RE: PH2: 2 wheels Are For Cissies, Implies Champ
Thursday 31st March 2011
Chris Pfeiffer - four times stunt champLife on the horizontal plane a little too dull? In that case, this could be the video for you. It's Chris Pfeiffer, four-time world stunt riding champion, giving an excellent master class on how to do a wheelie with a BMW.
PH2: 2 wheels Are For Cissies, Implies Champ
(Well, no he didn't. But we did infer it from his latest video)
Chris Pfeiffer - four times stunt champ
Viewers will note how Chris very responsibly advises 'practice' (if you are not thrown off at the first attempt, of course) while encouraging us to get as close to the 'tipping point' as possible which is, apparently, 'more than 45 degrees.'
While bluff old traditionalists may believe that a motorised object should remain as close to horizontal as humanly (and inhumanly) possible, we're sure that other PHers will find the information useful. (Can we let Nanny out of the nursery cupboard now? All that banging is giving us a headache. Ed.)
PS. This is the cue for a 'show us your wreckage after trying to wheelie' picture thread.
PPS. And no 'banging in the cupboard' jokes (see above). This is a family website.
Discussion
Top stuff,
Have tried this approach and just ended smacking by **** of the fuel tank,
Some of us just have to accept that we belong on two wheels,
Would love to be able to do the old two wheel drift with your knee down and waving at the fans like Rubin Xaus did on the Ducati Hypermotad launch V V V cool.
Have tried this approach and just ended smacking by **** of the fuel tank,
Some of us just have to accept that we belong on two wheels,
Would love to be able to do the old two wheel drift with your knee down and waving at the fans like Rubin Xaus did on the Ducati Hypermotad launch V V V cool.
Sivraj said:
Some of us just have to accept that we belong on two wheels,
Would love to be able to do the old two wheel drift with your knee down and waving at the fans like Rubin Xaus did on the Ducati Hypermotad launch V V V cool.
I had that as my computer desktop for ages. Never got tired of looking at it.Would love to be able to do the old two wheel drift with your knee down and waving at the fans like Rubin Xaus did on the Ducati Hypermotad launch V V V cool.
Managed to flip my KLR650 back in the late 80's - had a mental block on wheelies ever since.
Seriously need to visit a wheelie school!
Sivraj said:
Top stuff,
Have tried this approach and just ended smacking by **** of the fuel tank,
Some of us just have to accept that we belong on two wheels,
Would love to be able to do the old two wheel drift with your knee down and waving at the fans like Rubin Xaus did on the Ducati Hypermotad launch V V V cool.
2 wheel drift is the easy bit. Power on gently mid corner and have the right tyres and setup. Its the avoiding the high sider comeing back up, when they tyres catch grip again, thats the problem.Have tried this approach and just ended smacking by **** of the fuel tank,
Some of us just have to accept that we belong on two wheels,
Would love to be able to do the old two wheel drift with your knee down and waving at the fans like Rubin Xaus did on the Ducati Hypermotad launch V V V cool.
I'm sure there was an article in a bike mag many, many years back titled "The Monocycling Mutineer"
It was about a Australian loony who removed the entire front end of a Yamaha PW50/80, bolted a seat to the headstock, fixed up a thump operated throttle and voila, a motorised unicycle!
It was about a Australian loony who removed the entire front end of a Yamaha PW50/80, bolted a seat to the headstock, fixed up a thump operated throttle and voila, a motorised unicycle!
Biker's Nemesis said:
Whats that Finish geezer called that pulled wheelies on a Z1300
Post above 
Arto "Artsi" Nyqvist, 125mph jumps off the bike to skid behind it in his wooden shoes, often without any safety gear, usually drunk, utterly mental or very, very skilled, you judge.
PS. It's Finnish
Finlandia said:
Biker's Nemesis said:
Whats that Finish geezer called that pulled wheelies on a Z1300
Post above Arto "Artsi" Nyqvist, 125mph jumps off the bike to skid behind it in his wooden shoes, often without any safety gear, usually drunk, utterly mental or very, very skilled, you judge.
PS. It's Finnish
he was the b
ks..I had a massive poster of him on my bedroom wall as a child
y2blade said:
Finlandia said:
Biker's Nemesis said:
Whats that Finish geezer called that pulled wheelies on a Z1300
Post above Arto "Artsi" Nyqvist, 125mph jumps off the bike to skid behind it in his wooden shoes, often without any safety gear, usually drunk, utterly mental or very, very skilled, you judge.
PS. It's Finnish
he was the b
ks..I had a massive poster of him on my bedroom wall as a child
PATTERNPART said:
What model is the bike? Assume a F something...
He seems to ride modified F800s - R and S models.As for the being known for BMW support rather than talent, I think he won a few titles before getting interest from BMW....he's not exactly a bad rider:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilrrLvjPir4
Chris is a top biking bloke, proving his skills in various 2wheeled sports before he found his stunt-riding talent.
Being young(-ish), good(clean)-looking(-ish) and also able to give a good interview sure did help in getting that BMW contract.
Chris still enters some competitions, and he proved that he can be hard as nails when he won the Erzberg 4 times,
and finished the Gilles Lalay Classic, the most selective enduro race existing.
Being young(-ish), good(clean)-looking(-ish) and also able to give a good interview sure did help in getting that BMW contract.
Chris still enters some competitions, and he proved that he can be hard as nails when he won the Erzberg 4 times,
and finished the Gilles Lalay Classic, the most selective enduro race existing.
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