RE: [ST] Oil Starved Wheelie bikes (was: wheelie bikes)

[peter.chittum@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Just Daetrin [mailto:daytrip90@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>
> You know I'm all for fun on a bike, but what I saw yesterday morning 
> surpised the heck out of me.  On my way to work - so this is I-405 in 
> Seattle in morning rush hour - coming at me in the opposing 
> carpool lane I 
> saw some guy on a red Honda (not sure which kind) pop his bike into a 
> wheelie.  Not just for a quick second, but sustained past the 
> point he got 
> out of my range of vision.

I've heard that running a bike for sustained periods of time in a wheelie
can cause the engine to become oil-starved. Particularly for bikes with a
wet sump. The logic being the oil pump needs the oil to be sitting nicely on
the bottom of the oil pan in order for it to slurp up its tasty viscous
goodness. In a wheelie, the oil is essentially sitting not-so-nicely on the
back wall of the engine, and potentially away from the oil pump. 

Can anyone confirm?

Peter Chittum
'01 BRG ST
San Jose, CA, USA 

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