how do i ride a wheelie???

[chance46]

How do i do a wheelie ive read about 10 differnt pages and nothing seems to help.

[2bad240]

dude sign off your not cool.

[coleo]

I started off standing on pegs and doing kinda doing one standing up.This way you less likely to tip it.You will need to learn to use front brake and rear brake for balance and also shift without clutch.For a starter stand up and give it a little gas while putting your weight towards the tail end.I think practice is 1st most important thing.Personally i learned on asphalt cause my wheels grabbed real well but a grass feild would be awesome as well.Just my 2 cents

[danielssad#343]

Originally Posted by coleo

I started off standing on pegs and doing kinda doing one standing up.This way you less likely to tip it.You will need to learn to use front brake and rear brake for balance and also shift without clutch.For a starter stand up and give it a little gas while putting your weight towards the tail end.I think practice is 1st most important thing.Personally i learned on asphalt cause my wheels grabbed real well but a grass feild would be awesome as well.Just my 2 cents

X2

practice practice practice. get used to having your foot over the rear brake pedal just incase you wheelie too good. back brakes will save you!

[newevolutionix]

Its all about the balance!!!!!.once you get that down your gonna own! Lol

[02stampede]

Just practice as everyone said before. Bring it up a little higher each time. The slower you go the more balance control you will need. Get used to how it reacts clutching and throttling at different speeds, terrain, etc. You can drag the rear brake slightly to keep your speed consistent and make small adjustments against the throttle.

[jljered]

make sure tire pressure is close between both tires. this really makes things easier

[yfzrider69]

Lean back and hit the gas. Pretty easy to figure out.

[alberta guy]

Althought I do not recomend or condone drinking and riding but get drunk as a skunk then play around in first gear. I learned one afternoon at my parents acerage buy doing this. It helps with the fear of tipping backward onto the grab bar and the slower reaction time to hit the brakes let me get to the balance point before I could wuss out and hit the brakes just before you hit that balance point. Again I do not recomend or condone drinking and riding.

[monster450r]

Originally Posted by yfzrider69

Lean back and hit the gas. Pretty easy to figure out.

pretty much all there is to it. you cant teach someone. its all on you

[Grimmer]

Originally Posted by alberta guy

althought i do not recomend or condone drinking and riding but get drunk as a skunk then play around in first gear. I learned one afternoon at my parents acerage buy doing this. It helps with the fear of tipping backward onto the grab bar and the slower reaction time to hit the brakes let me get to the balance point before i could wuss out and hit the brakes just before you hit that balance point. Again i do not recomend or condone drinking and riding.

hahahaha!!!

[MikeFnD]

Awesome!

[Yamahauler#7]

Another thing that is slightly safer, If you can find a little automatic 90cc they are really good to learn the concept on. And, you cant get going too fast to really hurt yourself. AND, the added bonus, Its a blast to rip around on them little things! haha

[murd450]

Practice!! Don't think I'd want to learn on pavement, grass is a bit softer! I like to start off in 2nd , first is just to short, there is a lot of good info in the thread how to wheelie like a pro!!the only thing I don't get is the high chair lol!

[murd450]

@ yamahauler#7 some of those little machines are fast, not as fast as a yfz but for what they are, my kids have a 50cc 2 stroke that will go 40mph+ down hill and abt 35mph on a flat, but a pathetic 10mph up hill!lol!!

[moracer06]

YouTube - My Wheelies. St.Joe 9/12/10

thats a video of me doing wheelies, sitdowns and standups

[Joester]

hey, i ride at st joes! but yeah, i learned on a 250ex in first gear. once you get it up, its all about balance. if you have the balls, i find that the faster you go, the more stable a wheelie is. I have no problem keeping a 5th gear wheelie going, but only if i can pull hard enough to get the front end up :P

keep a thumb on the throttle, and a foot on the brake and use as obvious.

[drifz]

Originally Posted by alberta guy

Althought I do not recomend or condone drinking and riding but get drunk as a skunk then play around in first gear. I learned one afternoon at my parents acerage buy doing this. It helps with the fear of tipping backward onto the grab bar and the slower reaction time to hit the brakes let me get to the balance point before I could wuss out and hit the brakes just before you hit that balance point. Again I do not recomend or condone drinking and riding.

i dont reccomend it either! drink then drive, dont drink and drive you might spill some !!! lol

[shawn06]

i can wheelie for ever standing up, but i cant wheelie for sht siting down, i learnd to do wheelies on my old raptor 350 and a 240 blaster, blaster was easy compared to the raptor....

[s1096cm2]

When i first started to wheelie like 20 years ago (wow I'm getting old) I started with a Suzuki 185 quad runner with my right knee on the set... one it was OK because there was no clutch lever and was able to use the rear brake with the left lever and two the whole centrifugal clutch makes it nice when learning.... i would say that if you feel the need to learn on a yfz450r, your gonna need a little help one use first gear it gets it up a little faster but if you let off the throttle it will get her down a little faster too... and if you can find a slight incline it takes a little less to get her to the apex... in order to feel that illusive apex or balance point your gonna need a friend to hold the 4 wheeler at the balance point with you on it and rock it a little past the balance point and little low to get the feeling in your head, you'll probably be surprised that all this time you were no where near as vertical as you thought untill you did this.... then just take her out and practice and practice, until your guts and arms are sore and stiff... its awesome. once you gather up your balls and get it past that sweet spot just once and its a little to late for the rear brake, the only thing to save you is the oh shit bar...you'll be hooked.