Everyone has great advice. What i did to start riding wheelies was to put my left knee on the seat and my left foot inside the rear grab bar. I'd either pop the clutch in second while moving or jerk it in second. Once u get it up u can start to feel how to keep it up. Once u understand how the balance point feels and the RPM's work you can graduate to sitting down and popping it from first. One drawback the warrior has is the engine is located closer to the front than either the 300ex or the 400ex, which means your balancing point will be kind of high. But u can definately do it.. have fun

 

I have no problem getting it up. I went fron a Timberwolf to a Warrior. The T-wolf was simple and could be road on the rear for miles. The Warrior is longer but has twice the power. I even have a 14 tooth front and all I have to do in give it the gas and it is up. I can even shift to fourth or fifth.

 

I've never even tried to wheelie with my 250r...should the front end pop right up if I give it instant throttle like you guys are talking about your 300/400EX's?

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- 1986 Honda TRX250R, 1996 Kawasaki Mojave, 1998 Kawasaki Mojave, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/B...8090/home.html

 

Ride,

The 88 and 89 Rs had a 1/2" or something shorter swingarm which I guess was to make it easier to pop the front end up over bumps, but the 86-87 will do it too, you just need to pull on the bars a bit.. they tend to hook up and take off better than wheelie, which is for the most part preferable, I also prefer the heavier front end for climbing hills.

 

First of all, you shouldn't even have to touch the clutch to pull a wheelie, all there is to is body position (sit back on the seat) and throttle control (let up on the gas then blip it) and up in the air your front end goes. Depending on the speed, you may have to give the bars a little yank to help get up. I could ride wheelies on a TRX125, so anything can ride a wheelie.

Wheelies are easy, and sometimes in races if a corner is tacky and fast, I can carry the front end through the entire corner, you steer by using actually leaning into the corner somewhat. If you want to get technical, I you can ride a one wheel wheelie. All you do is bicycle the quad( ride on two wheels sideways) then blip the throttle a little, and up on one wheel you go. Thats what is fun about quads, you play around with them.

By the way, the shorter swing-arm on the 88-89 TRX250Rs is not to stand it up, it is so it would turn quicker.

 

I have a 400EX and have no trouble getting the wheels up but keeping them up is another issue, a mental issue. I am scared that I am going to flip over and hurt myself. But then I hear stories of people dragging their back bumper all over the place. Am I fearing something that I should't, or what? I just can't seem to find the balance point and ride them for a really long time.

 

I have a '99 400ex and have more trouble keeping the front end on the ground than in the air. The best thing anyone ever told me was to just put it up and ride. If you fall off get back on and try again. I don't know about the warrior but the grab bar on my 400 is a life saver. I've went to far a couple of times and it wouldn't come all the way over. Just my two cents. keep trying and soon it will be second nature.

 

fourtrax2000: when you fall off, do you just slip off one side or do you slip off the back? Falling off from a second gear wheely would hurt. Once I get the front end up, I just take off.

 

Ive never fallen off in any gear other than first and that was win I was learning(it was more like jumping off the back). Since then I have learned control.

 

ahhhhh the wheelie. i learned how to wheelie on a suzuki 225. now you want to talk about harsh. this quad had no back suspension at all. i learned to wheelie by accident. i was going through a field pretty fast and hit a bump.the front came up and the rear rack was dragging on the ground. scared my self half to death. i also mastered the front wheelie on that quad. since the rear has no suspension i felt everyting. i believe i hit the same bump and the rear flew into the air. i can remember looking at my only tire on the ground. i had both back tires and one front tire off the ground. man i loved that quad it was so fun. no i have a banshee. i still need to find my balancing point so i can keep the wheelie up.


tony
'97 banshee