How can you stop starting a wheelie but still launch at first or while up shifting?

Question

How do you keep the bike down so you wont do a wheelie on launch or at high speeds while shifting gears.

Answer 1

What do you have a Tomahawk ??

Just clutch into them-Your shifting early if it comes up during your run -

Answer 2

If your talking about drag racing at a 1/4 mile facility you could use wheelie bars. this system is bolted to the frame and extends rearward behind the back wheel. it has one or two small wheels (approx. 4" in dia.) mounted at it's most rearward point. the wheels are usually adj. 1" + above the track surface. when you nail it and the bike tries to over wheelie the small wheels contact the ground and prevent going over backwards. if you are talking about street racing w/no wheelie bars, the clutch lever is your best friend. upon accellerating with the front wheel starting to raise, you can feather (slightly disengaging) the clutch causing a very small slipping action bringing the front wheel down where you want it. this takes practice but once you perfect it your opponets will disapear in your rear view mirrors.       good luck

Answer 3

feather the clutch and move as far forward as you can, even leaning over the clipons if possible, on hard launches.  you have to play with the throttle on upshifts to keep the front down. I drag race a stock height 1000rr and have to do that to keep the front down.  even when roadracing i have to play with the throttle out of low gear turns, esp on upshifts into third while snapping the bike out of a turn, it just wants to stand up.  awsome looking but when you passed for showing off its not so fun.

Answer 4

When I am launching my bike at the track I use the clutch to control the wheelie since I am trying to keep the rpms up in order to have the engine making good power.  This is tricky to get the hang of and will wear your clutch out faster so if your just street riding the best way to keep the front end down would be to simply roll off the throttle.

Answer 5

Sit closer to the front (or hunch down to shift weight to the front).

And you don't use full throttle at first.  As the bike picks up speed, you can open more and more throttle.

Good Luck...

Answer 6

Lean forward and feather your clutch and throttle. If you have a street tire do not do a wet burn out. Actually all you need to do is a couple of dry hops to get the dust off. Lowering your bike helps. Also  I never use the clutch after I leave the line.

Answer 7

As stated above, throttle/clutch control and leaning way forward.