When your racing should you try to push down on the bars as well as being in a tucked position? or should you try to concentrate as much weight on the tank from your chest as possible without putting weight on the bars?

Also, does having a full tank of gas help?

Anything else?

On the launch you want the center of balance of your bike as far forward as you can. My helmet is usually within an inch of my windscreen for the launch. I stay that way until I shift into 3rd, then I tuck in behind the windscreen to improve aerodymanics as much as possible. Just my .02

A full tank will help keep the front down, but will also give you more weight to drag down the track. Try keeping your feet behind you for a little bit, I don't have an air shifter and try to keep my feet back til I have to shift, I have watched guys with air shifters keep them back til bout third.

good stuff... The K5 tank is uncomfortable to lay on....There is a ridge leading to the fuel door that really gets into my breastbone.

what is the theory for keeping ur feet back?

in theory it keeps you from placing any weight on your pegs, and solely on your seat and tank... best way ive found for me personally, is for my right foot to be hanging back, left foot on the shifter so i can nail second about the 60' mark, because by then im already in the air...

I see...well Im gonna hit the track pretty soon... im a bike newbie 1200 miles of experience so far....

PS: Do you guys rev it up real high then let the clutch out quick and smoothly?

make sure the suspension is tight, the looser it is, the more it allows the weight to transfer, which turns into wheelie probability

not really. if you have your rear suspension set hard then all of the energy cant go anywhere therefore the rear axle works as a pivot point, and promotes wheelies. set your compression to the softest setting and energy will be absorbed. set your rebound to max!!


make sure the suspension is tight, the looser it is, the more it allows the weight to transfer, which turns into wheelie probability

Like was said before. I just fill it up with gas. I am a lighter guy (155 lbs) so I actually go slower with less weight because its so hard to keep the front down.

soft on compression hard on rebound,lower the bars 20-30 mm in the front also helps.launch at 3-4 on a 1000 and short shift 1st to second at 9000rpm-10000rpm also aviod snapping the throttle,roll it on.

not really. if you have your rear suspension set hard then all of the energy cant go anywhere therefore the rear axle works as a pivot point, and promotes wheelies. set your compression to the softest setting and energy will be absorbed. set your rebound to max!!


make sure the suspension is tight, the looser it is, the more it allows the weight to transfer, which turns into wheelie probability





my experience is when i go soft on the preload, my bike becomes a wheelie monster

My thinking would be the softer the settingin the rear the better the weight transfer the more the front comes up.

no the bike sqauts in the rear lowering the height and comes back very slow keeping the wheel down.try going to the softest setting on compression and slowly go hard on rebound.