Learn Whellie

Now that you have the bike of your choice and are all geared up, you would certainly love to be adventurous with your bike and impress your friends and other motorcyclists.Motorcycle wheelie is the art of riding your bike with its front wheel in the air. The wheelie is the easiest yet most complicated motorcycle stunt.Here is a small step by step guide to prepare yourself along with safe guards and how to perform a wheelie.


Step 1: Get your bike ready.Since you are new to doing wheelies, you don't want to destroy your good looking bike, do you? A suggestion - get the panels including the head lights removed while practicing wheelies. Check all the working parts of the bike like clutch plates, brakes, throttle response etc.
Step 2 : YOU get ready!You got your bike ready, now its your turn! It is always advisable to wear safety gear while performing stunts. I don't think you want to be in bed for one month. Get the basic gears if you cant afford the complete safety gears. Get your self an ISI mark Helmet, elbow & knee guards, motorcycle gloves with carbon knuckles and covered shoes. Lastly choose a long stretch of an open road away from public.
Step 3 : Wheelie Time!For a wheelie you need to get used to the bike like handling, weight balancing etc. You can easily pop up a wheelie at a rpm range of 5000 – 6000 rpm. For the first, try to rev your bike to around 5000 rpm and leave the clutch fully. This will induce a torque and make the front wheel rise up in the air. If it doesn't, go for higher rpm.
Step 4: Confidence is the keyOnce you are used to the popping up the front wheel and gained enough self confidence you should practice the way of bringing the front wheel down so that you are not slamming it down. For this you may pop up the front wheel and release the throttle smoothly, thereby restricting supply of petrol to the engine. If you do this in one go then you will slam the front wheel harder. Practice this technique to save your wheel from getting bent.
Step 5 : Go all the wayNow you have learnt how to pop up and bring down the front wheel, you will have to learn how to continue with the wheelie for a longer distance. For this, when you pop up the front wheelie as explained before and when your wheel is coming down apply the same technique, i.e. pull the clutch and rev and leave the clutch again in one go, just like before but just that your wheel is in the air. Practice it. You will master it.



Practice makes a man perfect. I am sure you will be able to do it.TIPS:1. Select an open area without public. You may practice it on an empty ground too.2. Practice Normally, Don't hurry up.3. Performing wheelie on the Public Road is illegal.

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