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cheers mate
wheelies??
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Bit old for all that stuff myself, but admire the skill.
All cool pics above but, When did this thread turn into " Safety " thread? ???
Stunting is a RUSH! Wish I could do stoppies and long stand ups... I used to be young & dumb, Now I'm old and sToO-pEd. ( 49 this month )
I've been up and I've been down ( see below ) Stunting can cost ya. But I still do it sometimes.
As for the legal and dangerous portion of this thread ... I say ; WE ALL BOUGHT BUSA'S FOR PETE SAKE! We dont ride mopeds, I venture to say most of us probly break the law everytime we roll out. My group ride safety speach usually includes, " I love to watch stunters, just dont do it near me or any other riders and endanger the public. Do it out on the back roads or larger empty parking lots ... " :2cents:
My Busa UP
/ My Busa Down 
... wheelies
Stunting is a RUSH! Wish I could do stoppies and long stand ups... I used to be young & dumb, Now I'm old and sToO-pEd. ( 49 this month )
I've been up and I've been down ( see below ) Stunting can cost ya. But I still do it sometimes.
As for the legal and dangerous portion of this thread ... I say ; WE ALL BOUGHT BUSA'S FOR PETE SAKE! We dont ride mopeds, I venture to say most of us probly break the law everytime we roll out. My group ride safety speach usually includes, " I love to watch stunters, just dont do it near me or any other riders and endanger the public. Do it out on the back roads or larger empty parking lots ... " :2cents:
My Busa UP
/ My Busa Down ... wheelies
I busted the tail while I was still in the saddle... my one and only past 12 o clock wheelie 
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Back in the early 90's a buddy of mine was really good a wheelies and catwalks on his XZ-11 and never cared about the consequences of wiping out because "it's such a rush man, totally awesome!!".
Well, one day after having performed his millionth and 1st wheelie/catwalk this time something went wrong. Now his bike was just a wrecked heap with no funds to fix it for that entire summer and all I said to him was "nice, summer is just here and you've nothing to ride until next year... how do you feel now?"
To my dying days I'll never forget that blank and vacant look in his eyes...
So no, I don't (purposely) wheelie.
Well, one day after having performed his millionth and 1st wheelie/catwalk this time something went wrong. Now his bike was just a wrecked heap with no funds to fix it for that entire summer and all I said to him was "nice, summer is just here and you've nothing to ride until next year... how do you feel now?"
To my dying days I'll never forget that blank and vacant look in his eyes...So no, I don't (purposely) wheelie.
HA! Nice wheelies, glad somebody's got pics ta prove it.
Have u tried a wheelie machine? It's nothin like the real thing!
Yes sir, you certainly do! A man that's this good at 12 0'clock wheelies on a busa certainly has tons of photos. Please post a few up. I'm anxious to see them as is everyone else.
A young man who threw a leg over a bike for the first time at 17 and two months later was doing mile long wheelies on an R1 is more than spectacular in my book. I've never heard of such and you may be a great candidate for the Guiness Book of World Records?
One of my friends held the record with an 87 mile wheelie at one time and he practiced almost every day for ten years before he became that good at wheelies.
The only man I've ever seen 12:00 a busa with such athority was professional stunter Kyle Wood. Since you have only owned two bikes, which bike did you learn to 12:00, the busa or the R1? How many rear brakes did you wear out while mastering such a difficult stunt on a big heavy bike? Holding that much weight that far behind the balance point takes a lot of rear brake and if you were to carry that thing a mile, the brake disk would be glowing red hot! Did you attend any wheelie schools or did you learn this all on your own?
You are an unbelieveable young man and we can't wait for the photos!
I don't know him, but in his defense, I've seen it done, several times. One of my good friends bought a gsxr1000 new in 06, first bike, ever. A
side from goin over the bars on a stoppie. to date, he has never been down. He can literally ride perfect standups, sitdowns 12oclocks for miles, and miles. From between 50 to about 110, pick a number, he's flawless. He does my busa the same way. Some folks are just born with it. I can hang rite with him, but I've been doin it for over twenty years now. But i'm not hatin, I'm encouragin him, not that he needs it.
Back in the early 90's a buddy of mine was really good a wheelies and catwalks on his XZ-11 and never cared about the consequences of wiping out because "it's such a rush man, totally awesome!!".
Well, one day after having performed his millionth and 1st wheelie/catwalk this time something went wrong. Now his bike was just a wrecked heap with no funds to fix it for that entire summer and all I said to him was "nice, summer is just here and you've nothing to ride until next year... how do you feel now?"
So no, I don't (purposely) wheelie.
Your just a great friend, huh? Rubbin it in, I told u so. Sound like a happy hater to me. If it was easy or risk free, everybody would do it.
Rear brakes help, but u don't have ta use em. There is such a thing as perfect balance, and some folks have it. I guess u have to see it to belive it.
I've only ever used the back brake for a very slow wheelie, or to save one about to go bad.
Ur movin around on the bike, standin up, in the air, on a streched bike, and in the wind. Regardless how good or bad that one turned out, u were in control. I am F'n sick n tired of the haters too! If u don't like wheelies, tough. If u do, great. I've been ridin for over 20 years, and I can ride some really good ones. But guess what, there's plenty of guys out there that can show me up, and have been ridin alot less than me. Know what I say to that, Awesome, Do it! It seems there are two types of riders, the ones that can, and the ones that cant. If a guy says he can wheelie, and turns out he can't, guess who looks stupid...he does. Just like the guy braggin on his knee draggin skills, but u can see his chicken strips shinen across the parkin lot.
To all of u postin ur pics and video links, rite on! To all of u at home hatin, F U! Learn how or shut up!!!
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Wants to be stupid against sane & reasonable advise? Damn right, & I rubbed his nose 'good and hard' in it too.
It's called "every action has a reaction".
And there is no doubt in my mind that my good friend of 22+ years is well & alive today because of those words... with a little 'tough love' added in the mixture.
"Happy hater" sounds like someone who gets off on others misfortune or hard luck and that my friend is an out'n out insult against me and my character.
Careful how and where you sling those insults around boyo...
Okay, tea time!
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Well said. This isn't the Honda VFR forum, its the Hayabusa forum. There are hundreds of options out there but we didn't choose those, we choose the most ridiculously sexy and embarassingly fast bike around. So even if you choose to keep it on two wheels, the pavement feels the same on your skin on one wheel or on two.
Embrace the fact that we ride bikes capable of TRIPLE the legal speed limit
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I personally am not comfortable with that much weight in the air. I used to wheelie my 750 all the time but it wasnt 500lbs. ::9
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