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Old May 23, 2004 | 05:25 AM
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Default Need help learning to ride Wheelies!!!!!

Just practice, practice, practice... It will be kind of scary at first but you will start to feel the hang of it!! I was 5 when I did my first wheelie... Never to old or young to learn to wheelie
 
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Old Dec 16, 2004 | 08:02 PM
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Default Need help learning to ride Wheelies!!!!!

i can do all sorts of wheelies on my z400 u just need to find a balance point and stay their using the brake and throttle. then practice
 
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Old Dec 16, 2004 | 08:49 PM
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Default Need help learning to ride Wheelies!!!!!

I think he is asking for advice on doing balance wheelies, instead of power wheelies. Anybody with a Raptor and a thumb can do a power wheelie, but balancing the front end as long as you want can take a little practice. I've figured it out on a number of ATVs; ... my old Raptor, my DS650, my Prairie 700, and my kids YFZ, and the one thing that seems to help the most is being smooth with the throttle. Most people punch the throttle, then when the front end comes up high enough they let off the throttle completely, and then they proceed to blip the throttle a number of times to keep popping the front end back up each time it tries to drop. Eventually they either blip the throttle too little, and the front drops back down, or they blip it too much, and their ATV slides on the grab bar until they can get on the brakes. It works better if you are really smooth with the throttle though. When the front comes up to the balance point, start letting off the throttle a little early, but only let off partially, and progressively. Try to judge when the front end is going to go back down, and ease into the throttle very slowly and smoothly to prevent the front end from dropping, instead of reacting with a blip of the throttle after it starts to drop. Once you get really smooth with the throttle it is much easier to keep the front end up longer.
 
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