[gsxr-1k-ryder]

I started trying stoppies last fall right before I had to put the bike up for winter. Now I've been anxious all winter to get the bike back out and try again. I was just doing small ones, nothing like standing it up 12 o'clock or anything.

anyways, I know this is a bit off topic, but has anybody seen the TV show Stunt Junkies (discovery channel)?
Last nights show had a guy trying to set the speed record for a rolling stoppie/nose wheelie. He got clocked at 138mph in a nose wheelie.
WOW!!!unk

 

[J4Rowell]

I started trying stoppies last fall right before I had to put the bike up for winter. Now I've been anxious all winter to get the bike back out and try again. I was just doing small ones, nothing like standing it up 12 o'clock or anything.

anyways, I know this is a bit off topic, but has anybody seen the TV show Stunt Junkies (discovery channel)?
Last nights show had a guy trying to set the speed record for a rolling stoppie/nose wheelie. He got clocked at 138mph in a nose wheelie.
WOW!!!unk

Fuckin nutsunk

 

[GoInLite]

To be totally honest, I just did it. I have been riding bikes since I could get away with shittin in my pants, soooo.

I notice a lot of people just have trouble gettin the tire off the ground. It is easy

You can do it ine of two ways.

1: 40mph and load shocks w/ brake pressure, then apply a tad bit more and a tad more, till it comes up..or....
2: Do around 10-20mph and apply brake slightly while giving a kinda horse kickin motion. Do not take you feet of the pegs, just kinda lift up without lifting.....In other words throw your weight more to the front. I will guarantee you will get the tire off the ground. I am not worried about anyone nossin it the first time, most of you will get scared with the feelings an let of the brake in a hurry.

I am a nut bag, so I just think about how the stunt is done and do it. Of course I have another bike to practice shit on, so I dont care if that one takes a spill...She's bulletproof.

 

[Grip72]

I WANT TO WHEELIE SO BAD!!!

I've had the wheel off the ground using 1st gear roll ons and 1st gear clutchups

BUT i don't trust them or feel comfortable tehre and would like to try 2nd gear clutchups
i have tried them, but it just seems that when i pop the clutch and accelerate, that the bike only lunges forward..i can't seem to get it to just pop up smoothly like in all the videos
F*** its getting frustarating. you guys make it look so easy!! argh argh argh

 

[gsxrK3]

I started trying stoppies recently. The scariest part for me actually is that the front wheel will turn + wash out. I really want to try rolling ones though. That will be nice. I like.
Here's a pic my little brother took.
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1510/dsc02122js3.jpg

 

[speedy81304]

i dont know if you would call this a rolling stoppie. but i can feel and my riding group have said. that when i get hard on the brakes before a turn. my rear tire floats about 2 - 3" off the ground now remind you this is at speeds over 100 mph. and then im droping it just before i turn into the turn.. my next thing to learn is to power wheelie out of the turns.. I got down the power sliding. for new rides dont try this untill you learn your limits. I up shift and down shift when im cranking out hard turns. I can get the rear tire to spin alittle bit. but only in right hand turns. for some reson i cant get it to spin in left hand turns. must be in my head. i started this type of riding on my 02 GSXR600. that was not even close to stock. lets say it should have been a track bike. now im riding a nice clean used 05 GSXR750. it has about the same power as my old 600 did after the mods. my old 600 cranked out 118 at the rear wheel in 2003. this 750 feels more like 130.
still learning the feel of the bike. just be safe and dont ride beyond your limits.

 

[Pixel 6]

Started working on stoppies quite a bit last year. First gear to about 40 - 55 mph was comfortable to me... easy on the brake to set the suspension, then apply more to bring her up. Keep your head and eyes on the horizon.

Friend of mine and I would put out cones in 25' increments, and just keep trying to go further and further with the same approach speed. i.e. getting to the bp faster. In not too long of time I was consistently over the 100' mark. I started getting some of em to 150' and learned how to steer em a bit (lean the direction the tail is falling.) Steering only works though if your tail is up there... If you're shallow it's the fastest way to high-side a landing.

Was [email protected] off in the streets one day (for a lot guy, you think I would know better)... rolled one up going slightly downhill at about 60 mph... all was well. At about 100' the tail started drifting to the right, so naturally I started to steer into it. Only problem was I was on top of one of the crown deformations on the road... As soon as I corrected the tail, I was listing from the peak to the valley of one of these crowns. Over braked, and for about 30' knew I was going over.

Flipped it with about 10 mph left and got tagged by the bike. Shattered / dislocated my elbow on one arm, and broke my wrist on the other. (60 grand surgery for that one...)

My 2 cents.? Stunting is not a safe sport by any means... some get lucky and can take a few hard hits before they break anything... others will snap on their first slow fall. Keep in mind you have to be willing to pay the price to learn these things.

In 14 years riding = 2 lowsides, no injuries.
And in 3 years stunting = 2 crashes (handbrake pinched line / mechanical failure = flipped wheelie, and inexperience on downhill / street screwoff = flipped stoppie... Total? 2 major surgeries, 3 steel plates, 23 screws, 120k in doctor bills)

Me? I'll be working on them again this year . But back to the lots this time =]

Practice smart, wear your gear, don't stunt solo.

- Pixel -

 

[brooklyn86]

Is the initial grab on the brakes really slow or relatively hard? I can do dead stop (stoppies), but when I try to do rolling endos, I grab pretty softly to start, but I just end up slowing the bike down and the thing doesn't come up at all.

Trouble

I was reading through the thread and thought this pic best answers your question

 

[Suzuki_Screamin88]

See im not too experinced in the stoppie relm but from what ive learned on my own its pretty easy. I don't in any way recomend anyone try my way because Im not too confident in it but I like to take the bike up to about 35-40 in first, let off the throttle smoothly but abruptly to let the front end dive, grab the front brake smooth and quick and once i feel the back lift off I pull the clutch and stay in the brake. im not all for the distance but its a nice smooth 40 foot stoppie.

 

[dv8ryan]

I know nothing of stoppies they are hazardous to your health!! lol

But in all honesty, they are not that complicated from the start. It's a comfort zone. As your comfort zone increases, you can increase speed and heigth. Now a days people are using dirt bike bars or clip ons above the triple tree. You don't need as much speed anymore to get that high, but back in the day using 140mph to go 1000ft was the norm.(at least for me anyways) Now i've seen some new guys going 1000ft with 90 to 100mph. Good luck in learning stoppies, they are fun, and there was nothing more fun to look back at your starting point and seeing the cone become a little dot.

 

[yode3zy]

Started working on stoppies quite a bit last year. First gear to about 40 - 55 mph was comfortable to me... easy on the brake to set the suspension, then apply more to bring her up. Keep your head and eyes on the horizon.

Friend of mine and I would put out cones in 25' increments, and just keep trying to go further and further with the same approach speed. i.e. getting to the bp faster. In not too long of time I was consistently over the 100' mark. I started getting some of em to 150' and learned how to steer em a bit (lean the direction the tail is falling.) Steering only works though if your tail is up there... If you're shallow it's the fastest way to high-side a landing.

Was [email protected] off in the streets one day (for a lot guy, you think I would know better)... rolled one up going slightly downhill at about 60 mph... all was well. At about 100' the tail started drifting to the right, so naturally I started to steer into it. Only problem was I was on top of one of the crown deformations on the road... As soon as I corrected the tail, I was listing from the peak to the valley of one of these crowns. Over braked, and for about 30' knew I was going over.

Flipped it with about 10 mph left and got tagged by the bike. Shattered / dislocated my elbow on one arm, and broke my wrist on the other. (60 grand surgery for that one...)

My 2 cents.? Stunting is not a safe sport by any means... some get lucky and can take a few hard hits before they break anything... others will snap on their first slow fall. Keep in mind you have to be willing to pay the price to learn these things.

In 14 years riding = 2 lowsides, no injuries.
And in 3 years stunting = 2 crashes (handbrake pinched line / mechanical failure = flipped wheelie, and inexperience on downhill / street screwoff = flipped stoppie... Total? 2 major surgeries, 3 steel plates, 23 screws, 120k in doctor bills)

Me? I'll be working on them again this year . But back to the lots this time =]

Practice smart, wear your gear, don't stunt solo.

- Pixel -

OWWCH... damn man

 

[Richard Marlon Jacobson]

Guy I wanted to find out if you can do stoppies with the stock forks in a gixxer. Or do you need to replace with a special fork.

 

[Anthony D]

Guy I wanted to find out if you can do stoppies with the stock forks in a gixxer. Or do you need to replace with a special fork.

Odd first post, but I'll bite.

Yes, you can do stoppies on the stock forks, in a controlled environment like a parking lot.

Please do not stunt on public roads, it gives us all a bad name.