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Any wheelie kings out there?

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GDubb:
Ive heard that wheelies are difficult on the 500 and I'm trying to get over the fear of looping the beast out and learn to find the "balance point". Anybody have any tips or tricks regarding this? I can ride wheelies pretty decent on my mtn bike and on my 24" cruiser, but this things power turns me to a wuss as soon as the front wheel leaves the ground.

Danger4u2:
Tune the bike. You want it run the best it can. When you roll on the gas you've got to know it will have a steady rpm increase. Make sure you have at least a half tank of gas. Make sure you turn the gas on! Go to In General, scroll down to Stupid and look at my wheelie story and pictures.
Danger4u2

KXcam22:
The 500 is a wheelie machine. It has a broad even spread of power that lets you easily dail in long controlled wheelies.  The trick is to practise keeping your foot on the brake.   A good drill is to practise bringing it up with the throttle and then down using the rear brake until you are comfortable. You want to get used to being past the balance point and then recovering with the rear brake. So many riders get past the balance point and sucumb to the natural urge to bail off, when it reality it is easy to save. Hope this helps. Cam.

Ramski:
How about the slow wheelies?  Those impress me more than the fast ones!  :mrgreen:

KXcam22:
Ramski,
  For slow, it's all in how you drag the back brake.  Lots of practise wheeling past the balance point then recovering with the back brake.  Took me quite while to get past the initial impulse to bail off instead of correct with the back brake. Now if I could only do a decent stoppie! Cam.

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