12-14-2011, 05:28 PM
I'm still learning but what helped me is to stall and step off the back, and then jump back on and start going again. After you start to get a feel for that you can start trying to stall without stepping off. You just get the bike to a dead stop by pulling in the clutch and brake while behind balance point, then let bike drop in front of Bp, let out the clutch/brake out and get going again.
I find its easier to practice that while cruising around the lot doing big wide circles, not while doing tight circles, but as a side product it will teach you how to get out of tight circles without losing the wheelie because when you pull in the clutch the bike will straighten out, and you can ride out of the circle and into something else.
You can keep yourself entertained all day just rolling around the lot and playing with the clutch and brake to see what happens. Challenge yourself to keep the front tire off the ground as long as possible.
One piece of advice Recklessryan gave me regarding the clutch is that if you THINK about pulling in the clutch to save your circle you're already too late. It only works when it becomes second nature. You need to start playing around with pulling in the clutch whenever you feel like your circle/wheelie is going bad or just start sabotaging your perfectly good wheelies/circles and pull it in to see what happens. At first your timing will be way off but slowly muscle memory will take over and you will just start doing it whenever you want to save your circle or get out of one. Once you get that down, you are halfway there. The next step will be letting the clutch back out and going forward again, but if you are practicing what I told you to in the first paragraph you should already have that part in the bag.
I find its easier to practice that while cruising around the lot doing big wide circles, not while doing tight circles, but as a side product it will teach you how to get out of tight circles without losing the wheelie because when you pull in the clutch the bike will straighten out, and you can ride out of the circle and into something else.
You can keep yourself entertained all day just rolling around the lot and playing with the clutch and brake to see what happens. Challenge yourself to keep the front tire off the ground as long as possible.
One piece of advice Recklessryan gave me regarding the clutch is that if you THINK about pulling in the clutch to save your circle you're already too late. It only works when it becomes second nature. You need to start playing around with pulling in the clutch whenever you feel like your circle/wheelie is going bad or just start sabotaging your perfectly good wheelies/circles and pull it in to see what happens. At first your timing will be way off but slowly muscle memory will take over and you will just start doing it whenever you want to save your circle or get out of one. Once you get that down, you are halfway there. The next step will be letting the clutch back out and going forward again, but if you are practicing what I told you to in the first paragraph you should already have that part in the bag.