Billyt

Just a question out of curiosity. If a person can ride a highway wheelie at BP, if this person added a handbreak how difficult would it be to do BP highway spreaders and highchairs. What I am trying to ask is will it be easy to convert from a standup to tank wheelies since they have the protection of a rear break still, or will it still be hard to do.. I can barley do a wheelie so this question is simply out of curiosity so don't flame me

xRR-riderx

a spreader or a highchair would be just as difficult as it would be any other time... a hand brake doesnt make tricks easier, its there for insurance brake control when a foot cannot work the rear brake, such as in a highchair or a spreader, bla bla bla.... you get the idea i hope..

kingtuts

well u can ride a bp wheelie with out any rear brake. just with engine brake. s0 u dont need a hand brake for any thing fast.

DoodleF4i

i never use my rear brake when doing BP wheelies.not to save my *** not to slow down,nothing...ive been to the point my tail touched and came down HARD just from leting off the throttle most of the people i ride with use throttle control to keep balanced

Schwartz

Humm Not me. Rear brake. Can slow em down faster and is much safer. I feel you'll have more controll with a Handbrake with any trick off the pegs. Insurence and added controll. A wheelie is just much more stable with a loaded rear brake.
PS. Skill factor... Humm I'm still out on that. It does take alot of skill to slow a bike down with no brake but it also takes skill to slow a bike down REAL fast with brake.

xRR-riderx

:YEAH :YEAH exactly what i said above...

Schwartz

Great minds think a like. So do simple ones.

Schwartz

xRR-riderx

standy

one other thing I'll add. I put a hand brake on my bike about a month ago....I thought it would be the answer to everything-not the case. I can say that for me, learning how to use the handbrake effectively is just like learning a new trick. It definately takes some getting used to.

20blks

Same here. I would like to learn the back brake for slow stuff though.

Schwartz

20 blocks? Shoot we roll counties out here. You'd think you city guys would be all over the rear brake even for the faster stuff. It's safer. I'm not tryen to hear that pus$y coment either. Crashen sucks and hurts.
Well I'll just stick to the brake when I can reach it.