Wheelies

[07Bolt]

 

[BuddhaBuell]

LMAO!!!

 

[JREDLINE430]

i wheelie my bike everyday, i only have an exhaust right now... i wheelie first by rollon, second clutching it up i don't bounce it at all cause i really don't need to, third i rev up a little let go and pop up with the clutch, usually it comes up about 2 feet but i rode them out to about a 100 or so.... standing i can get pretty high sucks im not good enough to shift and keep it up again i can ride it to about 100... my favorite wheelie is coming out of a tight turn and just having a little floater, that gets tons of props

ride safe
stoop

 

[Macbuell]

Unbelievably inconsiderate for that wheelie rider to scratch the chrome bumper on the explorer.

 

[garyphantom222]

I have done a wheelie on my xb9r on purpose just a couple of times,but it will pull the front off the road a lot going from first to second,do not pull wheelies too often since cracking my teeth with my first bike many years ago.

 

[Tyler Oxton]

know this is an old thread but thought id post anyway. ive been workin a lil on my wheelies on my 9r but kinda have some difficulties. dont know if it has something to do with me only weighing 135 at 5ft 8 or what. it seems i have to clutch up even to pop in first. any tips for a small guy like me?

 

[upthemaiden]

I have a ton of difficulty on my 9sl. It practically laughs at me when I try. I used to do them all the time on my triumph speed4, so I'm sure I'm out of practice, but not to the point that I should only be able to get the front wheel a foot off the front in 1st with the forks compressed and full throttle. I don't mess with the clutch, but this bike makes me want to. It's very sad for a 1000cc "torque monster".

Does anyone else here have a 9sl and any experiences? I've been debating buying the normal length suspension since I got the bike, and have gone back and forth, but the hope for easier wheelies is definitely in the pro catagory. All that mass centralization and lower center of gravity sounds great until you realize it means your front wheel is going to stay planted.

 

[theend1467]

Same problem here, I can clutch up my xb9sx in first gear but to stand it up high takes some serious effort. I see videos of guys doing wheelies on buells and it sounds like the just pull the clutch in a blip the throttle really fast and the bike stands up, a 1/2 second process. If i am riding at 3k and pull in clutch, i have to rev to at least 5k and dump it to get it to come up. the process is not as fast as I see in youtube videos, I must be doing something wrong or am not making good power. I have airbox delete, breather reroute, hawk exhaust, k&n on 2009 xb9sx

 

[vroom]

I lack the balls to do full on wheelies on blacktop. I did them all the time as a kid, on dirt. But here's a tip: if you clutch it, make sure you don't use 4 fingers for the clutch. Use 2 so your hand doesn't slip off the handlebar.

 

[upthemaiden]

yeah you've gotta get pretty comfortable to use the clutch since there's a lot going on and the bike comes up fast. I actually got my 9sl to do it's first couple half decent wheelies tonight, which I was really surprised about. I was still just compressing the forks and giving it gas, but I gave the gas a good jerk right before I let off the throttle, and it seemed to help. I still feel like it'll be easier someday when I get the longer suspension.

 

[TooFst]

u need to "goose" the throttle. Get up in the rpm range, let off the throttle then gas it. If u just punch it from take off it won't do anything.

 

[delta one]

Does anyone else here have a 9sl and any experiences?

an XB9SL has no issues pulling the tire up even with my fat ass and clubman bars

clutch it up
throttle it up
load the forks
bang gears

any of the above will get it up


my bike is now firebolt height with 43mm fork tubes and race springs, it is MUCH easier to get the tire up but harder to get a good launch and keep the tire down.

 

[Midnight82]

Delta - You make me want to be a better man

 

[upthemaiden]

my bike is now firebolt height with 43mm fork tubes and race springs, it is MUCH easier to get the tire up

glad to hear, that's definitely something I was wondering. I wanted to get the normal suspension either way, but I was really hoping the higher suspension would help. I'm also getting a 9sx seat off of a friend for comfort on longer trips, and I'm thinking the extra seat height will help too.

 

[JREDLINE430]

keep an eye on your fork seals

 

[delta one]

most of my wheelies are about 6 inches, once I get proper weight transfer I don't try any more.

when I do pick the front up farther than that I set it down soft, less impact than some of the nasty Michigan road seams on the highway.

if I am power shifting I get about 2-4" going into 2nd and 3rd


wheelies over 6" make me VERY nervous, the one above was just to get the photo for an assignment.

 

[ga705]

me and another xb9 rider in town do 3rd gear stand ups...roll bout 4500 rpm left foot on passenger peg right foot covering rear brake and clutch it up and comes up smooth as butter just kick back and ride it out..they usually will come up anywhere from 50mph to 60mph in 3rd gear ...2nd and 1st are the easiest wheelies ever on a buell haha it should be a joke to wheelie in 1st on a buell...on my R6 id run a 2nd gear standup from 20mph to right at 98mph when i set the front tire down..nothin beats the *chirp*

 

[upthemaiden]

Lost my passenger pegs the first night I brought my bike home, plus I don't like to abuse the clutch... [down]

I'm just gonna save up for a bike I don't mine abusing so I can keep the buell around for a while.

 

[upthemaiden]

Test road my friends Triumph speed 4 tonight. He just picked it up last Friday. It's the same bike I used to have but apparently I forgot what it felt like. Good god that thing was fast, it definitely make my xb9 feel sad. I pulled out of the parking lot and gave it full throttle and you could just feel the front end getting light and squirrely. I turned onto a side road, took it to 6k rpm, and without loading the suspension or anything I just gave it a handful of throttle and the front end came RIGHT UP! haha I know we've been over it 100 times here that a 600 is faster than an xb, but it never really sinks in until you ride one again. That really motivates me to replace my sl suspension with a normal s suspension, and maybe an exhaust/remap someday. I don't need any high speed highway wheelies, but I do really miss my 1st gear power wheelies. To be honest the low end on that bike really wasn't any weaker than the low end on my bike either. Maybe normal I-4s have weaker low ends, but even on his bike at 3k rpm it pulled extremely well.

I already planned on picking up a 2nd bike next fall, and I feel like I'm going to have to replace my xb9 with an xb12, because otherwise it's just going to feel like a wimp every time I get on it.

 

[RuiP]

pulled a couple of wheelies yesterday for my gf. just bought the bike sept 8th as a bday gift to myself so I'm still getting used to it. tried some 2nd gear clutch ups.. too fast for me. so i clutched a couple up in 1st gear. felt like a champ lol