Endos

[irish rider 17]

How it goin lads, been practicing endos for a while now but can only get a small roll.How do ye find endos and any advice would be appreciated.
I have a dirt tyre on the front of mine, im thinking about getting a street tyre but dont want to fork out money if its not needed

[irish rider 17]

anyone know if the street tyre for the front is needed for endos ?

[Psychoholic]

No need for street tires. Disc brakes help tho. Lol

[330f4i]

street tires are night and day difference

[Stick]

I've never ridden with dirt tires, so I can't comment on that, but I can roll pretty good fiddy stoppies and 95% of it is how you use your body weight. I do a small bounce-like thing a split second before grabbing a handful of brake, then throw my weight forward. You should also grip the bike with your knees. Also, I stay at the back of my seat and keep my arms straight, unlike some guys I've seen. (I've got a couple pics, if they'd help)

Since the brakes aren't super strong (I'm on a stock setup), it's crucial that you get the tail high and keep it there with small adjustments. Once the tail drops, you aren't really going to have enough braking power to get it back up high enough. But, because of this, 90% of the times I've flipped a stoppie on my fiddy has been immediately off the pick up (worst time to do it, ugh). I've heard some people say that disc brakes are actually TOO strong and touchy for good stoppies.

Wow, long post about fiddy stoppies lol

[irish rider 17]

Thanks for input stick appreciate it
ya i'll put that to work as soon as possible.I think my problem was that i was leaning to forward at the start of my endo.Its in my vid here Darren Kerrigan crf 70 stunt 2011 - YouTube do you have pics of you endoing on the site ?

[Stick]

I just realized you're on a 70, so I don't know how much different it'll be, but I think most of what I said still applies. I don't have any GOOD pictures of me doing stoppies, but here are a couple, just to give you an idea of the body position I was talking about:

[irish rider 17]

i can see wat your doin now,i was leaning my head to forward.
man that second bike looks sick !

[Stick]

It's a lot like stoppies on a full sized bike, you gotta look where you wanna go. That second pic is actually the end of the stoppie and the tail is on the way down, which is why I'm looking down more in it.

Lol thanks. It's actually the same bike, just pre and post rebuild. I've been considering selling it, since I barely ever ride it anymore. If you weren't WAAAAAAAY far away, I'd say you should buy it lol

[beul]

ive got a disk brake and a 125 with streettires, and its a stoppie machine! now want to make a bigger rotor kit on the front becouse the front disk cant handle it anymore.. its getting a bit to hot after a few stoppies. its realy fun to do fast 180's with the pitbike!