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SUNDAY 30 MARCH, 2008 |

How to Stunt a Motorcycle Part Two

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Here is a continuation of the stunts discussed in the previous article:

3. One-Hander
First step is to do a normal endo and when you reach your balance point, let go of your left arm while keeping your right arm stiff on the handlebar to prevent steering on any place. The key here is to make sure that your right arm is straight stiff and will not move or else. Aside from this, you should use your lower body to support your body weight since your arms cannot really do this at the moment. To do this, move all your weight to the tank and lock your knees into the tank to hold you up.

4. High chair
This is for experts only. The hardest part of this is getting up on the tank and moving your feet to the front of the bike. They key is to move into position as quick as you can. You can do this by putting one hand on the windscreen, then jump straight up and forward then kick your legs out as you come across. Your one hand on the windscreen will be the gauge on how far forward you can jump. Once you're up and about, hold on to the handlebars and settle on the tank and brace yourself against the windscreen.

You need less initial brake to pull this off since the back end comes up quicker. All your weight is already in the front wheel so no worries on weight transfer. Your balance point will be lower for the high chair. Feet-over-the-front endos are shorter in distance because of the harder steering of the back end. You always want to have a little speed left to not stall while rolling back.

5. No-footer
When you can already do rolling endos, this one will be easy for you. This is like a regular endo but your weight will be supported by your arms since your feet will be up and your knees can't lock on to the tank. You have to sit on the gas tank and put your body up from the get-go. Practice regular endos while bending your knees to unweigh your feet and legs. To know if you can bring your feet off the pegs is when your upper body is right. Just don't get your feet up unless you're already against the tank, or else you will destroy your motorcycle and crash.

Just some tips on doing endos: Come into your practice area fast then slow and gradually grab more brakes. When you feel that your brake starts to bite, move your weight up a bit and grab a little more brake. If you practice this way, you'll soon get your back end floating and going around smoothly. If you feel like you're too high, let the brake off slowly, and you'll go down. When you're new at this, if you're up two to three feet, you already feel like you are going to flip over. The best way to learn endos is to take it slow then put more brake pressure along with your comfort level, and you will reach your balance point soon.

By Nail K.

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