ezl_oo

Ok let me start off by saying that I'm not a noob and I know how to wheelie. I can do clutch sitdowns in first and second gear just fine, not balance point but pretty close. I have a 04 R1 that is geared -1 in front and +2 in the rear. About a month ago my bike ran just fine and it would pop up in a wheelie like nothing in first and in second. About 3 weeks ago I tried a clutch 1st gear wheelie and the bike would not come up, then I would give it a huge amount of gas while clutching it in first gear, that if my bike was running normal I would easily loop it. But it won't come up for nothing in 1st gear or 2nd gear it just accelerates but it won't wheelie. I just had the throttle sensor recall done, but it was acting like this way before that. I took it to the dealer to see if my clutch was shot and the mechanic told me it was fine. So I don't know why if I grab a hand full of throttle and pop the clutch like I used to do all the time, it doesn't come up in a wheelie anymore. Has this happened to anyone before?

-matt g-

sounds like a clutch.. how did the mechanic look at it? did he take all the clutch plates out and examine them?

JoeR1

How did the mechanic check your clutch, did he pop off the clutch cover and look at the plates? I'd get a second opinion because it sounds like you probably toasted your clutch

JoeR1

I didn't type fast enough:YEAH

Undead stunts

yea sounds like ur clutch is slipping cuz you fried it..

onewheelneil

ur clutch is gone dude

f4idad

i agree it is the clutch

but why the hell are you clutching first gear wheelies on a r1 that is geared and you cant even hit balance point yet

Towlieee

try changing your oil and riding the bike around a little..


when I was first learning to roll burnouts, i'd slip the clutch at really high rpm's for a long time... ONe time I did a shitty burnout, then tried to clutch it up and I could NOt wheelie it..

I got in 6th gear on the higway at 55, and hit the gas and it just went to redline...

I kept riding it and a few days later it started hooking up again, now its just fine and has been since it happened 10k miles ago :YEAH

ezl_oo

Yea the mechanic didn't take the clutch apart and examine it. He just rode my bike when he changed the throttle sensor and told me that my clutch is not slipping and that it's fine. It's a Yamaha dealer mechanic too!!

Undead stunts

maybe its not slipping but it could still be worn out just not real bad

stock05

because if he didnt clutch it up he would be a super powa whoolie squid like you. IF YOU ARE A SQUID DO NOT GIVE ADVICE TO OTHERS SQUIDS BECAUSE THEY WILL GET SERIOUSLY HURT OR DEAD BECAUSE OF YOU!!!


-MEXICAN MAYHEM

stock05

try changing your oil and dont start out saying i can wheelie because the power whoolies you are making make you a squid and then that makes me have to talk **** to you.


-mexican mayhem

Juar3z

hows ur idle.... my biek was running like **** and i found out i was running on 3 cylinders i had oil in the 4th

Xtreme-Stunts

I would also try to check the spark plugs and maybe use some injector or carburetor cleaner in the gas. If your clutch would be gone, I would say that it would slip whenever you accelerate full-throttle.

I could be wrong though as it never happened to me.

ezl_oo

First of all I don't do power wheelies, and yes I could wheelie just don't hold them for many many miles like I would like too. My question wasn't "How to bring the bike up?" that is why I stated that in my first sentence that I know how to raise the front wheel in the first three gears, because I didn't want to get any responses on me not knowing how to bring the bike up!!!!

My bike used to have serious power, I used to twist the throttle a little in first and it wanted to loop...now I yank the throttle and even pull on the handle bars in 1st and it still doesn't come up.

Thanks for all the positive advice.

Wowtah

not sure if an r1 has tha same adjustment but all my bikes have had an adjustment on the opposite side of tha motor from tha clutch. you can pop off a cover and tighten up ur clutch basket. hold in the clutch with the bike in gear and running and start to tighten the adjuster. when the bike wants to move forward even with the clutch pulled in just back off the adjustmen a tad. Then go out in tha street and rip one up and c wat happens. If it works good again then u need a new clutch but that will get some more life outta it.

Wowtah

naw man ,,,, unless the clutch is totally toasted you can still get on tha throttle hard w no probs.

ezl_oo

Even when I get on the throttle hard it just lunges foward...usually it would want to do a backflip.

Thanks Wowtah I'm going to try that.

Trachito

happened to me a long time ago. clutch was worn out. the bike would ride fine and the plates looked perfect but they were worn down just enough to affect wheelies. changed the plates and it worked fine.

Trentl40

If your not even at balance point i would have to say you are a squid.