OK, sitting here recuperating and watching the footage from stunt skills. I have worked out that I don't have big enough balls.
Apart from actually going too far and tipping the bloody thing over, what tips are there for finding the balance point? I am thinking that a piece of PVC 20mm conduit or similar attached to the 12 bar so that it hits just before might be a good idea.
As I have always been a power wheelie junkie, the clutching up took a while, and while happy with the results I have a thirst for more.
As for the learnings from Stuntskills, the following is a summary of what I learnt;
I don't have big enough balls
I'm old and you use a lot of muscles that don't normally get a work out
Old habits die hard (when I was nineteen, the night before race day was a pissup and you work on the bike until two AM, strangely enough 26 years later, nothing has changed)
Big sprockets require finesse on the throttle
Too much tyre pressure causes you to "weave" and wobble
The front forks can be horizontal before you need to be concerned (even if I didn't get there
Practise is the only way
Letting the front come down hard will explode fork seals
It is harder to fall off than it looks
I need to do more of this
Letting the bike do the work is the key (yep, I got sore shoulders)
Adrenalin counteracts exhaustion
Stunters don't need sidestands (they use crash cages instead)
Bender is a lunatic
Fat bastards have to get on the tanks to do rolling burnouts
Race wets make good smoke
Sportsbikes behave very differently to Harleys
I'm still not too old to learn
going slow is harder tha it looks
Stunters are nice people
An education worth every cent and the pain I am experiencing today. And all of this in just one day.