Great point STLK, thats a very important piece of information that I forgot to post. Do not be scared to fall past your ballancing point because you can always just tap your rear brake, and the quad will lung back forward allowing you to keep your weelie going. This can be the difference between a 2 second wheelie, and a 30 second wheelie. Great tactic to practice and impress your friends with.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

Sorry, not STLK, but rockrider who reminded me of this. Oooops.

 

aparently nobody reads my posts [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

 

I did, but I was talking about the rear grab bar issue mainly

 

I'm having a problem with the wheelies as well. The first time I did a wheelie when I got my quad back in July, I got the quad completely vertical and my back was flat on the ground. My buddy didn't tell me, or maybe he didn't know, that if i tapped the rear brake that the front end would come down. I tried doin wheelies at Silver Lake yesterday, but I couldn't get traction...my rear tires just kept spinning. Maybe the 130lbs just isn't enough weight on the back tires??? hahha.

 

I can ride a wheelie from 1st to 5th gear easy on my freinds kfx 400 but it is not quite so easy with my lt.

 

I have a 300 ex....no problems with wheelies.....just problems keeping all fours on the ground!

Keep practicing! There is no good reason that your quad should perform on two wheels too.

 

On level ground, I can wheelie my DS as far as space allows. I think it's easier in higher gears, but at those speeds, letting the grab bar hit the ground at all is bad news. Just don't miss the rear brake.

And the old 200sx quads did have grab bars.

 

Me wieghing 280 makes wheelies from 1st to fifth easy. I just rode a kfx on friday and it seemed to come up a lil easier at slow speeds but it was harder to balance.

 

Riding wheelies farther is much easier on my quad, now that i have a lot more torque on this quad, i can let it fall very close to the ground and still be able to lift it all the way back up at high speeds.