Triumphrat

Hood49 · 03-09-2006

I am getting my S3 delivered on Saturday. I have to break it in of course but I was just wondering if this bike powerwheelies (no clutch, no pumping,...)

Ephtriple · 03-09-2006

Yes it does in first gear

cheapbastard · 03-09-2006

nothing but a handful of throttle in 1st gear at 3k rpm and you're staring at the sky by 4k rpm!!! It rocks! :-D

corners · 03-10-2006

It will also 2nd gear wheeelie with little effort, and third gear stands ups with a little bounce.....

It is a wheelie machine :-D

TonUp · 03-10-2006

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On 2006-03-09 23:01, corners wrote:
It will also 2nd gear wheeelie with little effort, and third gear stands ups with a little bounce.....

It is a wheelie machine :-D

It likes to power wheelie on the first four gears!!!, it takes a little more effort on 4th. The S3 is a wheelie monster. Be careful she comes up very quick on the first two gears.

Ton Up!

Ephtriple · 03-10-2006

With a bit more effort it will also poserwheelie in 7th :-D

dfib · 03-10-2006

You are all very evil! Being new to the whole sport bike class, and after reading this post yesterday. I decided to end the ride by "just grabbing an hand ful of throttle" on the way back to the house. Let me assure you, for some one used to riding cruisers this will immediatly result in a skyward view and a little dose of the spincter pucker! :lgh:
Wow - what a wonderful beast. Once I got over the shock of how quick it all happened, I was left with a case of warm fuzzies and a powerful urge to do it again.
Coming from the side of the tracks where Harleys were the ride to have, I never imagined I could have so much fun on a bike..... I wish I would have known about this beautiful little beast years ago. :wow:

Gonna try a ride to work today...... 30 degrees ought to be warm enought - right??

Smitty

Cornelis · 03-10-2006

Just wondering, as a (very) near future owner of an S3: what is the normal ratio of the final chain drive, what size of sprockets? Did anyone go for a higher gear ratio, just to reduce the 'risk' of wheelies when you don't want them?

[ This message was edited by: Cornelis on 2006-03-10 06:05 ]

cheapbastard · 03-10-2006

Cornelis, you should be fine with the stock gearing if you don't want them. You can twist the throttle fairly rapidly without the front end coming up, it's just when you give it that whack when it wants to shoot on up with ya. You can accelerate pretty quickly without wheelying(sp?) if you want to!

Celt · 03-10-2006

people keep saying that it just pops up if you get to 3000rpm then open it up but mine doesnt. are blokes pulling the front up or sitting well back.

tips please or is my bike shagged