Stretching a bike AND wheelies, discuss!

[da Liks]

so...

since i am bored out of my mind i have formed this masterplan. i'm getting new xrays januari 5th, and if it looks good then i'm buying a budget 900RR to build up, paint myself and then stretch it..

i'm not gonna put a big rear wheel on it, just 180's and 190's so i can keep on killin tires.

now what i want to do is ALSO wheelie it.. what's the max i should go with the stretching part? and what other things do i have to do, i dont know shit about stretching a bike. i just know a guy who can weld aluminium really well.

[Paul]

gil wheelies his stretched gsxr..... maybe ask him

[da Liks]

yeah i know, i was hoping he'd be one of the people replying here!

[john j]

ryan lanier stunts a gsxr stretched 4 in over and a 240 on the bike...look up myrtle west

oh and he murders it

[ATL Darrick]

fuck yea sounds like a plan i'd like to do myself

[da Liks]

Originally Posted by john j

ryan lanier stunts a gsxr stretched 4 in over and a 240 on the bike...look up myrtle west

oh and he murders it

only 4 inches over? i thought he had more..

[A.TEK]

wish i had a 240 on one of my gsxrs.... i got a few to spare

[GIL with 1 L]

i just measured the stretch and its 7.5" over. I only wheelied the bike one day and it was pretty uneventful and it was lowered that day and I dont know how low it was , but any way putting all that aside its comparable to trying to pull a wheelie with a crappy tire on cold pavement, you just have to be smooth enough and it will come up. The 900rr has more weight bias towards the back in comparison to a gxr so it shouldnt give you any problems , I would be willing to bet you can get up to 10" over and wheelie it . I dont know about circles or such but I am currently building the bike up with a cage and hanbrake so I can have some more info for you in a week or two

[GIL with 1 L]

almost forgot I maxed out the adjustment on the spring

[DoWheelies]

i tried when borne's f4i was stretched n failed miserably... well i mean i wheelied it a bunch...then got a couple balance point... then was gonna try to turn a circle... then FAIL.


something i definitely like to try again tho. I have plans to stretch my street r6 so imma watch this thread.

one thing i noticed is that what gil said, hard to clutch up, but once your up it feels REALLY HIGH. i want to get used to it.

I plan on running a race take off cause i can get them cheap AND when hot the sc0 (softest) grip like a madman...so i think there would be no prob clutching it up after a race takeoff is hot.