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Old May 2, 2000 | 11:29 PM
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can any one ride a one wheel wheely, If so how do you do it? I know a few people that tryed it and can not and if they can't it has to be hard. I want to try with my atc 125m yet that is a little smaller than my "R" and mojave.
 
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Old May 3, 2000 | 02:50 AM
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Yep, not all that hard to do. Mostly inadvertantly happens to me in hard corners, but I can do it at will if I want & conditions are right... The easiest bike I have to do it on is my ATC350X. I don't know about trying it on an ATC125, seems a bit underpowered, but I guess it's worth a try.

Find a nice somewhat loose on the surface, but sticky corner, go screaming around it in a nice powerslide, bring her up into a wheelie while sliding, shift your weight a little (if needed, but be careful), and viola! If you're lucky, she'll come back rubber side down....

I guess a person could try a low speed one by manipulating a lot of weight onto the outside edge of one of the footpegs while turning and cracking open the throttle, but I prefer the higher speed, power induced 1 wheel stands.

Any way a person goes about it, they are not long events, the balance point is generally razor sharp.
 
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Old May 3, 2000 | 09:50 AM
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Try riding in circles on 2 wheels(on a quad). Now that you are only riding on one rear tire, give the quad some gas and ride a wheelie.
 
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Old May 3, 2000 | 07:06 PM
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I think a rounded tire would be better the mojave has shreeders on it and it is hard to keep it up I can get it up for a few seconds from on the side 2 wheels but can't ride it at all like Matt (the one that made the longest jump)
 
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Old May 5, 2000 | 12:48 AM
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I do it like Gabe. 2nd gear spin a donut, pull a wheelie, the bike will flip up onto the outside wheel. Don't panic, gas it and spin it around. I have done about 270 degrees this way.

My friend Josh does it that way, or he will ride on two side wheels, then gas it and pull up onto one wheel.

Another ridin' bud, Eric does the donut trick.

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Old May 5, 2000 | 12:01 PM
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Here's a couple cheezy 1st gear one wheeler's I did just for you while playing around for a few minutes last night. Nothing spectacular, & the better ones got missed by my cameraman.

http://home.earthlink.net/~gellett/mpg/onewheel_1.mpg 485k
http://home.earthlink.net/~gellett/mpg/one_wheel.mpg 367k
 
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Old May 5, 2000 | 12:06 PM
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Yep that'll work, I have done several really beautiful ones that way, especially on my 350X. Only wish the camera was rolling....
 
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Old May 13, 2000 | 11:07 AM
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thanks i can do little ones but cant ride it wondered if any can ride one foue a little more than a power one.
 
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Old May 13, 2000 | 11:12 AM
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i was trying to tip it from a wheely to a 1 wheel wheely i can do one on me 250r ok from 2 wheels but nothing that would impress tim farr
 
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