Bringing the front tire up.

I used to spend so much time in the air with my old Seca 750, I shelled 2nd gear over time from shifting it on one wheel. The main purpose of going with a cruiser was to stop the dangerous habit and settle down some. I figgured that if I had a big heavy bike I'd stop doing stupid **** and grow up. Of course since I can never leave well enough alone, I did performance modifications for more power. Prior to the GiPro, PCIII, secondaries, TOR's and triples, keeping the front wheel on the ground was no problem. But of course now, yanking the front wheel off the ground is effortless and I'm back to my old ways. None of my old bikes would wheelie with just the throttle alone, it took clutch and RPM's. This monster does it by just rolling on the throttle harder than usual.

I haven't gotten into serious trouble over it yet, but have been issued three warnings for wheelies. They would have all been tickets if I had been riding a sport bike, but the cops were all so amazed to see a cruizer with bags and windscreen on one wheel they wanted to talk about the bike more than write a ticket.

Though sometimes I'm tempted, I don't shift this bike since the last one suffered damage from it. So I stick to 1st gear.
 
On ocasion I have a sport bike or V-rods come up on me at highway speeds spunking around showing off. I try to keep the wheels on the ground and for the most part I do. My favorite thing to do to give them something to think about is downshift into 3rd at 65 and roast the tire for about 30 yards. Then its back into 5th and I slide over close and while motioning to them I yell go ahead I will catch you. Once and a while they try so I let them have the lead so I can pull up behind them and let them hear the whistle as the blower spools up to atleast 8 to 10 psi and then I spank the throttle hard to at least 15psi on the boost gauge and hit the next gear I have been told I look like a carboard cut out and well then I am gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank god for a drivers back rest I hate riding on the passenger seat
 
Now thats what I am talking about!!! Maybe one of these days there will be a super charger in my future. Until then I will have to be happy with what I got and dream of what will be.

Big T
 
only once. that was enough. lifted the front end right up... it took 20 / 30 feet to safely put it back on the ground... where, in my humble opinion... I prefer to keep it. Didn't hurt the bike, but had to replace the panties....


cheers
geo
 
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I am running the Metz. I'm too much a purist to change to a CT. However, it doesn't take long for me to square the Metz. BTW does a CT squeal

My wife doesn't ride much with me anymore after we started having kids. She used to ride with me on my Speed Triple and it was easy to lift the front wheel solo. She usually would grab a handful of lovehandle to get her point across. On the Rocket when her brothers come into town I usually have to give them a ride. They don't complain about my riding style.
 
georgia said:
only once. that was enough. lifted the front end right up... it took 20 / 30 feet to safely put it back on the ground... where, in my humble opinion... I prefer to keep it. Didn't hurt the bike, but had to replace the panties....


cheers
geo
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I'm with you except maybe the panties part!
 
when you get down to it if you don't stay into it and ease it down its a hard impact on the fork springs and seals. I say rubber on the ground and away you go!!!!!
 
Eventhough this is an old thread, this is what I have learned about getting the front wheel up.... I have found two methods wat work well. The easiest way is to slowly accellerate to about 1500 or 2K and then "burp" the throttle. When the front end sags hit the throttle (easily) and the front end will come up without breaking the tire loose. The transfer of weight helps the rear stay locked.

The second (and spookiest) is to tack her up to 3K and then roll on pretty hard. Be ready! It will most likely come up unless you give it too much and break the tire loose. I have found this method is more reliable and controllable (but spookier and funner).
 
Don't try to do weelstands anymore reflex's not as good as they were 25 years ago but my R3R has carried the front about 6 inches off the ground all the way in 1st a few times.
 
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