The trick with the nighthawks is that the wheels have to be rolling. You can't do it from a stand still. Just roll about 4-5 mph and pull the clutch and give it gas, then let the clutch go. It takes a while to get used to it. To do it easier, just sit on the rear seat. You controll the height of the front wheel with the rear brake so it doesn't go too high. Or flip backwards. The bike is not strong enough to do power wheelies, but you can do little ones in 1st gear. You could put a bigger sprocket on the back, but I wouldn't recomend it unless all you do are wheelies. Practice and get a feel for the controls and yes they are fun. To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Wheelies From: mike21...@aol.com Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:23:49 -0400
Sean, My best friend growing up told a gruesome tale where his friend he was riding with was getting carried away with popping wheelies, was following him and pulled one starting from a stop sign and I guess realized he was getting close to my friend and hit the brakes real hard. Well the result was the bike coming down real hard and somehow flipped the bike with the bike landing on top of him and causing massive internal and spinal injuries. My friend tried to help him but he died right there before the ambulance crew even showed up. My advise to you, if your friend wants to pop wheelies, follow him, don't lead. Oh and you might wanna get one of those Go Pro cameras, hopefully to get the great shots of him being successful, not of him hurting himself. Ride Safe. Mike -----Original Message----- From: Hawaii Sean <sfox...@yahoo.com> To: nighthawk_lovers <nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thu, Sep 20, 2012 4:13 pm Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Wheelies I ride every couple of weeks with a friend who likes to pop wheelies - alot while we ride. He's offered to teach me how to pop a wheelie on my 96 750. Other then I have no desire to get the front wheel off the ground, I don't think the bike is really made for popping wheelies. He has a bright green Kawasaki sport bike - not a Ninja - I rode it once and didn't like it at all. I guess my point is that if you want to pop wheelies maybe you should be riding something else. Aloha - Sean On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 8:03:40 AM UTC-10, ross.m.jamison wrote:Has anyone wheelies their 750 NH? Thank you, Ross M. Jamison Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US.
