Triumphrat

Spooner · 07-02-2006

Now that all my tweaking of the bike is done (hear Mick sigh from relief) I feel totally depressed and I feel the need for a new challenge....so I thought learning how to power wheelie my bike sounded like a grand idea!

Anyone here power wheelie their classic triple on a regular basis??

Wheelies are ofcourse completely idiotic but then again...fun! :-D

Started fiddling around with it the other day...and it shouldn't be a problem...the engine
power is certainly there.

JWoodsie · 07-02-2006

Mine will only wheelie with the mrs on the back or a heavy load,eg touring load. Did one by accident a while back I thought to meself awesome.
I have a mate who can wheelie any bike, he has even wheelied a Gold Wing. It can be done.
My only advice is to keep your left toe under the shifter ready to change up a gear, in case you pass the point of balance. Or alternately cover the rear brake. The latter will bring it down pretty hard.

Slinky · 07-03-2006

I only ever managed it once ( and that was an accident) with the Mrs on the back. I don't think these bikes make enough power (or maybe they are too heavy) for power wheelies.

YrfuneralMytrial · 07-03-2006

reminds me of a bike night last summer...all the young dudes were wheelie-ing their sport bikes and along comes Grizzly Adams and his ol' lady poppin' a long one all the way through the parking lot on his Road King. Funny moment.

rayhyland · 07-03-2006

Fantastic Grizzly Adams story (for our European members, not sure if the translates, it was an old TV show with a guy with a long grey beard... OK, there was a bit more to it than that I guess, but that's the relevant bit I think).

Spooner, if you haven't done a lot of wheelies in the past, but you want to learn (you are right, it's fun even though idiotic), you may want to learn the technique first on a bike that you haven't put so much effort and money into building...

I'd go buy yourself a little 250cc two-stroke dirtbike that's about 20 yrs old and only worth a couple hundred bucks, and practice wheelies in a field somewhere.

That way when you launch it into a tree or a fence (which you will - I put a big dent in my mom's pear tree one time...) it will be a lot less painful, literally and financially.

Have fun

Ray

Slinky · 07-03-2006

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On 2006-07-03 01:32, rayhyland wrote:
Fantastic Grizzly Adams story (for our European members, not sure if the translates, it was an old TV show with a guy with a long grey beard...

We used to get it over here.. What was the mule's name, number 9?

rayhyland · 07-03-2006

Ha, I can't remember the name of the mule.

Actually, when I was a kid growing up in northern BC, I thought my dad WAS Grizzly Adams...

That was one of the 4 programs we could actually get on our TV. The other three were

CBC news
Hockey Night in Canada (of course) and,
The Beachcombers.

Ray

JWoodsie · 07-03-2006

Yeah the Mule was number 7 we used to get that show here in aus.
Good advice about an old snotbox trailbike too.Might save a lot of grief spooner.

Rincewind · 07-05-2006

I wanna see some pics or vids if you get the hang of it, Spooner.

I'm not able to do a power wheelie. I've tried, but only managed to get the handlebars loose for a fraction of a second. It's certainly not like some bikes which wheelie at the flick of the wrist. I'd guess you might have better luck if you changed the sprockets for different gearing.

cheapbastard · 07-05-2006

:hihi: that is a great Grizzly Adams story! :hihi: I'd love to see that on a Roadking! I have seen it done on a Goldwing before too, and many guys wheelie the Rockets! Talk about a flick of the wrist wheelie machine, get ya a S3 and try to keep the front wheel down! :lgh: For real though, the dirtbike is a great idea, or take a wheelie school, I've heard great things about On One Wheel! Until then, here's a ol' pic of the CB...