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Message started by torque on 08/02/05 at 17:52:35

Title: wheelies
Post by torque on 08/02/05 at 17:52:35

hey,can anyone do a decent wheelie i can only get the wheelup about 2 inches. how can i get more air time.

Title: Re: wheelies
Post by sluggo on 08/02/05 at 17:55:34

torque wrote:

hey,can anyone do a decent wheelie i can only get the wheelup about 2 inches. how can i get more air time.

get a sport bike, ;D

Title: Re: wheelies
Post by torque on 08/02/05 at 18:11:54

obviously,but my friend can pulla huge one on a 800 voulsia,and that thing weighs a ton.

Title: Re: wheelies
Post by Paladin on 08/02/05 at 18:20:45

Why? What is the purpose of pulling a wheelie? It does nothing for performance. It impressses no one that matters.

Title: Re: wheelies
Post by Hammy211 on 08/02/05 at 19:10:46

Yes, I felt like I was about to go over backwards once. It wasn't done intentionally. Just in a hurry and went WOT from a light. I figure in must have been the combination of sight uphill and good traction. I hear you can bust the fork seals pretty easily dropping back down.

Title: Re: wheelies
Post by Jim_R on 08/02/05 at 19:33:41

not to mention busting ur @ss haha

Title: Re: wheelies
Post by DavidV on 08/02/05 at 20:11:42

A wheelie is just another way to wreck a perfectly good Savage.

Think I'll pass. My squid days are done.

Title: Re: wheelies
Post by sluggo on 08/02/05 at 20:44:03

at about 1700 miles i was screwing around and did a "Hi ho silver away" the bike ran down the road on it's rear wheel draging the fender then fell over and rolled twice. still have the baseball sized dent in the tank. broke the pegs off dragged the muffler pretty bad, i had already removed the signals to they were ok..

Title: Re: wheelies
Post by CHRIS on 08/02/05 at 21:40:53

Wheelies are MURDER on fork seals, especially on a cruiser style bike- hence the name, cruiser, not wheelie machine!

Title: Re: wheelies
Post by WD on 08/02/05 at 21:52:08

Okay, I'm the one who mentioned the fork seals. My selling dealer thought it was great...he had a lot/shop full of customers when I picked up the bike. I grabbed a handful of throttle, dumped the clutch, and up it came. Oops...too used to heavy old Harleys. Blew both fork seals on the return to earth, within 5 minutes of taking formal possession. He sold every other Savage he had, new and used, by close of business that same day.
-WD

And no, I don't recommend popping a whellie on a Savage. The landing is a butt breaker.

Title: Re: wheelies
Post by klx650sm2002 on 08/03/05 at 07:26:01

Wheelies are a consequence of opening the throttle in 1st on my KLX.

Clive W :D

Title: Re: wheelies
Post by vroom1776 on 08/03/05 at 07:45:23

Try pulling up & back on the handlebars when you dump the clutch. Sitting a little further back on hte hump may also help.

But everything the good folks said above still holds.

... and "SQUID" is painted on my rear fender

http://hellrisercustoms.com/vroom1776