Wheelie School Day

[r1_jon]

Anyone want to join me and a mate at a wheelie school day on March 23rd??

www.thewheelieschool.co.uk/

They supply the bikes, so no worries about binning your own. If I can get the third person I need, then it will be £150 each.

Cheers

r1_jon (Now gsxr750k4_Jon :-)

[rsvmilly]

YHM

[S2rr Kitty]

This is supposed to be a really good one (there are quite a few schools) I've heard good things about Paul Gower & wish I'd done this one rather than Andy Burnetts!
Have fun!!

[rsvmilly]

I did the Andy Burnett one about 4-5 years ago on 1200 Bandits. Purely done on the throttle. I thought it was a bit too prescriptive to apply to normal riding, when you might want to pop a wheelie at any speed, not just at 20mph.

[S2rr Kitty]

He also had weights under the pillion seat, smaller front sprokets & well tight steering dampers.... like you say - too artificial.... nearly flipped the VTR on the way home cos I tried to apply what I'd learned! *yikes*

I did it with Mary Anne Hobbs (now presenting on Eurosport) & it was filmed for TV!!

He also spent the day trying to flog everyone those stupid 'anti flip' things.... what a laugh - wouldn't put one of them on my bike in a fit!!

[bennyboysvuk]

I was taught by my mates to wheelie over the period of about a year I guess. Thankyou CBR600rrrrrrr. After this, an enourmous amount of practice is paramount to your wheelie prowess. At least 10 wheelies per hour ride is about right I think.

B

>> Edited by bennyboysvuk on Friday 4th March 13:28

[j-k]

Hi folks dont usally put postings on here but I thought I should share my tale of what happened to me this morning as a word of warning to any one who would be so foolish to actually pull wheelies!!

Woke up this morning to go to work, looks out side, lovely day so I decides to go to work on my bike. Gets the Bird out of hibernation. Loads up my top box with TWO laptops (have you guessed yet!!) popping as many wheelies as possible for 25 miles, gets to work never braking the national speed limit obviously, off the bike turns round to get laptops out and............. yep its gone top box, givi platform, lap tops, everything snapped off. Oops!!!
The moral to this story... dont be a pratt.
Pull wheelies by all means but not with a topbox full of laptops. he he he.
Didnt find the laptops either so anyone sees a topbox round the preston/blackpool area, its mine!

hope thats cheered you all up.

John

[rsvmilly]

j-k said:

Hi folks dont usally put postings on here but I thought I should share my tale of what happened to me this morning as a word of warning to any one who would be so foolish to actually pull wheelies!! Woke up this morning to go to work, looks out side, lovely day so I decides to go to work on my bike. Gets the Bird out of hibernation. Loads up my top box with TWO laptops (have you guessed yet!!) popping as many wheelies as possible for 25 miles, gets to work never braking the national speed limit obviously, off the bike turns round to get laptops out and............. yep its gone top box, givi platform, lap tops, everything snapped off. Oops!!! The moral to this story... dont be a pratt. Pull wheelies by all means but not with a topbox full of laptops. he he he. Didnt find the laptops either so anyone sees a topbox round the preston/blackpool area, its mine! hope thats cheered you all up. John

I once bought a load of beers. Put them on the car roof whilst I unlocked the doors (back in the olden days when you had to use a key!).

Got to my destination and couldn't figure out where my beers had gone! I daresay, they were strewn across the road outside the off license.

[Mad Dave]

rsvmilly said:

j-k said: Hi folks dont usally put postings on here but I thought I should share my tale of what happened to me this morning as a word of warning to any one who would be so foolish to actually pull wheelies!! Woke up this morning to go to work, looks out side, lovely day so I decides to go to work on my bike. Gets the Bird out of hibernation. Loads up my top box with TWO laptops (have you guessed yet!!) popping as many wheelies as possible for 25 miles, gets to work never braking the national speed limit obviously, off the bike turns round to get laptops out and............. yep its gone top box, givi platform, lap tops, everything snapped off. Oops!!! The moral to this story... dont be a pratt. Pull wheelies by all means but not with a topbox full of laptops. he he he. Didnt find the laptops either so anyone sees a topbox round the preston/blackpool area, its mine! hope thats cheered you all up. John I once bought a load of beers. Put them on the car roof whilst I unlocked the doors (back in the olden days when you had to use a key!). Got to my destination and couldn't figure out where my beers had gone! I daresay, they were strewn across the road outside the off license.

Nothing to do with wheelies, but I strapped my spare lid to the back of my Bandit last summer, after taking a friend for a spin - I checked behind me periodically to ensure it was still there, until after about 15 miles I looked behind me - and there it was, gone!

I never did find it, but I checked the news for a while in case it had hit someone. Luckily it seems to have bounced into the nearest hedge.

[rsvmilly]

Well Jon, I hope the weather improves for tomorrow. I wouldn't imagine Bovingdon would be too much fun in the rain.

[rsvmilly]

Nice to meet you Jon. A good day was had by all and everybody 'got it up'. Couldn't bring myself to practice on the way home - too bloody knackered

Here's a couple of snaps of the day (thanks to Hannah for her photography skills)

[r1_jon]

Twas a good day indeed, and nice to meet you too. I'll let you know about the race school day, it's likely to be May or June.