Hope you're kidding about power wheelies. Don't be a statistic.
Yes, low end torque on nakeds is rediculous, but can also get you into trouble real fast. Best be careful
Too many nannies on this site....
Hope you're kidding about power wheelies. Don't be a statistic.
Yes, low end torque on nakeds is rediculous, but can also get you into trouble real fast. Best be careful
Too many whiners on this site....油井緋色;2591661 said:Too many nannies on this site....
John (& OP) hate to break this to you but they All have about the same wheelbase,
hence the ability to do wheelies on demand and somewhere between 20 and 200 horsepower which is plenty enough to do endless catwalks
The importance to Have -> throttle control <-> clutch control <-> brake control <-> balance in all dimensions <- is directly proportionate to the horsepower no matter how you ride them.
If front to rear balance on a street bike scares you, it's time for you to get some dirt bike peg time.
Watch it...you know " he's jacked"Too many whiners on this site....
& how much dirt bike experience do you have?First night on my R6 resulted in an accidental power wheelie leaving a stoplight. Then a couple nights ago on the QEW it started trying to lift up in 3rd when I was passing someone, I say tried because I backed off a bit when I felt it lift up. Pretty sure it could bring the front wheel up in 4th if in the powerband.
& how much dirt bike experience do you have?
Let me save you some experimentation; pretty sure you can easy do a wheelie in any gear on an R6. otherwise I'd be looking for something wrong with it.
Hey wait! "QEW it started trying to lift up in 3rd when I was passing someone" :lmao: QEW is a multi-lane divided highway, is not like you had to accelerate hard to pass traffic and avoid oncoming traffic, what were you doing popping 3rd gear wheelies on the QEW again?
zero dirt exp. Situation on QE was like this, I had a tailgater up my *** at 130, downshifted and took off to get him off my *** and find an opening in an adjacent lane.
Yeah, still a bit used to the shadow. I do typically try to cruise at lower rpm though to save some fuel and try to keep my heat score low-ish.Was a rhetorical question, I knew it by what you wrote.
downshifted ! Totally unnecessary on that bike unless you were lugging it in top gear, just roll on the throttle a bit in 4th. and the car behind will go bye-bye, if he doesn't and hangs with you, get out of his way and slow down he's a maniac.
I hear you on the fuel conservation part, what I do is stay out of too tall a gear when there is any traffic in the immediate vicinity, that way I am already in a gear range that supports accelerate to escape if I need it, might want to try that too. Familiarize yourself with your particular bikes powerband and gear ranges, I figure I use at most 10% of the bikes performance in regular street riding, ymmv but it will be pretty close to that once you get better at riding it.
&btw people are going to want to race you or at least they will be driving crazy Thinking they are racing you, when you see that happening, drop back and give them space, you have nothing to prove, the guy in the car is just clueless about how fast your motorcycle really is, if you make it a race every time that happens it will not work well.