Some of the local stunters i know .... and yes its legal to do this stuff in a parking lot. I never saw anyone get a ticket for it when the cops came to watch.
be aware there is some language in the video ... but i think you can forgive him after getting pinned under 2 bikes
ETA: it was a heavy bike lol right after the crash you can see me running to pull the bike off him. Crazy times
thankGod wrote:Wheelie on a public street = reckless driving!
Again, I must ask: sez who?
If it is reckless, it's reckless whether it's on a public street or a private parking lot. (Private property isn't subject to being ticket, of course, but I'm talking about the alleged "recklessness" of the act.)
thankGod wrote:Wheelie on a public street = reckless driving!
Alot of the guys i know can control a wheelie better than many of the riders on the road. Sit Down Steve from the streetfighterz is a great example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVhbesSP ... r_embedded along with most of the local stunt riders. I personally have let them wheelie around me in circles as well as past me close enough to touch. I also have let them do a endo (see picture) between my legs, and even swing the back part of the bike over my head to get a good photo. The people i do think are driving recklessly are the newer riders that dont learn how to stunt properly in a safe environment. I dont mean to be rude, but to be honest I dont think you have a clue what you are talking about. I think you are using the morons who stunt on the highway at 80 MPH and drive like morons, not the majority of guys who ride long wheelies.
How is claiming that everyone that does a wheelie reckless any different than being a Brady bunch member?
Matt L. doing a endo ... he was the guy that hit Clay Dix in the first video i posted.
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thankGod wrote:Wheelie on a public street = reckless driving!
Alot of the guys i know can control a wheelie better than many of the riders on the road. Sit Down Steve from the streetfighterz is a great example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVhbesSP ... r_embedded along with most of the local stunt riders. I personally have let them wheelie around me in circles as well as past me close enough to touch. I also have let them do a endo (see picture) between my legs, and even swing the back part of the bike over my head to get a good photo. The people i do think are driving recklessly are the newer riders that dont learn how to stunt properly in a safe environment. I dont mean to be rude, but to be honest I dont think you have a clue what you are talking about. I think you are using the morons who stunt on the highway at 80 MPH and drive like morons, not the majority of guys who ride long wheelies.
How is claiming that everyone that does a wheelie reckless any different than being a Brady bunch member?
Matt L. doing a endo ... he was the guy that hit Clay Dix in the first video i posted.
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I love when bikes do endo's on the street; that way I can inch my car hood right up under their back wheel. Makes them think about doing it a second time in traffic.
Keith
Texas LTC Instructor, Missouri CCW Instructor, NRA Certified Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun Instructor and RSO, NRA Life Member
LarryH wrote:Ahem. kf128, Craig is on your side. It was thankGod who equated a wheelie on a public street with recklessness.
I fixored it
heres another video, Streetfighterz in STL they come down every now and then to DFW ... i just with they would stop parking endos on my junk jeep good times
LarryH wrote: It was thankGod who equated a wheelie on a public street with recklessness.
It was me. Reckless driving is reckless driving, whether you think so or not. Just because you can do wheelies on the street does not equate to having the right to do wheelies on the street.
thankGod
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LarryH wrote: It was thankGod who equated a wheelie on a public street with recklessness.
It was me. Reckless driving is reckless driving, whether you think so or not. Just because you can do wheelies on the street does not equate to having the right to do wheelies on the street.
and just because you can do a wheelie on the street does not make it reckless. If want to talk about reckless look around you in traffic and any given day. Look at the guy talking on the phone, The woman putting make up on, The parents yelling into the back seat not watching where they are going. How about the teenager that’s trying to fiddle with the radio. And especially everyone that is trying to text and drive. In this day and age you are more likely to be take out by a guy talking on a cell phone than a drunk driver but yet only one of those are illegal. When you are on a bike all you have to worry about is the road in front of you. We don’t have a lot of the distractions that driver in steel cages have. Some then I am crazy when I tell them I feel safer on my bike than I do in my car.
Keith B wrote:I love when bikes do endo's on the street; that way I can inch my car hood right up under their back wheel. Makes them think about doing it a second time in traffic.
You do realize that you would be the one at fault in that encounter.
Keith B wrote:I love when bikes do endo's on the street; that way I can inch my car hood right up under their back wheel. Makes them think about doing it a second time in traffic.
You do realize that you would be the one at fault in that encounter.
I was just kidding of course. I probably would be considered at fault, but it might be hard for the rider to explain why his wheel came 'down' on my hood.
Keith
Texas LTC Instructor, Missouri CCW Instructor, NRA Certified Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun Instructor and RSO, NRA Life Member
Wildscar wrote:. Some then I am crazy when I tell them I feel safer on my bike than I do in my car.
I feel the same way ... but when i rode i had a rule to keep moving faster than trafic by 5-10 MPH just so i could stay away from most of the cagers. Worked out well for me ... 20k of riding in about 10 months and not a single accident. But at the same time i havent been in a accident since 2003 and i was fiddling with my radio
thankGod wrote:Just because you can do wheelies on the street does not equate to having the right to do wheelies on the street.
While I agree with this statement, I do not agree with doing a wheelie on a public street is necessarily reckless behavior. It may be perfectly safe (although SHOWY) on a public street with no traffic, pedstrians or parked vehicles within a block or two, for example.
That is the point I was trying to make, as have been several others. Just because something looks reckless to you does not make it reckless.
Here is my opinion on it:
As a rider, I am really against doing any type of stunting on a public street, IF there are other cars around. I don't think it is wreckless but more along the lines of irresponsible and inconsiderate of OTHER drivers. If there are a few cars behind you, and you mess up mid wheelie and fall at 45mph, more than likely the car is going to have to slam on their brakes possibly causing an accident. If you're going to stunt, take it somewhere isolated. I do wheelies sometimes myself, but in an empty parking lot and road and if I wanna speed, I save it for the tracks. What really annoys me most is the ones who pops a wheelie on the highway when they are surrounded by cars.
