How to Wheelie on a Motocross Bike

Video Transcript

"I am Chris Kelley and we are here with Expert Village. Wheelies are an important aspect in these races where you bring your front wheel up and also if you are going to get into stunt riding. It is an aspect that you need much clutch and throttle control. With your feet out, a wheelie position you are going to want to stay in your attack neutral position but you are going to want to get a little bit of weight back. You are gonna want to get back on the seat a little bit and kind of what they say pop the clutch. But you don’t just let it out. You are going to let it out until it starts to grab and then you will get ready to apply the throttle. As you let that clutch out, you are going to get on the throttle with a good amount of speed to pick the front wheel up. This is where your balance comes into play. Once you get that bike up it is a matter of your throttle and your rear brake. If the bike starts tipping a little too far to the back you are going to want to tap the rear brake, put a little foot on that and that will bring your bike right back down. A good rider with a wheeler can ride a long distance because they can bring that front wheel up, they will get it to a balancing point and they will use the throttle to either bring the bike back or the rear brake to bring the bike forward if they feel like they are starting to tip over a little bit too far to the back. So that is the main key on wheelies is just to be able to lift that front wheel up. When you get it up be in a position where you can send it over the bike and also if you start feeling it go a little too far back, that rear back will bring you forward. And that throttle when you start dropping the front wheel down, the throttle and clutch will be able to bring you back up. "