Accidental Wheelie! Second time...

So.
:tongue:

I would consider myself mostly a pleasure rider but I have grown fond of riding hard when road conditions/traffic permit.

I've had my 07 for 8 months (about 2 months of actual hard riding)

A month ago it did it in second gear I swear. The front wheel didn't just get "light"...it got OFF


Today Comicus and I were out and about and it did it in first gear. Not "light"....OFF.


woops! or... WEEE!


Gotta say I wasn't in a "balls to the wall" riding position, nor was I in a leisure position either. But holy ______.

Whoever says these 6th gens don't have enough GO juice is nuts :crazy:

 

"Accidental" Wheelie! Second time...

 

my gen4 will do a wheelie in 2nd gear. well sorta, the day i bough it i took off from a toll booth, hit second gear and front wheel moved side to side just ever so slightly. might not have actually come off the ground, but it at least broke traction.

 

this is one thing i miss about my sv. the front wheel loved to come up on hard accel

 

I currently have 1-tooth up in the rear, and the front gets light in 2nd gear but hasn't come up on me. (1st gear, sure)
Also, that's how I think the tail section 'should' look! All that passenger crap removed, and a nice fender eliminator for license plate relocation. The plate looks to be in an illegal location for my state, but it definitely looks good to me.

 

I agree with you on this: under very hard acceleration (and I'm a huge guy), I can get a second gear wheelie. Every time.

 

did you really just call yourself a huge guy?

 

Well, its been in your mouth enough!

 

oh wow.... a game of gay chicken seems to be brewing

 

EVERYTHING is illegal round here bub, do what you wanna do and worry bout the LEO's later. Just keep all yer stocker stuff in case you get an inspection ticket.

 

What he said!!

Gay chicken's and Honda's What a combination. I thought we were talking about: Oh h$ll what were we talking about?

 

Man I love the dark red finish. Beautiful bike MTB!

Just to be topical...I don't think I've ever done any accidental wheelies, but I'm a huge guy.

 

why thank you. And illegal? absolutely

yet to get pulled over, after 8 months, and 10k miles!

 

thank you thank you thank you

I was sold on the silver until i saw this one...

I'm just a "wittle guy" at a rock solid 160 pounds sopping wet! hence the wheelie tendency...

 

I had mine come up completely accidental when I was getting on the highway from a stop at yield, I stalled, cranked it and slammed on the throttle not to get run over, front came up a good bit and yes, it was quite the pleasant, ass puckering surprise!

 

I popped one this summer - hit a bump during acceleration though a corner in second gear right about 7000 RPM. Hmmm. A bit unwelcome! Didn't know the 6th G would do that.

 

they definitely will do that

these sport touring bikes have a definite emphasis on the "sport". Dude, they'll go. They'll go real fast. Like Ricky Bobby.

 

I had a cop friend who had a 6th gen and he could pop a wheelie easily and maintain it. I've done accidental ones in first... once when sitting next to a Hummer limo at a light here in Vegas. My buddy on a ZX-12 were goofing off revving our bikes at a red. The Hummer limo got into the action and we were all laughing. All of a sudden, the light turned green and I got nervous and released the clutch too soon.... whoops, there went the wheelie!! The limo driver must have thought I was some bitchin' bitch!! LOL!!! Little did he know I scared the shit outta myself!!

 

I can just see that... my wheelie story is from when I bought my EX500... I thought its a 500 how much power could it have......... the bike answered that one in short order..I gave it a rev let the clutch out and the front tire was almost vertical. and I was freaking a bit cause the biek was heading for a bank of payphones ....Luckily I was a ble to let off the throttle and bring the nose back to earth....didn't hit anything but I ALMOST dirtied a pair of shorts..