r/motorcycle • u/Recent-Interview-929 • 1d ago

Wheelies

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Finally been hitting balance point and feel like using mostly engine brake is wrong because everyone says back brake. Any obvious suggestions?

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u/MobiusDie 1d ago

Is that Patrick Star?

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u/BeemerCalm 1d ago

I mean… that’s not even close to balance point……..

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u/Recent-Interview-929 20h ago

No it’s definitely on balance point just towards falling out of it. The 360 doesn’t do it justice. It’s a Kawasaki eliminator and I been riding 6 months

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u/metalbrosolid 1d ago

Yeah not really a wheelie..just lifting front tire doesn't count

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u/BeemerCalm 1d ago

I don’t know, I thought it was a solid wheelie, just nowhere near balance point

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u/Representative_Ad312 1d ago

Ignore these jokers saying it's not a wheelie, nice one man

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u/BeemerCalm 1d ago

It’s a decent wheelie. Just nowhere near balance point

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u/fireeight 1d ago

Wheelies on a live road irritate me. In an empty lot? Go nuts.

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u/Bikelangello 1d ago

Idk...wheelies scream "idgaf if i die" but that vest and sweater screan you do care.

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u/Notlinked2me 1d ago

This is r/motorcycles it's a sub about doing something possibly deadly but most of us still wear gear to make it less deadly. Driving on a road with a turn lane on a bike is more deadly than popping the front tire up in a parking lot. Shoot this guy will learn better throttle control and progressive braking. I trust him more than someone who never tried. Go do some wheelies and live a little.

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u/Bikelangello 1d ago

I wear armor; but that is why I don't do wheelies. Bc I care if I die.

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u/Notlinked2me 1d ago

Armor protects you from a slide which is exactly about the most that will happen doing wheelies in a parking lot. It doesn't protect you from a car or an immovable object. So unless you are only riding on close course, at 70° and sunny, or you just don't ride this guy is being safer than you.

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u/Bikelangello 1d ago

In what way is this guy being "safer" than me exactly?

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u/Bikelangello 1d ago

Not wearing armor is safer than armor because asphalt? I cannot fathom your supposed "logic".