Wheelie bar newbie

[Todd Geisler]

Originally Posted by Jeff Teuton

Mike has it right. It looks like what mine has been doing; that is getting on the bars, and not enough spring on the bar itself so it throws the front end down too hard and makes the bounce worse. In addition to what Mike said, try getting softer spring action on the bars so it rides and doesn't push the front end down. You want it to carry the front end and set it down, not push it down. At 9.50 you obviously have enough power to do that. Hope this helps.

Ok, now I think i got what you guys were refering to. After watching all the video's several times it does look like the bars push the front end back down prematurely.

The bars are S&W 54" long chromoly and are spring loaded.

Any suggestions on reducing this tendancy?

Raise the bars up some more?

Tighten the front shock extension more?

take a little more travel out of the front end?

Without the bars it was carrying the front end further down track. Here's sample video of before the bars.

http://www.qis.net/~geislert/toddg.mpg

The front end in this video was a bit too loose as well.