New Owner
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New Owner
I am 1 month and 1000 miles into my 2002 954 ownership!!! What a fabulous ride (13k miles). I owned an F3 before, which was a good starter bike, but my goodness what a difference. Amazing power. There's not enough O's in smooth to describe it (you know what I mean).
I don't have the hangers yet to go after my first wheelie. I've done the roll on throttle (1.5 seconds to roll on at 20 mph) and the wheel doesn't come up (by then I'm going 60). I'll continue trying to roll on quicker to make it come up....gentlemen, will this do it???
Thanks,
I don't have the hangers yet to go after my first wheelie. I've done the roll on throttle (1.5 seconds to roll on at 20 mph) and the wheel doesn't come up (by then I'm going 60). I'll continue trying to roll on quicker to make it come up....gentlemen, will this do it???
Thanks,
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RE: New Owner
To do power wheelies on my 1000I slide back in the seat and take it to about 5k rpms. Then I yank the throttle pretty hard and it brings it up in one fast motion. I learned to do power wheelies this way on my crf 450. It even pulls me up in third on the dirt bike but only seems to work in 1st on my cbr. Be careful though and learn how much to yank because you can loop it fast if you aren't careful.
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RE: New Owner
get a feel for the bike before you start doing that stuff. The 954 is no joke. It has no problem powering up. I find myself lifting it up in first gear even when I am not trying. I just blew out a fork seal not too long ago because of my wheelie habits. So take it easy and become accoustomed to the power and welcome.
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RE: New Owner
well second gear if you take it to about 50mph and pop the clutch the front will rise(depending on your weight i am 235)...you have topop the clutchhard at first but quickly ease up or you will roll over....i still to this day have close calls...but not very often...when you learn that secound gear you can ride those wheelies all day long up to about 100mph...then you can teach yourself to switch gears while your up...just let them ***** hang and do it but like bobjoe would say.....BECAREFUL and learn your bike first and make sure you are comfortable on it first...