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Yes, I have pulled a wheelie on my 79 xs once and dont want to do it again. Nothing bad happened and I wasnt showing off, just got alittle throttle happy at a stop light.
Another time, my friend ask me if I could teach him to ride. I agreed thinking he had knowledge of clutches and manual shifting. After a few exhausting days he had his permit and was soon ready to ride though town. He stalled as we came to the first light after exiting the highway, he was on my xs and I was on my wife's xj 550 seca. I told him to stop twisting the throttle so much when he was trying to start it. Then I noticed he was out of gas, so I switched the vavle to reserve. As we sat in the left turn lane through a green light, cars began focusing their rage on us. I told him he might have to twist the throttle a bit more since he ran out.
Oh lord, if I had a video camera for what happened next. He opened the throttle full as he hit the starter again, the bike raged with life and howled through the kerker megaphone at 10,000 rpm. The light turned yellow and the cagers focused on the roaring XS11. He immediately scared himself as it started and quickly released the clutch while in first gear. Well, I dont think god himself has even seen a 340 pound man raise so high in the air as my friend did. He darts off ahead, front wheel pointed straight up, comes down rolling off the gas as he is scared again, wobbles around points left and zooms off uncontrollably. I am left sitting at the stop light with my mouth hanging open and unable to follow him. The car in the lane directly in front of mine in the opposing side, sits with the same expression as me, he sat through his green light for at least a minute. I figure he almost had a stroke seeing this huge dude on an old loud "thing" coming at him from across the street on one wheel. My friend sat in the parking lot of k-mart just past the intersection holding his chest. Yes, needless to say, that was the last time he ever rode my bike. He now rides a 75 honda 750 as slow as the law permits. He keeps the tank full as he wishes not to stall again.
Another time, my friend ask me if I could teach him to ride. I agreed thinking he had knowledge of clutches and manual shifting. After a few exhausting days he had his permit and was soon ready to ride though town. He stalled as we came to the first light after exiting the highway, he was on my xs and I was on my wife's xj 550 seca. I told him to stop twisting the throttle so much when he was trying to start it. Then I noticed he was out of gas, so I switched the vavle to reserve. As we sat in the left turn lane through a green light, cars began focusing their rage on us. I told him he might have to twist the throttle a bit more since he ran out.
Oh lord, if I had a video camera for what happened next. He opened the throttle full as he hit the starter again, the bike raged with life and howled through the kerker megaphone at 10,000 rpm. The light turned yellow and the cagers focused on the roaring XS11. He immediately scared himself as it started and quickly released the clutch while in first gear. Well, I dont think god himself has even seen a 340 pound man raise so high in the air as my friend did. He darts off ahead, front wheel pointed straight up, comes down rolling off the gas as he is scared again, wobbles around points left and zooms off uncontrollably. I am left sitting at the stop light with my mouth hanging open and unable to follow him. The car in the lane directly in front of mine in the opposing side, sits with the same expression as me, he sat through his green light for at least a minute. I figure he almost had a stroke seeing this huge dude on an old loud "thing" coming at him from across the street on one wheel. My friend sat in the parking lot of k-mart just past the intersection holding his chest. Yes, needless to say, that was the last time he ever rode my bike. He now rides a 75 honda 750 as slow as the law permits. He keeps the tank full as he wishes not to stall again.
, but it was an accident, honest
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