i've been practicing standing staggered and letting my hands go and i can only hold it for about 3 seconds before i have to hit the gas a little... i have the idle turned up pretty high but i dont know if i need to turn it up more or be easier on the brake... it has a decent pull with the idle setting but i dont know if its too much or not high enough... any help would be great, i'm gonna ride then come back and check what you guys think.... oh yea, i'm riding a 3wheeler not a stunt bike so that might make a difference.... thanks -clutchitup21-

 

what type of bike, what gearing, and what is your idle set at?

Before even worrying about using no hands, practice just using just no throttle hand. That or even hanging on with both hands, but ONLY using the brake to keep it up, no throttle..
Once you can keep the bike up idling along with no throttle hand, then you can worry about no hands

btw staggard sounds hard as hell to no hand. Personally I like 1 foot on my seat, some people like their foot in their seat or their bar.

 

"oh yea, i'm riding a 3wheeler"

 

it seemed fine when i just took off my throttle hand, but when i take off the other hand the balance is different and i have to bring the wheel higher and put my chest closer to the bars, which means i have to use more pressure on the brake... thats where my issue is, it seems like i shouldn't have to use THAT much brake then the bike slows so much it stalls... its just so trick getting the idle set right with using the right amount of brake pressure... maybe it something that will take me more time and trial and error to master.. but i learn things alot faster then what its taking me to learn this...... oh and the 3wheeler is a 86 honda 200x.. all stock, great machine to learn on before moving to a bike

 

i practiced a little more and turned up the idle... i mainly focused on just taking off my throttle hand like you said... i was able to carry it all the way across the yard... it helped alot cuz i can hold a no hander across the yard......wish i had more room to ride... our back yard is only like a quarter acre

 

Stunt that bike in your avatar.

 

ONLY like a quater acre? you can ride in your backyard... and your complaining? : /

 

yeah but it's on a 3 wheeler,probly in the grass or dirt,it's still cool to ride at home but not as cool as a paved back yard on a bike.now that would be siiiiicccckkkk.

 

Haha yeah, i cant wait till i have circles on lock, then ill be in my backyard all the time! For now... im sticking to country/deserted streets

 

find a big parking lot in the middle of nowhere...

 

man if i can find idle for no handers with 2t bike and drum brakes the you will find it too...yep try to use your chest like a hands,bring it on bp and try to keep your chest on the bar. + you dont have to worry about side to side woobles,you will get em

just lean on the handlebar

 

yea its on grass and its killin it..lol.... i have a big dirt x going through the yard.... soon as i get another stunt bike there is a abandoned lot about a mile away... thats where i use to ride my first stunt bike..
my progress is alot better, i'll post a vid when i get it on the computer

 

it was so funny when i first tried no handers cuz the 3wheeler has a thumb throttle (of course) and when i would let the bars go they would always fall to the right and it would smash the thumb throttle into my right knee, i learned real quick to turn them to the left then let go
and keeping my chest close to the bars make a world of difference in balance

 

didnt know that 3wheeler got a thumb throttle ,its pretty same but i like my ankle close to the tank and chests on bar.

 

i thought they all had thumb throttle since mine had it when i get a stunt bike i'm gonna convert it... i have it tilted down so when the bike is at bp and i'm standing, i use my index finger and pull the throttle.. it just seems like its a more comfortable position when stadning

 

lol ive gotta ask how many times u looped from it smashin ur knee?

 

well i haven't looped the 3wheeler yet... i had a few stunt bikes about a year and a half ago. i learned throttle and brake control then... i thought i would learn things faster if i had a 3 or 4 wheeler...

 

that thing your riding is like a bicycle....probaly totally different

 

gotta few pics..... i like the 3wheeler but i need a bike

 

cool pics....try dbikes now...