Say No to Slow : How to Wheelie an Adventure Bike

In this free episode of Say No to Slow, eight time New Zealand enduro overall champion and three time Roof of Africa winner Chris Birch explains in detail the four processes to a successful adventure bike wheelie.

1 : Bike Set-Up
2 : Body Work
3 : Motor Control
4 : All Together

Production By : Out House / John Colthorpe

[ChrisBirchNZ]

This series takes adventure riders from core techniques like correct standing position and off-road bike set up, all the way through to jumping logs and high-speed slides.
Along the way, you will learn techniques to become a safe and efficient rider.
Its $35 US for the whole series and I'm confident you will come out of this Covid madness with some new skills!

[jimistalione]

"practice it until it feels boring"
best advice for anything!

[IgorDz]

"Practice it until it feels boring" - such a good way to put it!

[mithunkartha]

Mate what's the lesson on getting back down eh? I have been wheeleying for the last few hours. Goddammit.

[lifeofascrambler]

I love it when people know how to break down a serious skill into simple steps. Well done!

[RideNWrench]

This is one of the most thorough, specific, detailed, well produced, and clearest tutorials I've ever seen. Thank you, Chris & your team, for putting this out there. I look forward to following all your videos ... maybe they'll tide me over until I can work it out to attend one of your classes! Thanks again!

[stevensmith]

Superb instruction! I started riding at 10, and I could wheelie for blocks on my Kawasaki KE 100. Now I'm an old fart and my toy is a bit more expensive (Hypermotard), and I feel a bit less invincible... That said, I've been timidly trying to regain the "feel" to wheelie confidently, and this video is the first I've found that gets the details of the sequence down pat. Thanks!

[stephenlumley]

"Episode 1. How to wheelie"
subscribed😂😂
Clear, simple and bound to get me into trouble.
Looking forward to the next.
Thanks guys.
Best of luck.

[fismynamecismylast]

Watched so many ADV guys cross water fully sumerge until I watched you last demo. Something to think about. Terrific bro!

[thumper]

This is the most detailed instructional video I've seen on this topic. Thank you. I like also that it's geared to the big adventure bikes. Many others are demonstrated on 2 strokes or street bikes.

[lostinlamancha]

I’ve been riding street and dirt for 41 years since I was 6 years old. After a really bad accident 8 months ago on the road in North Carolina, I got back on a bike and headed from Brooklyn, NYC to Baja for two months to remind myself that I didn’t die that day in April when the pick up truck cut me off and that I still had some living to do. I traded my other bike that wasn’t totaled for a more comfortable yet capable “mid-sized adventure bike”.

Chris’s Say No To Slow series helped to prepare me for my journey into the off road wonderland that is Baja Mexico. I even rewatched some of his videos (with the help of an over lander friends Starlink) when faced with a daunting hill climb off a remote beach 30 miles from nowhere.

His series is very affordable and so well laid out, both in instruction and aids from video. Share this with your friends: it can only make them better riders that will be more willing to explore the roads less travelled and to find those little slices of paradise where most people won’t be confident to get to…

[sergioenmoto]

Thx Chris is amazing video, actually is the best tutorial in YouTube.

[sd]

The fingers covering the clutch (number of) advice is super useful, I have always secretly wondered this because nobody ever talks about the finer details, and I had been too embarrassed to ask. Thanks for the breakdown!

[thomasrosenwirth]

Great video, congrats!!

Yes!!! I‘d absolutely love to have an Adventure riding technique series from you Chris!!!
Some examples I‘d like to improve / hear your opinion & advice:

- Sand riding
- Slippery terrain (compact red mud with rain on top)
- U-turns (slide in and accelerate out)
- Your toolbox setup
- Emergency preparation (Spot, first aid kit, etc)
- Recommended mods on 1090 R and 790 R (ABS dongle, fueling dongle, air intake, Break and clutch levers, handlebar, etc)
- Riding Gear recommendations (Rider and Luggage)
- Water crossings (different depths and surfaces)

Thats what came to my mind for now.

Cheers!!

[TheRealDasluft]

I am impressed. I never thought it was possible to “teach” how to wheelie but Chris did it in spades.

[Scottstunts]

I’ve been practicing the wheelie for almost 20 years now and it never gets old.

[tamborvivo]

This is the absolute best description of how to wheelie. Thanks so much Chris!!!

[dpiret]

Thanks again Chris. Can you make a second one on how to keep, control and end the wheelie on different conditions?

[bumfilms]

This is one of the best tutorials I have seen on YouTube. Well done. More please.

[reubenjohnston]

How about gravel road cornering. Fastest way, safest way, best way to recover from understeer, how to ride the loose edges that we all find sooner or later.