I gotta 99 Katana with a few upgrades in the chain and sprockets, cant get it to pop-up! Detail of how-to?

Question

have put 520 chain conversion and went up 3 teeth on rear, added a K&N air filter...any help is appreciated!

Answer 1

Use lowest number of teeth on the front sprocket and the highest on the rear.You will loose some top speed by doing this.It will be quicker off the line.

Answer 2

Some bikes can wheelie clutchless by cruising at max hp in 1st gear, then rolling off throttle, pushing down on the bars simultaneously to compress the front, then pulling up and wide-open throttle to catch the boost from the rebound of the forks. Your Katana prolly can't do that either, so if you really want to wheelie you may have to wear your clutch.

Rolling in 1st gear around 5-10 mph, rev up to like 6000 rpm and dump the clutch. If that doesn't work, increase rpm until it pops up. Go  slowly tho, you don't want to flip over. Be warned, the higher it gets, the less acceleration it takes to go further. Cover your rear brake, if you get too high, hit the brake and you will come down fast.

good luck, wear your gear, and take it slow.

Answer 3

Now  you know why they call them a can of tuna.

Answer 4

Ha Ha somebody beat me to the Can Of Tuna line. LOL oh well.

These aren't traditionally stunt bikes. They are too slow and powerless touring bikes. I've never seen a Katana wheelie. I'm sure they can if you geese that clutch enough but you're basically on the wrong bike.