My friend asked me this question and I didn't know the answer so I thought I'd ask you guys.

Say you're rolling at 5 miles an hour. You have the clutch in and the RPMs are at redline. While rolling at 5 mph, you instantly let the clutch out while the RPMs are still at redline. While this is all going on, you don't touch the brakes at all. What will happen?

My friend says the rear wheel won't grip the ground and you'll end up doing a burnout. I think the bike will flip over. What do you guys think?

well... what will happen is you will loop your bike and land flat on your ass....

you will do a burn out! ive done it before on accident back in the day while working on my wheelies.. Das da fact jack:fact

U will need to go to your dealer to buy a new clutch...
....but otherwise it will probably break loose...(& hope that it does not try to swing out on ya) but if you are sitting on the seat & heavy enough it may hook up and then everything will be over very quickly ala 3 okclock...but make sure you guys try it out and send pics

:lol

It depends on how sticky your tire is (which depends on the tire compound and the temperature of the tire).

If the tire is cold (not so sticky), the tire will break loose and you will burn out. If you hold on the gas while burning out, the speed of the bike will slowly catch up to the speed of the tire and you will go on riding normally leaving a black mark several 10's of feet long.

If the tire is a little warm (kind of sticky) it depends on your speed as to whether it will break loose or stick. For lower speeds (5-10 mph ish) the chance of it breaking loose is greater. For higher speeds (greater than 10mph) it will probably stick so be ready for the front to come up.

If the tire is hot (really sticky) the front will almost certainly come up even at lower speeds if you bike has enough power and torque. You can control a wheelie at lower speeds but it is a little more difficult than at higher speeds. The reason for this is the higher centrifugal inertia (spinning) of the wheel helps to keep you upright and going in the same line.

I do this "trick" on occasion. It is fun but wastes your tire tread! Don't be afraid to try it if you feel comfortable. But do approach it safely.:thumbup

By the way, I recently fractured a tooth off a clutch friction disk. This was after literally 12 thousand miles of shear clutch abuse. I can only give a estimate of approximatly >1000 cluth-up wheelies (maybe more?)and a few dozen burn outs. Your clutch will not fail if you do this a few times.

it WILL break loose with that scenario

It might break loose and spin, It might break loose and slide out, Or it might flip and land right on top of you. These are all possibilities. Now who wants to go out and try it with someone shooting video of course.:lol

Originally posted by Limited R1
It might break loose and spin, It might break loose and slide out, Or it might flip and land right on top of you. These are all possibilities. Now who wants to go out and try it with someone shooting video of course.:lol

hehehe.... yeah really.....

I WANNA SEE!! :jump :jump :jump

well, the rear wheel has a friction threshhold, where if enough power is applied in a quick enough manner, and you "shock" the tire it will start to slide. unweighting the rear tire by leaning over the frontend or braking slightly, will all allow the tire to spin easier. tire heat will also come into play here.

its a very commitment oriented stunt, if you are a little hesitant and don't past the threshhold, the front will come up in a hell of a hurry. possibly so quick you will not be able to stop it.

Personally, I had a really had a really bad result one time with a hot supercorsa, didn't flip it but the raw grip of the tire caused my bike to launch forward and make the front wheel slide. I stick to lowspeed burnouts/donuts now. My advice is to do this shit on slippery rear tires.