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Originally Posted by dart1963
I'm not much of a stunter, the occasional accidental wheelie (and thank God no accidental stoppies).
I was watching Jason Britton's show one night when they were down in Mexico, or somewhere down South, and his buddy was on a "loaner" bike. He was pulling 1-3 second wheelies down the road, then did a 5-10 second one and blew oil (think, HOT) all over his leg... supposedly the bike was modified for stunts, Jason said he would only do stunts on his bike 'cause he knew it was ready.... and said he'd seen the results of bikes blowing oil all out....
So just a warning... our bike isn't prepped for stunts, the front shocks aren't "stunt ready" and I'm sure the oil system isn't either.
PLEASE make sure you do research before even thinking about it.
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I saw that show. He has done that a few times, but the bike I think you are thinking of was the ducati hypermotard. That engine is especially vulnerable to running dry on oil because of the way the engine is setting in the chassis. When the front end comes up, that front cylinder is now facing upwards, and gets starved of oil.
Our bikes are fine to pull wheelies on and not be worried about blowin something. I definitely wouldn't keep it on the back wheel for 30 seconds, but 5-10 second spurts shouldn't hurt the engine. If you are worried though, its fine to over fill with a little more oil to compensate.