Popped my first wheele tonight. 20mph in 2nd gear. I think my biggest problem is when I'm just about to dump the clutch I lean foward. Got in a few successful wheeles not big but it gave me a hard-on.

 

yeah that is a problem a lot of noobs have, my buddy always leans forward. I tried explaining to him that you are trying to get the front wheel up, why are you leaning on it??? thats cool though keep practicing you will only get better.... later

 

2nd gear going 20mph, must have had to rev the **** outta it.

 

yeah that sounds like alot of revving. I still sometimes lean into it. it's just instincts taking over.

 

it's just instinct, i used to do the same thing without realizing it. it just takes time and practice to get over that feeling. i remember the first time i REALLY did a wheelie, i thought i was about to fall off the back of the bike, when i set it back down my heart was pounding, but after several more times of doing it, it just becomes second nature.

that's the way to do it, don't do too much on your first day or you'll end up looping it before you can learn throttle control. once you get that front wheel up in the air the first couple of times, your mind's natural reaction is to find a way to get the wheel back down as quickly as possible, so you don't even think about throttle control. it's easy to chop the throttle without realizing it and set it down way too hard.

 

How fast should I go at 2nd? I was told to go 20mph and ya I did revv the **** outa it.

 

it will depend on how your bike is geared. it's more about what RPM you're at than what speed you're going. on my 929 with stock gearing, i do 1st gear wheelies at about 30-35 mph. i just got the bike though and plan to change the sprockets out within the next month or two.

 

what he says ^^

i do 30-35mph in first, never did second yet but figured at least 35+.. too chicken sh*t right now to do it in second..

 

first gear 15-25, second gear 30-45 (standing up) I'm not very good at them yet.

 

I normally do stand ups around 40 in second