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Power Wheelie

sckego said:
My bike has like 35hp. Power wheelie, LOL.
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Is your multistrada not running well? :laughing

The FJ power wheelies pretty easily in 1st or 2nd gear, but I can get it to come up without clutch if I bounce and yank pretty hard in 3rd. The 690 will come up in pretty much any gear, but does require some bouncing in gears 3-6.
 
All motorcycles are limited to 87 mph for power wheelies. When they hit 88 mph they time travel.
 
meldog21 said:
All motorcycles are limited to 87 mph for power wheelies. When they hit 88 mph they time travel.
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This is only true if 1.21 gW of power is supplied to a properly functioning flux capacitor at the exact time that the bike reaches 88 mph. :x
 
Yew guys, I was gonna go for a raise the speed limit to 88 campaign. I picked 88 so the state could save money and only have to buy one number. 88 seems like the right speed.

If a bike power wheelies in any gear any speed then one could never use full throttle, at least not for much more than a split second.

My bike has 150 something crank power and it will barely lift in 1st.
 
ctwo said:
If a bike power wheelies in any gear any speed then one could never use full throttle, at least not for much more than a split second.

My bike has 150 something crank power and it will barely lift in 1st.
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The first part is completely false. How quickly and smoothly you roll on the throttle has a lot of impact on whether or not the front stays down, as does weight distribution. Using the suspension to help you, and/or pulling up on the bars can also aid in lofting the front.

My guess on your inability to wheelie is that you aren't being very aggressive with the throttle. At 150 bhp your bike should wheelie unless you are WAY forward over the tank, and even then I bet it would come up. In all likelihood, you are rolling the throttle on too slowly to lift the front.
 
ctwo said:
If a bike power wheelies in any gear any speed then one could never use full throttle, at least not for much more than a split second.
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Wrong. The speed with which you roll into the throttle has a big impact on whether a bike will power wheelie. Whack the throttle open and you'll wheelie. Roll on smoothly and that's much less likely.

My bike has 150 something crank power and it will barely lift in 1st.
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My Super Duke R has around 150 RWHP and it constantly wants to pull the front wheel off the ground. It's all about the gearing! The SDR is geared for a maximum speed of 50-55mph in 1st gear not 90+ mph like most big-bore bikes. The comparatively low gearing in the first few gears is a big part of the reason the bike is so wheelie prone. Well, that at the 1300cc V-twin motor :D
 
my old ZX12R would wheelie in any gear at almost ANY speed.

The beastie (as I used to call it) would hop/ride the front on 4-5th gear shifts above 150-165mph. Did same on the 5th-6th gear shifts 165-180mph (indicated.) It was astounding; stable too...:wow Found myself riding high-speed wheelies over rises at unexpected times.

Almost killed me one day in San Antonio Valley when it almost looped over a rise (unseen small bridge) on the pipe in 4th; so astounding I found a past vertical/airborne wheelie, barely saved it in midair (rear brake) landing in the gutter/in gravel. I had to clean da shorts later.

Most skert I ever been :laughing :ride
 
Riding my bosses 1290 SA, I found the front wheel is harder to keep down, than get up.

I was lugging along at 3-4k in 3rd going up hill out of the tube in Alameda, I rolled on pretty quick to get a head of a car and to my surprise, the front wheel was off the ground a good 12".

My F8 is not as easy to loft the front, but I'm not a wheelie king by a long shot. Though my Street Triple was light in the front and when I owned it, wheelies always seemed to happen.

In regards to my F8, I did manage to get pulled over for doing a really nice wheelie right in front of a cop. Glad someone saw what was probably the best wheelie I've done on that bike. Got "away" with a 35 in a 25 ticket.
 
My KTM 950 Supermoto does them pretty easily in 1st and 2nd, 3rd it comes up if you clutch it (I do it ALL the time). Probably 60ish or so. It's big fun. On3 of our Main streets here is real slick, coming off a side street, the rear will start spinning in 2nd, I’ll shift to 3rd, while it's spinning, then sit back and when it gets out of the slimy spots, it hooks up, chirps and wheelies. Probably get me arrested if I get caught .
 
On my 1290 SDR I do first gear power ups from a stop, 2nd gear I get to about 50-55 mph around 6k rpm I think? and just grab a handful.
It's all about finding the power band and using it correctly.
Of course the 1290 has stupid amounts of torque so it's really easy but I use the same principle on other bikes.
Also you have to tell yourself you wanna wheelie and be confident with it, or you're gonna prevent yourself from doing it. Really got on the throttle and be relaxed. Let the handlebars come up to you, don't go to them.
 
My CBR1000RR will float the front in second at a touch over 100, and will happily float the front any time I'm in 1st, which is good for about 85-90.
 
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