Ok guys, this is a little embarassing but I need help with clutching up my bike. I can barely get it a few inches off the ground and I've been practicing for awhile. I've read all the threads and tutorials and even looked up a few videos on youtube but I'm still having trouble. I ride an 02 F4i with stock sprockets. Here is my method...

In sitdown position.
1st gear riding around 15-20 mph.
Pull the clutch in just to the point where it engages.
Open the throttle to anywhere from 6k all the way to 8k (experimenting with different rpms, some may even be higher)
hold that rpm and release the clutch.

Anyone have any tips on what to do or what I'm doing wrong? It's something that I really want to be able to do and I don't want to get sprockets because A: I don't need them as my bike will wheelie stock and B: I feel I should learn the just of it before upgrading because someday I would like to change out my sprockets. Thanks in advance!

 

dont "hold" the tach at the rpm you want. you should dump the clutch instantaneously as you reach the rpm of your choosing.

this is what I do to predict my clutch up:
I am in 1st and go about 4k rpm.

I clutch it up to around 8k and let go.

If you cannot get up then the only problem is you need to go higher in rpm. more *****

 

alright my brother im going to tell you a pretty easy way to do this, and its goign to take some ***** to ride them but they are so much better to control.



ride into first gear and speed up untill your bike hits 7 to 8k then stand up keeping one foot on the rear break and one on the passanger foot peg. then your going to keep the rpms and gas it up. but at the same time you should lean back a little bit. your bike will go up slower then clutch droping it.

 

dont do power wheelies, way less control. Keep using the clutch like you are but bring your rpms up higher. practice and it will come

 

dont go by reading your rpms... thats a STUPID habit... go by what you feel and hear. i pull my clutch in... snap my throttle and feel where im snapping it to and dump the clutch.. all in about 1 1/5 seconds not even.... all while looking and ppl im doing wheelies for or looking around me lol...and dont do power wheelies... lol.

 

this might be a dumb question and an obvious one, but is there going to be premature clutch failure or extreme wear from clutching up wheelies in 2nd or 3rd gear?

I've tried clutching wheelies in 2nd on my 1000rr, and i find it easier to be cruising at about 70-80mph in 2nd gear at 7500-8500 rpms then just close the throttle then wrap it wide open and the front comes up as if i clutched it and i can ride it forever.... I'd like to clutch them up but i for some reason cant get it down, and i'm not comfortable with stand ups yet. and with an slip on it sounds alot sweeter from a distance and you kno someone is doin a wheelie when clutching it up. haa

 

I don't get all the hate from power wheelies. That's how I'm learning and I like it because it comes up smooth. Rocking the suspension and powering I think is a nono.

Oh, and yes you will have premature clutch wear from clutch wheelies. A lot? No. It's just part of the game.

 

I remember when i first found that my bike does extremely easy wheelies in second gear... traffic jam in one lane on tha freeway, let off completely and then gave her hell in the fast lane to pass and whooop front came wayy up and thats where found my balance point... Now i just gotta keep a strait line... my side to side balance needs some fine tuning.

 

You rock a 1000RR and you were unaware that your bike would do extremely easy second gear wheelies?!? Be careful man, sounds like you may have your hands full with a liter bike.

 

First of all can we please stop with the dump the clutch talk. NOO do not dump the clutch its slip the clutch. Second yes alot people love power wheelies just cause they seem smooth coming up. The point of clutching the bike up is to be going at a slower speed which in turn allows you to have more rpms to play with. And with more rpms you'll have more time to find the blance point. In the end clutching is the way to go not power ups. But you do have to start somewhere.