Some stoppie pics

Here's some shots of me and my bro practicin our stoppies. Let me know what ya think. http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a308/LedZep1984/mikestoppie2.jpg http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a308/LedZep1984/mikestoppie.jpg http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a308/LedZep1984/mikestoppie4.jpg http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a308/LedZep1984/mikestoppie7.jpg http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a308/LedZep1984/mikestoppie6.jpg http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a308/LedZep1984/mikestoppie5.jpg

nice pics dude!!

How do you do them? I'm interested in learning but would like some advice before f-ing up my bike.

tight :cool:

How do you do them? I'm interested in learning but would like some advice before f-ing up my bike. I learned just by going out and doing it. Start slow, around 20-30 mph and just get used to pulling the brake. Also, its your preference whether you want to hold the clutch or put it in neutral. I prefer the clutch. Make sure to keep your arms and body as straight as possible and look straight ahead. It helps to keep the bike from turning on the front wheel. I found they are surprisingly easy once you get used to the feeling. I was doing stoppies at 60-70 mph before I knew it without even realizing it. So, good luck and be sure to wear gear just in case!

thanks for the info, and nice pics

How do you do them? I'm interested in learning but would like some advice before f-ing up my bike. I learned by rolling up kinda slowly and grabbing a slow handful and coming to a complete stop while in the endo. In other words I was doing like a low to the ground 3ft long rolling endo to a stop. I kept doing this faster and faster getting higher and higher each time and like the other dude said before I knew about a month later I was on the highway doin' them. I think the fastest I've done them is about 80. (Before I do this I grab my clutch)I know that when I first grab my brakes I grab a good amount of brake, then I feel for when the forks are compressed all the way and then I give it alot more pressure hard and quickly then when the ass end comes up I let most of the brake pressure off balancing it and feathering it so I can go longer. They're addicting, I'm always searching for that perfect "longest I've ever done" endo. One more tip, I loosen the front brake dial on the lever to about 3-4 to make it a little more spongy so it's not as violent when you give it that first initial handful of brake. It also helped riding with all the guys from Core 6(the original DTE). Watching those guys taught me alot. and watching video after video and picking them apart helped too.

One more thing I forgot: I set up my suspension for stoppies when I first got my bike back in the day. I like to soften the forks somewhat so that I feel the forks when they compress. I'm a really light dude so I need to soften them up, maybe you guys don't do this?

i preffer to put it in neutral! just for the fact of im still learning, and if i come down wrong i dont want to accidently let off the clutch and end up goosin it when i come down.. freak things happen like that

No biggie either way! I've never put mine into neutral, no reason I guess I've just never done it. Even when I do one handers at about 45 or so I just leave it in gear, throw my left arm up in the air and grab a handful of brake with the other. When the bike comes down the rear tire is already slowed down enough. Then you just have to clutch and down shift before you actually ride away. I remember hearing bad things about putting it into neutral for some reason, like maybe it would jump into gear or something, I dunno I can't remember now that was like 3 yrs ago when I first learned them.

bad ass pics man......keep up the stunts