Re: [ST] WHEELIES ON ST.

["sprintst_2002@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <sprintst_2002@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

G'day folks.

I have had the ST up a few times, in first, then let it
back down - I recently came across the article below - will
give it a try on the w/end. - any comments or other
suggestions....

First gear, pull away and let the clutch all the way out
but try to keep two fingers on the lever, " Some people may
feel better with more or less fingers on the lever some may
not use the clutch at all. Use what you feel most
comfortable with" This is if you want to progress and start
changing gear and if you do you will do it all in this
little one two step. So you have pulled away clutch out and
two fingers on the clutch lever all in one go open the
throttle fast enough and wide enough and the bike should
pull away really quickly and if you are riding an R1 this
should start to wheelie at about 6-7000 RPM  and it will
literally jump up very fast so be carefull not to let it go
too high too quickly, The Bandit will be the same but the
Blade may start to come up around 7000 to 8000rpm and will
not wheelie as quickly as the other two. Anyway back to the
wheelie. When it comes up you need to change to 2nd  gear
As it comes off the floor. Wait until it is say 2 feet off
the ground, do not try and blip the throttle a few times in
first gear this is too aggressive the bike will be a lot
easier to control in 2nd gear, and you should be able to
ride it for a lot further than you could have done if you
stuck to first gear. Now you are up in second try to keep
the throttle as smooth as possible while you are doing the
wheelie try not to keep blipping it, instead try to roll it
on and off slowly but to do this the bike will need to be
up very high near the balance point where you will only
need to give it very small amounts of throttle. You will
need a lot of practice before you can wheelie this good but
if you try hard enough and think about what you and the
bike are doing.. You should get the feel for it soon
enough. Remember to try and look where you are going when
you are on one wheel, try to look either side of the bike
or just make sure you are not going to hit something that
you can not see ! 

When you are getting to the end of second gear instead of
letting the bike rev it's nuts off and hitting the limiter
then it will hit the floor quite hard and can easily burst
fork seals. All you have to do is change gear again into
3rd .  Again most people who can already change gear do it
by changing as fast as they can and sometimes it will stay
up and they will ride it through 3rd as well. To make it
that little bit easier just before you change to 3rd give
it a little extra blip on the throttle this will help the
bike stay up easier because that change from 2nd to 3rd may
be fast but the bike will start to come down and you will
have to give it more gas and if you have not got the
wheelie high enough it will go down. So try to blip it
quickly as I said and this will help a lot when you get it
right.

Cheers / Harry - Sydney Red 02 ST



		
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