wheelie practice/school??

there was some talk a few weeks back about doing a "wheelie school." wondering if anyone is still interested in this? R1Minger said something about his warehouse having a few hundred feet of paved private road behind it.. although if that doesnt work anymote Prizefighter and I are working on a couple of other local places for he and I to get some practice time in. So i'm wondering if anyone is still interested in attending a wheelie day somewhere. Participation is obviously optional (i.e spectating is fine). And if so, what day/time works best?

komo 4 says.. http://www.komo4.com/weather/images/4_6day.jpg

I would be just need more miles on my ride. Currently I'm at 685 so I don't want to abuse her to much.

Cool idea, I'd love to coem if I was any closer. Is that "wheelie school" free? :fact

it's a BYOB event.

darkside.. how many miles are you putting on it before you consider it "broken in" ?? most tuners say anywhere from 100-300 is broken in, and even yamaha says after 600 you are free to beat the piss out of it.

I'm thinking about 5K. Actually I just want to get up 750 or more which with any luck could be this week

Mototune USA says to break it in by beating the shit out of it :fact The "take it easy" break in was actually designed to keep newbie riders from abusing their bikes, giving them around 1000 miles to learn to ride.

damn....you guys should come down to california....:p

I'd love to get in on this! I could use some wheelie and stoppie practice and can't seem to find someplace safe that I won't get a ticket. Seattle is so hard to find a good practice place. The guys in STR would love to join in if you don't mind a big group. If you do mind, I'd love to come by myself and get some practice in.

naw, ric, the bigger the group, the better (in my opinion). if R1Minger objects, then feel free to speak up.. but plenty of people should be fine, as long as everyone understands how to be responsible when stunting around others (i.e. we set it up so any potential crashes only involve the person who is crashing, and not 3 other bikes in their path) assuming he does have a few hundred feet of road, as i seem to recall him saying, shouldn't be too difficult to organize it. if minger can't come through, i think we have one or two other possible places we could hold it. also, i should mention that we'll be filming whatever does happen (anytime we stunt, we film it) so consenting to be on film is a requirement ot the adamgeek wheelie school, hehe.

i should mention that we'll be filming whatever does happen (anytime we stunt, we film it) so consenting to be on film is a requirement ot the adamgeek wheelie school, hehe. Hmmm I don't know if I'm worthy Adam:bow :bow :bow

i got plenty of straight aways down here and in black diamond i can show you guys.... just let me know.

I'd be willing to cross the boarder for that!!!

yea, Trey, that could be a good backup plan. but ideally i'd like a 200 foot (or longer!) flat/straight road that we could do dozens of passes on without the fear of anyone getting tickets or having to evade the police. best way to do that is a "private road" or parking lot that we can put a couple cones up with a "NO PUBLIC ENTRY" sign, and voila... even if the cops come you aren't doing anything illegal because it's a private (nonpublic) road. i wish we had more (any) abandoned airstrips around here. even the super low traffic ones i could find get like 50 planes a day. oh well, either R1minger can step up, or i'll work on getting us some tracktime.

yea down here we got the distance roads but they are all public roads..... ill do some researching and see if i can get anything better.

shit im down...you provide the bike

wait waaaaiiiittt FOR MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

when are you gonna be back from london and have your bike done Kai? i wanna get my 12 bar on (with my new crunchy tail hehe) before the wheelie school so i can maybe think about scraping some tail :D

It would be nice to have a wide road to work with so when I crash I wont be in the dirt. We need to hunt up a good spot.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by adamgeek [B]but plenty of people should be fine, as long as everyone understands how to be responsible when stunting around others (i.e. we set it up so any potential crashes only involve the person who is crashing, and not 3 other bikes in their path) bwahahah you crack me up Adam. So your telling me that ripping standups on 405/ maple valley hwy with a group of 25bikes is "responsible"? With bikes in front of you and behind you?:fact :confused: :2bitchsla Hhaahhahahhhahhaa. :yesnod Just bustin your balls dude. Let us all know what Craig says.

The back of our warehouse is more like a 150 yards and is pretty wide. I definitely want some better weather though. It is in the south end and there really isn't a road behind it, just a field. I don't want 100 bikes out there though. We might want to keep it simple the first time and see how it goes. Than maybe have a second school. Lord knows I need more than one day. I just put a 15 tooth sprocket on the front yesterday :jump

That sounds perfect, and whats wrong with freeway wheelies in a group. ;)

Looks like Sat might have decent weather....think we can do this R1minger, Adam?

I second that:rock

I'm in. At least to watch. :D

You bastards....... why o why do i have to move! :( o well. next time.

what do you mean watch? You are the one that said at one time you wanted to tear up I-90 up in a standup

No can do this weekend, I will be in Orcas island :mad:

Cool. Count me in...I'm not a very good stunter. But I am a very responsible group rider and want to learn more. If you like, I could get a small number of people from STR for practice. Some of the guys do tank wheelies, standups, can-cans, all kinds of rolling burnouts, rolling stoppies, skitching. We always video tape too...we are putting out a video this year. Some of the guys in STR are pretty amazing stunters. I can always get them to come for wheelie round 2 or 3 or sometime down the road. I don't think r1minger would really want us to show up in force though...when we used to ride to a prior wheelie road, we would roll 20-40 deep and that tends to attract a lot of attention.

Oh damn...THIS saturday...guess I'll have to catch round 2...off to vegas this week. Have fun guys!

hehe, looks like we'll wait a week for minger to be back in town :D

Originally posted by R1KMKZE damn....you guys should come down to california....:p Yeah, California!! Lines behind lines, drive by shootings and earthquakes. Sounds like fun!! I'm on my way!

hey.. what about this weekend for the wheelie school?? saturday maybe? http://www.komo4.com/weather/images/4_6day.jpg

I'm gonna be gone Saturday... up with the Moms :(

Let me know when this is cuz I'm down!

did you guys ever do this? Cause if you were doin it again, I would be down. Getting kinda cold out, but then at least I will ACTUALLY WEAR a jacket. I need some practice anyway, its been a while.