"It Can't Be Done" some said...

[joevacc]

I have been saying I was going to post this picture for years...   ;D  8)

[Rikugun]

So that's what the underside of the engine looks like......

:) ;D :laugh:

[Re-Vision]

Photoshopped? 









Just kidding.    BDC

[Night Vision]

so how come you can't get it up now?



:laugh:

cool!

[Lucky]

Done it, easy up, hard down.  the front end wasn't built for the landing, not mine anyway, lol.

kids, don't try this at home:
1st gear, 7-8K, drop the clutch
Wear your GEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tiger]

so how come you can't get it up now?



:laugh:

cool!

Hahahahahaha...Thats what his wife wants to know  :o ;D :D :D :D :D :D only kidding Joe  ;)

[Re-Vision]

Tiger, I knew if I restrained myself someone would make that post, plus I don't know Joe that well.    BDC

[Kevin]

I did that on my son's vision and then had to replace the fork seals.

[Hartless]

i have done this a couple times. not that high though. i always wondered if it should be easy to get it up...( the motorcycle you sick disturbing people)

[joevacc]

HHAHHAhhHaHAHhahahah!

Just for the record... I can still get it up!  My little black beauty just said  "hey Joey get off my back"

Luck,  you are of course right ~ VERY hard on the bike!  Of course I was 19 or so when that picture was taken...  Now I won't go for coffee without full armor!   :angel:

P.S.  I am sure that I considered myself very cool when I started riding that bike like I stole it...  have you seen the kids today?   I know you have, that ain't sheet.   ;)

[admin]

Nice Picture Joe, and you obviously had someone with better camera skills than my wife take it.
I have a picture like that ...but not quite,  after the third time up in the air and my wife missing the shot
with the digital camera we had at the time, I gave up because I was sure I had damaged the forks or something on way back down.    I think I posted the picture at one point and someone commented about it being photo shopped...


2003 or 2004 was when it was taken if I remember correctly.  I think I also challenged anyone else to
post their wheelie shots but no one did.

[Hartless]

maybe  ill see if someone i know is a good photographer

[Brian Moffet]

If you were around me, I'd do it. I like to think I'm a good photographer...

Brian

[joevacc]

Well Ron, at least it looks like that bike has all kinds of power in that pic!

[Hartless]

where are you at brian, i live  in portland, or

[Brian Moffet]

San Francisco.  I have a long lens, but not that long....

[h2olawyer]

San Francisco.  I have a long lens, but not that long....

I doubt a friend's 30" f/5 telescope could get that shot.   ;D   But it does show really faint galaxies over a billion light years away.

And yes, Brian, your photography skills are excellent.

I tried a wheelie a few years ago.  Got it a little bit - doubt it was even as much as Ron's above.  The forks seemed to take a real beating when it came down.  Have absolutely no desire to do it again.  My old '80 KDX175 was a wheelie machine, though.  Tore the rear fender once when it went a bit too far.   ::)  Oh well, it was just a dirt bike so, I used some stainless straps & rivets to hold it together.

H₂O

[Hartless]

San Francisco.  I have a long lens, but not that long....

oh well. that sounds kind of familiar ??? my girlfriend said that to me once

[spectre]

I could wheelie my chinese dirt bike, a 110cc that only weighed around 150  ;D :o