Fred
M em b er e d
So yesterday I'm out riding with a couple of friends. One of them does a pretty good, well balanced wheelie on his bike, keeping the front end up for several seconds.
I decided to give it a go. I used low gear and jerked up on the handle bars while giving it some power. It worked, but I couldn't keep balanced and the front wheel came right back down.
I did a couple more, with about the same results. So I upshifted and tried again, giving it more power and pulling back harder on the bars.
Next thing I know I'm on the ground. I'd gone over backwards. My luggage rack bashed into the ground, and somehow I'd sprained my left wrist against the handlebars. Other than bent luggage rack mounting brackets, the bike is OK.
I won't try that again anytime soon. I looked like an idiot, got hurt, and could have trashed a perfectly good mountain bike.
And that's why I don't ever wheelie my motorcycles!
Fred
I decided to give it a go. I used low gear and jerked up on the handle bars while giving it some power. It worked, but I couldn't keep balanced and the front wheel came right back down.
I did a couple more, with about the same results. So I upshifted and tried again, giving it more power and pulling back harder on the bars.
Next thing I know I'm on the ground. I'd gone over backwards. My luggage rack bashed into the ground, and somehow I'd sprained my left wrist against the handlebars. Other than bent luggage rack mounting brackets, the bike is OK.
I won't try that again anytime soon. I looked like an idiot, got hurt, and could have trashed a perfectly good mountain bike.
And that's why I don't ever wheelie my motorcycles!
Fred