How to Do a Basic Wheelie on a Motorcycle ?

Steps:

1. Roll at about 10-20 mph in first gear.
2. Pull in the clutch and rev the motor a little, then pop the clutch. Do this a few times with a little more gas each time until you start to feel comfortable with how high the front end is coming up.
3. Once you are comfortable getting the front up a little, it's time to worry about throttle and brake control. Use the throttle to maintain the height of the wheelie and the back brake to keep from looping the bike. Chopping the throttle while in first will almost always bring you back over, but you will most likely slam the front pretty hard.
4. If you get good enough at the brake control, you can ride a wheelie in first until the motor blows, in theory. But at first you will probably just run through your rpm range and drop the front down. This is when you need to shift to second. It's a clutchless shift, at the peak of the wheelie when you have about 3k rpms left before redline. Let the front come down just a bit and simultaneously shift to second.

Tips:

• Body position is very important. Beginners may be uncomfortable and hug the tank with their knees to help hold on, but ideally sliding back against the rear seat is the best place.
• On powerful streetbikes, as soon as you shift to second the front end will pull up a little so keep the rear brake covered.
• If you have never done a clutchless shift, practice on two wheels first. Get your rpm's up fairly high, back off the throttle just a bit and shift firmly so you don't hit nuetral.
• Standup wheelies, either both feet on the back pegs or just the left foot on the back peg can make it much easier to balance a wheelie.

Warnings:

• Wheelies are dangerous, even when done by professionals.
• Wear protective gear and practice on a small dirtbike such as a 50-100cc. These smaller bikes can help tremendously with learning brake control which will prevent you from looping a motorcycle.
• Do not think you can learn to ride wheelies in a day. Even practicing every day will take you a few weeks to get comfortable. Most of the pro's you see in videos or doing shows have been doing it for many years.

Things you need:

• Helmet
• Gloves (gripping your handlebars is very crucial)
• Protective gear, or at least a leather jacket and blue jeans.
• Shoes with some grip; try skateboard shoes like Etnies or DC.
• and Ofcourse .... your Bike :-)