So, I did wheelie school yesterday. Teacher was Paul Gower, formely of the Royal Artilliary Flying Gunners motorcycle display team. Bikes were Suzuki 1200 bandits, geared down to make it even easier to do wheelies. And wheelies we did. Big ones. In fact, I did one that was too big and ended up bouncing it of the bar on the back of the bike that stops you flipping it. It was a fun, intense day out, but I don’t know whether I’m any nearer to being able to wheelie a trickier bike with no safety net. When I got back from my one screw–up over–size wheelie, the instructor was like (once he stopped having heart palpitations), “yup, that one would have flipped you straight off the back”. So I don’t know how comfortable I would be without the bars.

However, following discussions with Geoff, it sounds like there is some form for another wheelie school foray at some point…