Automatic Fantastic

The wheelies are always best when every little detail about pulling one isn't attended to. Instead, one just knows everything that needs to happen and does it, seemingly, without thought.

Counter: 270

Go Over

One key to a good wheel stand is to aim for being over the balance point. In my experience, all successful wheelies are spent at about 50% below the balance point ("chasing it") and 50% over the balance point (slowing down). And when I'm closest to the actual mythical balance point, I'm always aiming for being just over.

Counter: 257

Great Wheelies

Great wheelies continue to progress, even if they don't always go as planned.

Counter: 253

Return

After a good whack to the left foot while riding dirt bikes, the hot whoolie action returns a couple of weeks later. It's like I never stopped. The wheelies just keep getting better and better. 

Counter: 248

Keeping It Up

I've only been pulling one about every day, besides one short session in these past two weeks. The practice during this dark time is just the habit -- one must keep pulling wheelies, no matter how much is going on. Because all of that will always be going on.

Counter: 185

Inspired

No matter how tired I am, no matter how late at night it is, no matter how much I've been through in a day, I still, sometimes, find myself as being the right person in the right place doing the right thing -- wheelies on a motorcycle. It's amazing. Even in an urban environment, I know how to put me in a position where no one else is around and I can, it feels, perform whatever motorcycle mayhem I please for just a few minutes. And it is so completely awesome.

Counter: 170

The Allure

Part of the attraction to pulling motorcycle wheelies is that punk skateboard attitude of doing something that the "authorities" mandate not to do. I know that The Man is well intentioned, but when he's not looking I'll have that front tire In The Air. Thank you.

Counter: 86