AMCN's How to wheelie guide

Today I'm Sam from Hampstead and today we're going to learn how to actually do it. I love this method because it is the safest way possible. I think learning how to do it really doesn't mean it can't go wrong. This is not for public roads, we are using Sydney Motorsport Park, come on. The most important thing to remember about

wheelie

s is that it's all about timing, timing is absolutely everything, once you get it down you really can do almost anything, like most aspects of riding your stance is very important to doing

wheelie

s. , it's very important, so let's work on that first.

Try not to sit on the bike like this. It won't help you. You need these relaxed arms. I can control the bike and everything. The controls work with your knees, your knees are what's important, if you're really tight with your knees your arms are nice and relaxed and can do the job of controlling the motorcycle, which is the place to start. Being in first gear if you want a super motard, second or third gear is probably better, but first gear on an average road bike, the first step is just getting the bike up using the throttle and rear brake, just nice and relaxed on the bike. turn it to the right along with the mid range power, close the throttle and press the rear brake at the same time and open the throttle and release the rear brake, the idea is that you are bouncing the front wheel in the air not so high Just we're looking for this height at this point, we just have an idea of ​​how to raise the front wheel.

We're centering all of this around the rear brake and that's because it can get you out of trouble, so your foot stays there, so if there's anything. goes wrong, all you need to think about is the rear brake, the rear brake, the rear brake, push it and that will bring the front wheel back down as you start to get the feeling that you will be able to lift the bike and then fact, be able to keep it there a little. This is don't try to do this right away. This is something we worked on so that when the bike goes up, just hold a constant throttle to go down, hit the rear brake.

Keep the throttle up and your front wheel won't end up looking like a 50 cent piece once you've done this, once you consistently get that front wheel up under control and back down, which is just as important, it's time to practice and practice. practice practice feel the front wheel lift once you are really comfortable and ready for the next step we will introduce the clutch once we have the basic first gear power wheelie figured out its time to add the clutch , you need to use the clutch because on larger bikes you simply won't be able to get the bike to balance just using the method we've discussed, so this time instead of closing the throttle, let's do something similar, but we're using the clutch to reduce power, so pull the clutch, lift the ribs and press down on the rear brake.

Everything happens very quickly. Then I release the clutch gently and release the rear brake by pulling. you press the clutch and you push it on the rear brake, you're leaning the bike forward by releasing the clutch and releasing the rear brake, you're letting all the energy come back again, that's when the bike lifts up nice and smooth and hopefully , it stays that way. You'll know you've done it right because the bike will make that badge. I just made a wheelie sound. You're used to the front end going up from first gear and the phase one exercise we did now that we're on. secondly, as the front goes up it should be more controllable, more consistent and you are getting used to using that clutch and that's the only difference again, if it all goes horribly wrong you need to grab the back of your knees, press the rear brake. it already flips there and the bike will go back down, that's not necessarily the end of your problems, but the important thing is that you don't flip it again at this point, it's not the time to go out and do big wheelies in top gear on the straightaway . from City Motorsport Park it's time to practice, get used to lifting the bike constantly so you don't get a big surprise every time you do it.

It's also time to work on bringing the bike to the balance point to reach the balance point again. pick up the bike, you've practiced so much that it's nice and consistent, the bike is going as you expect, use the throttle to take the bike to where you feel everything starting to get light and as you raise the bike you'll come off the balance point of the throttle when in You're actually closing the throttle because the bike balances on the rear wheel, so you name the balance point and then as the wheel gets closer, the front wheel comes back down. floor again, you'll just be open to the throttle again very gently, very lightly and that will help you keep your balance.

Rear brake point. Your foot still on it. Some people like to drag the rear brake, but it's actually there in case you start doing that. If you go too far you can hit that rear brake, if you hit that rear brake too hard you'll hit the front wheel on the ground and this is again why we needed to have been practicing doing wheelies with that rear brake so that when the bike stands up. to balance point just practice pressing the rear brake as the front wheel goes back down to the ground, turn on the throttle place, land with the bottle, land with the throttle off, you'll break a front hub pretty quickly to the point where If you can reach the balance point you will accelerate as you really need to be aware of this because if you hit the rev limiter with the bike on the rear wheel it could squish the ground pretty hard until you have to learn how to do it. changing gears, that's another time right now, we're just working on second gear, really bringing the bike to the point of balance, keeping it there with a fertile rear brake, back there if you need to and ready to ride off into the sunset looking like a champ and then you can develop all your other wheelie skills from this.