How to Wheelie on a Motorcycle

Mike Nicely, professional stunter, talks to AllAboutBikes about the Wheelie Teach.

“How are you doing?  My name is Mike Nicely.  I’m a professional stuntman.  I do Hollywood stunts for actors in movies.  I’m considered a specialty stuntman which is I ride motorcycles for most of the stunts that I do.  I ride motorcycles for about 10 years now, professionally about six years.  I want to take this time to let the audience know what I thought of the Wheelie Teach and its capability of teaching someone how to do a wheelie.

First of all, I performed wheelies on a lot of motorcycles.  It has taken an awful lot for me to get to the level that I am at as a motorcycle rider.  You are not going to be able to take this machine and become a professional stunt rider or a professional stuntman riding off on this machine.  So, remember, that what this machine is going to do is allow you to take your own time, your own motorcycle, and the ability to learn how to use throttle control, balance, and the feel of what a wheelie really is.

This machine has three levels to it.  It has level one, Amateur, which takes you about maybe two feet off the ground just to give you the feel of bike popping up – just brrp, brrp – and coming off the ground.  Level two is a little bit deeper, probably about four or five feet off the ground which is still pretty deep but, again, not giving you the full feel of what balance is on a motorcycle.    Once you get to level three, that’s really going to push the envelope and allow yourself to hold the throttle long enough to be up in a wheelie and to be able to feel, see, and adapt to what it’s like to do a wheelie.

I pushed this machine pretty far.  I took it to the furthest level which was Level 3 and I want to say that it needs still just a little bit more movement at the back to bring it up.  It’s going to bring it at a comfortable state that you’re not going to be able to loop the motorcycle.  I tried swerving left and right.  It wouldn’t move.  It kept me on a straight line.  I tried pushing it really hard on the bar to try to bend it and break it.  It did not bend nor did it break.  I just want to let you know that this machine works.  If I had it a few years back, I probably learned a lot faster.

But knowing that I had a Wheelie Teach at the back of my bike, knowing that the confidence I know how to do a wheelie, I just hopped on and did what I’ve done a thousand times before and just pulled it straight up. The minute the wheelie had gotten to a certain balance point and rested itself on the Wheelie Teach, my confidence boosted straight up and all I had wanted to do was continue to wheelie, continue to wheelie.  So I tested the envelope of the Wheelie Teach.  I pushed it as far.  I tried to bend it.  I tried to break it to see if it would pop off, take me side to side.

I’m not paid to say this.  I was not paid to ride this bike.  I did this voluntarily.   I shot the commercial and I want to say that, all BS aside, this machine works.   I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn how to get throttle control, balance point, and confidence on how to do a wheelie.  This will teach you by the end of the day all three of those things and then it’s up to you to go out there and then take the Wheelie Teach off of your motorcycle and continue the routine that you did with the Wheelie Teach on your bike.

Now, again, I do know that taking the Wheelie Teach off your motorcycle, you still have a very high risk chance of looping your bike.  So, remember, the Wheelie Teach is not responsible for any injuries, loss, or damage.  You put this on your bike.   You’re doing it on your own consent.  But I will say that by the end of the day, you’ll be pretty confident on how to wheelie.  From there, it’s up to you to push the envelope.  Again, this is Mike Nicely filling you in on the Wheelie Teach.  Check it out at allaboutbikes.com.    Thank you, Julian Taylor.  Thank you, Jeff Duzzny from wheelieteach.com.  Check it out.”

[Level 3 – Professional demonstration with music background]

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