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Offline ZG

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C14 wheelie
« on: February 09, 2013, 02:17:56 PM »
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Offline AZ-ZG

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Re: C14 wheelie
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2013, 03:11:27 PM »
 8)

Never been good at wheelies, even dirt bikes.  >:(

Looked like a BLACK one to me, maybe even an '09?   ;D
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Re: C14 wheelie
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2013, 03:19:15 PM »
Shoulda left the bags on.
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Offline Rhino

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Re: C14 wheelie
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2013, 03:28:04 PM »
Wow! Makes it look easy. And with the potato launcher still on!
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Re: C14 wheelie
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2013, 03:41:25 PM »
Quote from: Rhino on February 09, 2013, 03:28:04 PM
Wow! Makes it look easy. And with the potato launcher still on!

Choice of muffler will make absolutely no difference in any part of that.
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Re: C14 wheelie
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2013, 04:02:34 PM »
Quote from: maxtog on February 09, 2013, 03:41:25 PM
Choice of muffler will make absolutely no difference in any part of that.

I know ;) Should have added: ;D
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Re: C14 wheelie
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2013, 04:06:10 PM »
Getting it up isn't a problem, keeping it up due to it's large size is another thing...  :-X
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Re: C14 wheelie
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2013, 04:27:12 PM »
How long before it runs into oil starvation?
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Re: C14 wheelie
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2013, 04:31:55 PM »
Quote from: maxtog on February 09, 2013, 03:41:25 PM
Choice of muffler will make absolutely no difference in any part of that.


Sure sounds and looks a helluva lot better though.
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Re: C14 wheelie
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2013, 05:18:04 PM »
Quote from: ZG on February 09, 2013, 04:06:10 PM
Getting it up isn't a problem, keeping it up due to it's large size is another thing...  :-X

Yeah, he looked a bit shaky while up there.  Scary stuff
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Re: C14 wheelie
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2013, 06:22:41 PM »
Quote from: tweeter55 on February 09, 2013, 04:27:12 PM
How long before it runs into oil starvation?

Yep, a known problem for Kawi's. They don't like being vertical for very long. Unfortunate if you ask me  :)

Wheelie or no, there is no excuse for videotaping the potato launcher under any circumstances. The world is already a mean and ugly place, no use duplicating the ugly unnecessarily.
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Re: C14 wheelie
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2013, 06:28:31 PM »
Quote from: tweeter55 on February 09, 2013, 04:27:12 PM
How long before it runs into oil starvation?

I'm confused, ZX14's at our local dragstrip run the entire quarter mile on one wheel (occasionally when someone wants to show out).  How far are you used to seeing Kawi's go?

I'm not a Kawi fan boi by any means, just curious
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Re: C14 wheelie
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2013, 06:39:28 PM »
personally, I have ridden a quarter mile+.... acouple of times, on one wheel.... fully loaded bags and rear trunk,, in excess of posted speed limits  :o without depriving my engine of vital fluid..... wasn't scraping the trunk on the ground, maybe that made a diff.... or not......
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Re: C14 wheelie
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2013, 08:11:47 PM »
- just look at your bike's sump. Its so deep that you could be at 45 degrees and the pickup will still find oil.

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Re: C14 wheelie
« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2013, 08:39:19 PM »
Holds 5 quarts of oil too!!
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Re: C14 wheelie
« Reply #15 on: February 09, 2013, 10:10:45 PM »
5 quarts of Rotella T6, and my C14 never even requires an oil change! 

Altho I still change it every 5K anywayz 
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Re: C14 wheelie
« Reply #16 on: February 11, 2013, 08:16:30 AM »
Quote from: maxtog on February 09, 2013, 03:41:25 PM
Choice of muffler will make absolutely no difference in any part of that.

Sure it does. Its a counterweight.
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Offline Mister Tee

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Re: C14 wheelie
« Reply #17 on: February 11, 2013, 08:27:06 AM »
Quote from: maxtog on February 09, 2013, 03:41:25 PM
Choice of muffler will make absolutely no difference in any part of that.

Au contraire mon frere, the more weight you have in the rear of the bike, the easier it will be to wheelie.  Loaded bags help a lot too.

(Don't ask how I know...)
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Re: C14 wheelie
« Reply #18 on: February 11, 2013, 11:17:23 AM »
Snopes says its fake, shafties can't wheelie.
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Re: C14 wheelie
« Reply #19 on: February 11, 2013, 11:47:22 AM »
I can't do it but apparently anything can wheelie.

http://youtu.be/zsPjNYY5GvM

http://youtu.be/EZdnNfzZY6U
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