between going up on a crotch rocket and a Sportster.
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RE: Sportster wheelies?
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I also ripped a valve stem off a tube one time by rotating my rear tire on the rim doing wheelies. I tend to stand it up FAST.
Doesn't mean I stopped doin em. I'm not an *** hole about it or anything, I just LOVE riding hard. I'll also say this...doing them when riding in groups isn't a good idea...if anything goes wrong, you could hurt alot more people than just yourself. I may do some stupid **** from time to time, but at least I do it alone.
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RE: Sportster wheelies?
I've never wheelied anything over 650cc. Not because I didn't try. Just that my old Lowrider simply would not do it. It would rather smoke the back tire. I think I did get about 3/4 inch of air one time going over some railroad tracks. Didn't like the feel at all!!!
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RE: Sportster wheelies?
When I was a kid I did them all the time on my '72 Ironhead. First time I did one after extending the forks, I didn't realize what effect the raised front end would have and I went up and over. I'm older now and only occasionally pop the frone wheel off the ground, but never a good wheelie though. My bones are more brittle thant they used to be, and it costs more these days to put the bike back together than it did when I was a kid.