I want a Wheelie Monster !

[hulagun]

Taking Phlats advice, and inspired by my girlfriend watching, I did a perfectly good wheelie using only the loud handle.

From a dead stop (seated midway back on the saddle), rolling forward in first gear, 'slam da frottle' to compress the forks, then as the forks rebounded I leaned back and goosed it good. Up came the bike into my chest, balance point approached and lofted the wheel smoothly as I accelerated... the wheel dropped back down just as smooth on the far side of the intersection. Never hit the rev limiter either.

Felt like bike was vertical so that means wheel was 6" off ground, right? My g/f said it looked "hot" and "the front wheel was way high up"... but then she's trained to say nice things bout me.

I'm guessin that since I brought the bike to my chest I did lean forward... now I am practicing more small wheelies and working on controlling that reflex.

[Nataraj]

A couple of thoughts about wheelies on the Baghira:

- the "reduced ride height" model has a shorter swingarm, and therefore lofts the front wheel easier. Some folks here in the States had one of each handy and measured the swingarms...something like almost 2" different.
- first gear wheelies with a stock bike are simple on the "RRH" model, and harder on the other model. Somebody else already posted the right way to get that front wheel up: rolling in first at 10-12 mph, close the throttle to load the forks, then roll on the gas hard. It'll come up!
- I still can't do a second gear wheelie, and I still haven't tried shifting into second mid-wheelie, but spring is coming!
- I'm having a 1mm larger, higher compression piston put in, as well as some flow and valve work done. I'm anticipating 50+ rear-wheel HP, and if everything else stays about the same that should also give me 49-50 fp of torque. Dyno results posted when the work is complete...

Nice t'meet you all. I'm new here. I have some MZ stuff on my website (opinions, mods, etc.) here: http://c_hauser.tripod.com

TTFN!

Nataraj