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12-03-2003, 07:45pm
good call on that one, ask fast freddie... While your there ask him while they call him 'flipper', as said before, it's not because he's faster than lightning
Seriously though, if your looking to learn, start from the beginning, get comfortable with the throttle fully open in first. The front should lift from about 7 grand on (depending on your weight). Do that for a while to get comfortable...
Next step is in 1st say 4-5 grand, roll off the throttle to compress the forks then snap on say about half throttle (more or less starting revs and throttle depending on your weight). That should leave you with the front getting some nice airtime. At first you'll probably shut the throttle real early and slam the front down... With practice you'll eventually get higher and higher until you figure out where the balance point is. Obviously, around the balance point you'll need to adjust the throttle to keep it there...
Word of caution, cover the rear brake especially when starting out. Alternatively, being in first gear if you shut it off, there should be enough engine braking to bring down all but the max biaggi style wheelie...
Personally, I (can't operate the rear brake) am not a fan of doing mingers in 2nd/3rd on the clutch but some more experienced campaigners ie flipper (read fast freddie) will no doubt say otherwise... Balls does some monster mingers and never touches the clutch...some do, some don't...
Trust this will get you started... "it won't happen overnight, but it wool happen..."
cheers
Seriously though, if your looking to learn, start from the beginning, get comfortable with the throttle fully open in first. The front should lift from about 7 grand on (depending on your weight). Do that for a while to get comfortable...
Next step is in 1st say 4-5 grand, roll off the throttle to compress the forks then snap on say about half throttle (more or less starting revs and throttle depending on your weight). That should leave you with the front getting some nice airtime. At first you'll probably shut the throttle real early and slam the front down... With practice you'll eventually get higher and higher until you figure out where the balance point is. Obviously, around the balance point you'll need to adjust the throttle to keep it there...
Word of caution, cover the rear brake especially when starting out. Alternatively, being in first gear if you shut it off, there should be enough engine braking to bring down all but the max biaggi style wheelie...
Personally, I (can't operate the rear brake) am not a fan of doing mingers in 2nd/3rd on the clutch but some more experienced campaigners ie flipper (read fast freddie) will no doubt say otherwise... Balls does some monster mingers and never touches the clutch...some do, some don't...
Trust this will get you started... "it won't happen overnight, but it wool happen..."
cheers