Wheelie Teach Level 1 – Julian Taylor Doing His First Wheelies Using the Wheelie Teach Product!
Originally posted on youtube by AllAboutBikes, pro stunter Julian Taylor tries the Wheelie Teach product.
[Introduction with Music Background]
Julian: Hi, I’m Julian Taylor from All About Bikes and I’m here with Jeff Duzzny of Wheelie Teach. So, tell me. You created the product that goes on your own bike and enables us to wheelie. Is that correct?
Jeff: That is correct.
Julian: How does it work?
Jeff: Well, basically what it does is it goes on your own bike. Unlike any other product, and there is basically no other product that’s out there, this actually fits on your own motorcycle. So when you buy this product, you get to learn how to wheelie safely by attaching our device at the back of your own motorcycle. What better way, Julian, to learn how to wheelie than on your own motorcycle. You learn your own throttle, your own clutch, and your own torque on your own motorcycle.
Julian: So, I’ll be honest with you. I did track days. I’ve ridden for years upon years but the perfect wheelie has always eluded me. I get to the top of the level. I tried to get enough acceleration to bring the front wheel up and you get scared after a while you’re going to flip your beautiful machine (Is it going to go all way the over?). How does this stop me from doing that?
Jeff: Well, what we designed here with Wheelie Teach, in this device, is basically levels, okay? We took into account that most people, if you talk to them, “Have you ever tried a wheelie?” they swear on the first attempt that they’ve gotten 6 feet off the ground and they’ll talk to their buddies and their buddies will be like, “No, seriously, you only got like an inch off the ground,” and they’re like, “No, I got this far off.” So we took that into account and what we do is we start off at a small level which only allows your bike to come basically a foot or so off the ground.
Julian: Why don’t we try this out and see what happens? Like I say, I’m no wheelie expert. This is not something that I do on a regular basis. But let’s have a go and see how this thing works.
Jeff: That sounds great to me.
Julian: Excellent.
Jeff: Take your shot.
Julian: Thanks. Okay. So, basically we’re going to take this machine out now with the Wheelie Teach on the back and we’re going to try and see how it works. Like I say, I’m absolutely no expert in wheelies whatsoever. I ride these things for fun but I’ve always wanted to. So, let’s really see how this thing will get this bike in the air.
[Level 1- Beginner 1st Attempt]
Julian: [I’m sitting] [ph 00:02:45] on a drag strip with the thing on the back of my bike with [inaudible 00:02:47] front wheel [inaudible 00:02:49]. This is cool. I am going to run. You get as much acceleration as you want.
My bike has the [block] [ph 00:03:12]. It comes up every time. It’s marvelous. I’m going to wheelie at 6,000 rounds. I can’t go too high. I feel the Wheelie Teach every single time, every time. Every single time, you feel it comes up. You feel it catches you. It gives you absolute confidence without a shadow of a doubt that it’s not going to go over.
You’re going to have to try and play with the accelerator just to keep it open and keep it going through in a certain amount of time. But it’s a really an impressive piece of [kit] [ph 00:03:58], I have to say.
[Level 1 –Beginner 2nd Attempt]
Julian: So, I go to 6,000 rounds. I’m going to accelerate up. I’m going to give it some wheelie. This is all power. I’m not doing it at all. With the clutch, I’m trying to reduce the power in this last six. It’s all coming up every time.
Holding it up is the hardest thing. It is all coming up every time. [I’m riding at 6,000 rounds] [ph 00:04:40]. Woohoo! It truly is really fun. Like I say, I’ve never done this before. Let’s try to get it a bit higher. With the brake employed at the back, it is five seconds – [a piecemeal] [ph 00:05:02]. The Wheelie Teach works. It pushes me down every single time I get to the top.
Well, that was great. I had loads of it. This could keep up and down, up and down, up and down. The good thing with it is I could see it when it was [biting] [ph 00:05:19]. Once it came up and it caught on Level 1 which I’m on at the moment, they brought me straight back down.
What I felt at that time and time and time again, the confidence was there. I just kept going. Bear in mind, I didn’t use the clutch at all. That was all just power on the R6. It’s the stock bike getting to 6000 rounds, dropping the accelerator off a bit, and playing it. Bang! Off she came every single time. It’s safe as houses. I loved every minute of it. Let’s keep playing.
[Level 1- Beginner 3rd and final attempt]
Yaay. I can’t hold it any longer. [inaudible 00:07:10] the brakes should down. There is no better way for it. Can you feel that? [inaudible 00:07:15].
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