It does wheelee!

[HaulinAshe]

I had a mid-sized passenger (with the rear bag in place) and just rolled through first, second and Whoah! The front wheel comes up about a foot without clutch pop, or any cohersion.

Wouldn't do it again with a passenger. But I believe the extra weight is what made the difference in how easily it wheelied.

Had not quite completed the right-hand turn I was making at the time, so had to revert to the MX habits and twist the bar for balance, swing the bike into the completion of the turn and then straighten the wheel and touch down.

Passenger was impressed because he thought I was showing off. I was impressed because I didn't panic and screw it up.

Thought it was worth sharing that the rumors of shaft-driven bikes actually doing wheelies are true. And the FJR does react very differently with some weight on the back.

 

[FJRMGM]

Impossible - "Baggers" don't wheelie. :bigeyes:

Unless you kinda hit it in either first or second gear, that is...

LONG LIVE THE MIGHTY FJR!!! B)

 

[fjrchik]

My neighbor used to try wheelies on ST1300. He never got the front wheel more than 9" off the ground for about 3 feet!!

FJRs rule! :lol:

 

[jjsC6]

My neighbor used to try wheelies on ST1300. He never got the front wheel more than 9" off the ground for about 3 feet!!
FJRs rule! :lol:

I'm not a "wheelie guy" - just never wanted to go through the learning curve. But I have an ST and it WILL wheelie without the clutch. You have to hit it just right (or wrong - depending on your perspective), but it can be stood straight up.

BTW, the ST is for sale, my FJR is due in May

 

[Pacman]

Want wheelee? Outta try the CBR1100XX..... :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[throttlejockeyTJ]

I hve heard the 'Testimonials'. Ride Safe! TJ

 

[painman]

I've watched and did I say did, HD FXR's, Softtails, and HD baggers wheelie. You just got to have the touch. PM.<><

 

[MrVvrroomm]

Shaft-driven bikes do NOT wheelie. Impossible.

 

[Feejer/Weejer man]

I hope your joking. Back when the FJR first hit America there was a gentleman who defied the obstacle of doing donuts with the FJR. His rear tire was toast so he finished it off in front of a relatives house. Black burning rubber everywhere. As for wheelies I can contest to the fact these things will and there is a rider on this site who wheelies his Goldwing. So there!

 

[FJRski]

The fact that the FJR won't wheelie is a good thing, when all that power gets instantaneously converted into raw acceleration....

 

[HaulinAshe]

I love it when a simple little post gets so much return!

Trust me. After 43 years of riding motorcycles, including several recent years of MX racing, I know the difference between unloading the front suspension and doing an actual wheelie.

It happened partially because of the odd weight distribution, turning hard right and hitting the throttle hard in second gear. The bike lifted, then stopped turning momentarily. I grabbed all the bar and squeezed the tank hard, then swung the front end into the turn, straightened the bars just before backing off the throttle and settling the front end.

Ain't no doubt in my mind or the passenger's. It was a wheelie! Not what I wanted or expected. It just happened.

 

[rocketdoc]

Sometimes the devil just makes you do it, right? Like today, beautiful afternoon in Victoria, just can't wait to get out of the office and take the long way home. Stopped at a light, on coming traffic has to wait for advanced green to go, there are two sport bikes behind the third on coming car. I rolled thru' the intersection in first and launched the front wheel as I passed the sport bikes, gave the front wheel a little jones just to wave, straightened it out and was on my way. When will I ever grow up?

 

[Bounce]

Centripital, counter-rotational, and shaft effects work to prevent actual wheelies on shaft driven bikes. Those who think they have pulled on, after being checked out by 3rd parties, have found road imperfections, hills, and fuente's-figuero as the underlying mechanisms. It's a jump not a wheelie.

 

[twowheelnut]

Bounce, will you please change your bait? That one you are using is old and starting to stink! :stink:

Courtesy of our good friend, Liquidsilver, right click and save, please...

Behold the shaftie wheelie!

 

[jjsC6]

Centripital, counter-rotational, and shaft effects work to prevent actual wheelies on shaft driven bikes. Those who think they have pulled on, after being checked out by 3rd parties, have found road imperfections, hills, and fuente's-figuero as the underlying mechanisms. It's a jump not a wheelie.

Not sure if you post is serious or not, but if my front tire has air under it, it's a wheelie! I don't care how it got there

 

[L8RG8R]

My neighbor used to try wheelies on ST1300. He never got the front wheel more than 9" off the ground for about 3 feet!!
FJRs rule! :lol:

Actually, In the last few months I owned the ST I was able to wheelie it for quite a distance with some practice. And yes, you've got to be right around 5-6K rpms and roll-on hard and up it comes! No prob!

And who says shafts can't wheelie?????

 

[fjrchik]

My neighbor used to try wheelies on ST1300. He never got the front wheel more than 9" off the ground for about 3 feet!!
FJRs rule! :lol:

Actually, In the last few months I owned the ST I was able to wheelie it for quite a distance with some practice. And yes, you've got to be right around 5-6K rpms and roll-on hard and up it comes! No prob!

And who says shafts can't wheelie?????

HA!! it don't count if no one sees it buddy!!! :bleh:

 

[L8RG8R]

My neighbor used to try wheelies on ST1300. He never got the front wheel more than 9" off the ground for about 3 feet!!
FJRs rule! :lol:

Actually, In the last few months I owned the ST I was able to wheelie it for quite a distance with some practice. And yes, you've got to be right around 5-6K rpms and roll-on hard and up it comes! No prob!

And who says shafts can't wheelie?????

HA!! it don't count if no one sees it buddy!!! :bleh:

My dad can vouch. he was behind me on his Ultra Classic.

 

[madmike2]

Centripital, counter-rotational, and shaft effects work to prevent actual wheelies on shaft driven bikes. Those who think they have pulled on, after being checked out by 3rd parties, have found road imperfections, hills, and fuente's-figuero as the underlying mechanisms. It's a jump not a wheelie.

You forgot to mention which side of the Equator and the attendant ratio as to which direction you would be travelling. This will make a difference as to which direction the bike will lean (rotational forces vs. gravitational forces) during the "loft" of the front tire.

The XS1100 wouldn't wheelie, the Connie wouldn't wheelie and the FJR doesn't wheelie. Shafties can't wheelie, they must be "lofted".

:bleh: