sungwei

Practice on a regular motorcycle. Just take your time. I imagine it would be quite different on a mountain bike or the like. Same braking concept sure, but a real motorcycle has very different weight and handling characteristics.

Apollo636

Just get going about 30 and squeeze the front brake as you shift your weight over the front.

First time or two I tried I just stopped. Second time I got the back wheel off the ground enough to loose traction and I fishtailed. Third time was today and I picked it straight up about 2 feet off the ground. Watch out for the tank when you come down, and go slow. It will totally feel like your gonna go over the bars the first few times.

Oh yeah, I'm on a 636 and I have been riding for about 3 weeks now.

spike_x4

its gonna be almost impossible to stoppie that bike, the front tire just sucks. i tried countless times on my ninja 500 and every single time the front locks up and i start sliding. the only way i can see it working out is if you have all your weight over the front wheel or something like that. if you can get it down then more power to ya, good luck

Adrenaline99

I dont know about the bike buttake it slow. I just started doing stoppies about a month ago. I started rolling them about 15 ft or so untill I looped it and seperated my shoulder. Be carefull. As fot the tire sliding part..... Let some pressure out of it. Go about 25lbs or so. It helped me. And yes try preloading your rear shock and bouncing the rear up. :YEAH

xs_speed27

Just one comment...I would say run about 15psi!!! Just my Plus I read the same thing in another thread and everyone agreed 12-18psi.

Adrenaline99

yah the lower the psi the better, but it depends on if you want didstance or not. (it doesnt really apply here)

F4_Jake

Damn yall I am running with 36 psi !!!!!

iwannagixxer

if no one has said it,


warm up your tires.

you also need to lean forward as hell on that shizit. (like you're doing a rolling burnout, i mean you need to be almost over the damn bars)

dont jerk the brake fast or you'll either flip or skid. you need to just put in the front brake slow and hard.

2fast4you

ok thread hijacking, when you start doin higher speed roll-ons do you wanna tap the brake first to compress the shock or just do it in one motion? just wonderin cuz I am gettin tired of lil stoppies

F4_Jake

personally bro, i just bounce on the seat and stab the break hard to get it up and just feather it from there.

moofs

I know I'm seriously bringing this thread back but I think its better than making a new one. Its been said that a regular seated stoppie will be tough. How about one where u are sitting on the handlebars. In like a high chair position, but then u do the stoppie. Easier to avoid getting urself hurt and also gonna put more weight on the front.
Thoughts?