75?

The estimate of wheelies pulled since last publication is 75. It's a total guess. Since the last report, I underwent prep for The Dirty Crew's Oregon Background Discovery Route expedition, went on the expedition (many wheelies happened there), recovered from the expedition, and did a lot of commuting since.

Counter: 395

Ah Ha with Two-Fiddy

+10 wheelies on the KLR. Yes. It never gets old. Just let the clutch out quickly from 2 miles an hour, and BAM... nice wheelie!

+10 wheelies on the WR250R. In a long overdue wheelie session with the little bike, I had an ah ha moment. I realized that I could not wheelie any motorbike by just hopping on and ripping some good ones. Not yet, anyway. What I learned is that I now have a solid method for learning how to pull wheelies on any motorbike. With this wheelie session, I was instantly transported three years back in time -- back to a time where I did not have the skills that I have today. I felt like such a beginner, such a hack. But now that I know how to learn to pull decent wheelies on a motorbike, the learning curve is expected to be quite low.

Counter: 310

Bad Ones

I think wheelies are a lot like sex. Even bad wheelies are much, much, much better than no wheelies at all.

Counter: 290

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

Feeling Great

It's amazing how a seemingly normal morning can turn extraordinary by simply pulling ten motorcycle wheelies.

Counter: 245

I Am Significant

Whether it be associate contemporaries at the office or the best of friends looking on, people seem to love it when I pull motorcycle wheelies. I love it. I'll keep doing them.

Counter: 235

Contemplation

The moto wheelies have become so integrated in my lifestyle that I'm starting to lose count of them. They're more of a contemplation. I contemplate wheelies. By the time this project is complete, there will no longer be a need for counting... only contemplation.

Counter: 205 (estimate)

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

Hero

When the heavy weight of life feels overwhelming, that's when I know it's time to give a two-wheeled machine a hard launch or two... or ten. And when I do that, the heavy weight lifts and I re-realize what I should be doing.

Counter: 160

Don't Stop Believin'

No matter the machine, pulling wheelies is definitely what I came here to do. I can feel it.

Counter: 150

Twenty

Sometimes the best way to get better is to take a break. With a few days off from the random wheelie here and there, I came back to the scene with greater clarity and better control than ever. How does that work? It probably has something to do with having made better and more connections in my nervous system -- something which I continually strive for during and between these wheelie sessions.

Counter: 132

Wheelies For All

Just pull one here and there. It feels great. Do it.

Wheelies are for all.

Counter: 99

The Wait Is Over

I cannot speak of how many years I've waited and wanted to pull motorcycle wheelies as well as I can now. It's been a long, long, long road. And it keeps getting better.

Today in ---

1992: "Oh man, I'm totally going to pull some power wheelies on my Honda sportbike in a few years, when I can afford to get one."

2002: "Gettin' that front end off the ground is a no-brainer and holding it till the revs run out is easy enough. How do those Star Boys ride for miles though? Is it the jackets?"

2012: "I've become "that guy" who is always terrorizing the neighborhood by riding his motorcycle everywhere like it's a unicycle."

Counter: 94

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

Small Space

Some moments take my breath away when I realize how far I've come. I've learned more about wheelie control in the last two months than I have in the last two years. Picture this: a small flat parking lot in the middle of the night during the pouring rain with... Big. Slow. Over-the-b.p. motorcycle wheelies. Sometimes I don't even recognize myself. That's no bicycle! That's a 450lb motorbike!!!

Counter: 85

They're Free

Why not loft the front?

Wheelies are free.

Pull some now.

Counter: 75

Long Arm

23:00. Torrential rains all day, now wet. 53 degrees Fahrenheit. Secluded top-secret sub-urban spot. And I am shocked and amazing. Maybe it was the headlight pointing into the sky like a searchlight (during really excellent wheelies is near total darkness -- I've come a long way and it keeps getting better). Maybe it was the odd muffled sound of the motorbike's engine wavering about the balance point. Whatever it was, it was very odd that PoPo just happened to roll in with a cruiser during session time. That place is remote! You have to want to go there to get there. And there he was. Right where I was. With a bit of spotlight shone on ADVstunt1 and no harm done to anyone or anything, we slid right past each other slowly. I'm sure the circle-about and follow was to check the plate for property rights issues. But I'm always clean. Nevertheless, be wary of the Long Arm of The Law.

Counter: 72