Santa got me a new bike, but he's been riding it!

[sixtysix]

Santa must have known I wanted a new bike (don't we all) so he picked one up for me , now the fat lump has already worn off a set of tires! Maybe next year............



Check out the site at :
http://www.route125.com/125/santa/santa.htm

[Jerry]

Sure it just isn't Jim Scott on a new set of wheels?

[Bob Falter]

sixtysix,

Are those brake wheelies (Santa's doing one) possible? A friend of mine sent me a short video showing several guys doing these in a group. One guy gets too high and goes over crashing into one of the other bikes. I thought that maybe it was a hoax. My dirt bikes never seem to stand on the front wheel for more than a second without depositing me on the ground.

[sixtysix]

Technically the trick you are refering to is a STOPPIE, and no it's not a hoax, they are very possible. I even did one in my MSF course, the instructor asked my to stop as fast as I could from 25 MPH in a large box taped off on the ground. I was riding the Bandit and I told him to pick the exact spot, and I did a nice stoppie for him. He was not impressed and asked me to stop as fast as I could a little slower next time!

This guy is on another list that I am, his screen name is Wicked Speed and he is a master of the stoppie:





Several sites have instruction on how to do it:

http://www.geocities.com/asianbikers/stoppie.htm

http://www.apic.net/~bev/bikes.html#stoppies

MY ADVICE IS NOT TOO EVEN TRY THIS ON AN XS, TOO HEAVY, BRAKES SUCK, TIRES NOT ENOUGH GRIP! FRONT TIRE WILL SKID AND YOU WILL DUMP THE BIKE.

[Mike Hart]

Stoppies on XS/XJ

Yeah Gary, the Bandit will stoppie almost too easily

On 3 occasions I did semi-stoppies on my XJ, all in avoidance mode, 'semi' because the rear wheel came up only about a foot at most. I didn't lock/skid the front wheel. Didn't care for the feeling of the heavy bike setting it's rear end back down.

[Jim Scott]

GARY G!!!!!!!!!!!!

Calling SANTA a FAT LUMP!!!!!!! and you wonder why there is so much snow in your driveway.

[SIZE=3]HO, HO, HO [/SIZE] (Santa sarcasm).

I'm going to have to watch you more closely in 2003!

[Shack]

Stoppie and xs spell TROUBLE for sure....Stop a little slower LOL, I bet your MSF Instructor was impressed. I am a little cautious when applying the 6 pod Bandit brakes also those stoppies can get ya!!! Santa sure can ride

Shack

[procamper]

MSF stoppie's

HUH, thought I was the only one to pull off a MSF stoppie. . .

I took the 250 super sherpa (kawasaki Dual purpose bike) and during the 'brake during the curve' exercise, the instructer signaled to straighten up and stop, so I did. However, I proceded to do my very first stoppie about three feet in front of the instructer. Scared the living c**p outa myself...