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How do you do nose manuals?
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[QUOTE="TexKDX, post: 77094, member: 16276"] Update: I had a conversation this evening with the #2 US Trials rider, Ray Peters, who is in town filming a street bike stunt riding video. He has previously taught me to do stoppies/nose wheelies on dirt bikes at slow speed, and the technique I outlined earlier is the one he teaches. When it comes to street bikes though, 70-100 MPH nose wheelies, he says the game is totally different. He says to grip the tank with the knees, "dip" the front brake to make the nose dive and settle, then start feeding it the front brake until the back end comes up. No sudden moves of any kind or the thing will pivot at the frame/fork junction and spit you off immediately and hard. As far as dealing with the back end swinging out, on the dirt bike he teaches locking the back tire and letting the back end slide when it lands to straighten you up. On the street bike, the exact opposite applies. If the back end starts to come around then wrap the motor up and get the wheel spinning. When it touches down the drive from the rear will straighten the bike up. Care to try that move? The guy is one of the "Extreme Trials" riders you see at the auto shows and fairs, does trials/stunt riding with his own rig, and has expanded his shows to include the street bike tricks. He just got back from a week in Vegas with one of the guys in that wild Vegas street bike video. I'm bad with names and missed the Vegas guy's name. My guess is he knows what he is talking about as he has lived to tell about it all. As far as the defense of the helmetless stoppie, I find it rather hard to believe that someone was standing there with a camera at the exact moment you "accidentally" pulled a stoppie, Woodrow. I once saw a 16 year old kid on the last day of school for the school year jump up on the back of his friend's car bumper with his feet in the parking lot as they were leaving at the end of the day. Last day of school, pulling away for the summer, big fun, celebration, you get the picture. His buddy driving thought it would be cool to step on the gas. The kid standing on the bumper fell back on the ground, hit his head, and started coughing uncontrollably. 3 minutes later, before the ambulance arrived, he was dead. Right in front of me. No summer of fun, no coming back next fall as a Senior, no prom, no nothing. Just a senseless pool of blood on a blacktop parking lot in front of a high school that has since shut down (Howe in Indy). My dad went there back in the 50s. More on him in a minute. Hard surfaces and naked noggins don't mix well. He didn't need a 100 HP crotch rocket or 45 HP dirt bike to end his life, just a simple prank. The bumper trick gave him all the extra height and momentum he needed to do the deed expediently. DEAD. Very DEAD. There is only ONE DEAD, and that is DEAD DEAD. He was it, right there in front of me and a crowd of classmates. Woody, you have already proven yourself to be a bad example and probably a lost cause, both thru your picture and subsequent responses. All the other young-uns who like to hang out in this forum, yes I am a hard ass. I hope your dad is a hardass. Mine sure was. I got the biggest ass-whoopin' you could imagine the day I rode my mini-bike (Scat Cat with a 5 hp Briggs) around the front yard without a helmet on. To this day I don't ride a bicycle or a motorcycle across the street without one on. Yea, you'll probably get away with it most of the time, but all it takes is once. Take a look at the following for a minute, thanks to Webster's dictionary: Main Entry: ac·ci·dent Function: noun 1 a : an unforeseen and unplanned event or circumstance b : lack of intention or necessity : 2 a : an unfortunate event resulting especially from carelessness or ignorance b : an unexpected and medically important bodily event especially when injurious If we only wore safety gear when we planned on crashing, then most of us would ride naked and get a free tan out of the deal, right? As for Woody doing a faceplant, based on the above definition, that would not qualify as an accident. It would not pass the test, as it is "forseen" even though it was unplanned. Allright guys, hardass mode off for now. You kids amaze me with the stuff you do on bikes nowadays. Stuff I won't even try. Be young, have fun, drink Pepsi and all that stuff, but please wear a helmet. Thanks. [/QUOTE]
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