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Bike for stunt practice
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If One used to be a bit of a Stunt Monkey but has been out of practice
and has lost One's mojo, what would be the old secondhand bike of
choice for practicing One's Monkey Business on?
B12? Monster9?
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Best we don't both get involved in a wheelie thread after the last time.
On you go, Dave, I've got to do the washing up.
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Is there an easy recipe for converting something such as an old
standard B12 regarding changing the handlebars etc?
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If it was the first Rambo film you watched, then he nicked a DT175
Yamaha by swiping the guy off as he rode down the road.
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A decent 600 with a change of gearing is the order of the day young man.
Even my lowly GSX600F will wheelie now I've changed the gearing and thats a
heavy bike. The only advantage I can see with a B12 would be the torque and
the fact you can wheelie it off the throttle. However, if you get your
clutching sorted a B6 with a sprocket change will do the job splendidly.
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Any bike will wheelie, I think (apart from, obviously, a Tuono). A friend of
mine wheelied (nearly vertical) a 1300 Pan... Shame on the VFR rider who
couldn't even keep up with me...
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What about for stoppies too? I was thinking of a stunt all-rounder.
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I've never did a decent stoppie on a B6 probably more due to my poor
technique but I see no reason why they shouldn't do a good stoppie, they
have decent brakes. Things like KD and wheelies are quite good on a B6. I
was chatting to someone a few weeks ago who was doing brilliant stunts on an
old "streetfightered" CBR600 with a huge rear sprocket and renthal bars.
Wheelies were almost from a standstill and his stoppies were nearly vertical
but he told be he couldn't get his kneedown. He reckoned that the 600 were
more manageable.
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