I am in the same boat with you, except I used to be able to ride a wheelie forever on a mountain bike and am fairly comfortable the whole concept of a wheelie, I just still cant hold a slow one, I actually love the idea of riding on one wheel! You will find it is easier to stand up doing wheelies though, at least I do, because you can pull yourself to the bars if the front gets to high. Standing is a much better position to bail too! If you are not very comfortable standing up, sitting down will be pretty uncomfortable and much more likely to have a bike on top of you. I have never ridden a two stroke 500 like you ride, that whole idea of basically the power of a liter bike offroad is cool though! In my case, the more I practice, the better I get, (funny how that worked out) I have been focusing on my log/rock jumping and wheelies heavily over the past couple weeks, and I have surprised myself on my improvement. SO... more air time for the front wheel = less fear & more thrills. I posted a thread on this same topic, and main response I got was rear brake/throttle control, and practice every chance you get, cause whats more fun anyways? :ride: