Wheelie when banking. Pant filler!

[makatya]

Well I hope the weather was good where you guys and girls have been today (Sunday). Had a good Saturday night out on the town with friends and my G/F. Bacon butties to start the day off today. Then met up with more freinds Sunday PM for a meal in a sunny beer garden and decided to go there on the bike. Well I don't drink and drive at all so sober as a judge and decide to head home via some very tasty long sweeping bends what with the heat of the day, sticky tyres and roads!!!!

So I got to my favourite long sweeper where (when the conditions are right) you can lean hard in and your rubber boots just dig in and you enjoy the ride whilst bashing the white lines with your lid!

Problem was.....and I don't know why I did it even now..... half way round the bend I gunned it and I mean gunned it! Oh fook! The result of which is that I am in a nearly knee down state and pull a wheelie! Luckily it was a right hander but it was strange as I did not drift into the hedge but seemed to power more to the other side. Never done that before and don't want to do it again.

Just wanted to post this one cuz I sheet myself and you can have a laugh at my expense but more to ask if any one else has ever over gunned it and had the same result.


Still shaking I must admit! Note to self. 2 wheels on tarmac is good! lol

Edited by makatya on Sunday 8th June 21:51

Edited by makatya on Sunday 8th June 21:52

[hiccy]

Did similar today: coming over a rise, bank leant quite far over and both wheels off the ground!

Didn't st it though.

[rumpelstiltskin]

I used to have that happen a lot on my SP1,i think any other bike would have spat me off,it just gave the slightest headshake when it came back down again and that was it,that bike really made me feel safe and confident.

[m3psm]

Only ever done it once, years ago.

I was coming off a roundabout on my mates tweaked RD125LC and knocked it down a gear to find the powerband. I certainly found it and up came the front while still banked over.

Not something I want to repeat. It does look fantastic though

[TL84]

I remember reading a motorcycle dynamics book last year by Vittore Cossalter who said something along the lines of a vast majority of your steering ability comes from the rear wheel...

[sprinter885]

Sounds like it could have been one of those good YouTube type moments. Guess there was no video then??

[black-k1]

This is why, when you find yourself having ‘overcooked’ a bend, the correct (though definitely not instinctive) thing to do is to open the throttle! That unloads the front wheel and ‘lifts’ the front tighter into the bend.