Legal Hints + Tips: Wheelies 

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'I'm not sure Touratech do one' - brilliant.

hell of a legal professional right there that managed to keep a straight face through that last bit

Ah. Lucky I can't wheelie then.

You boys are on fire! The content has always been on point, but you're really putting network shows to shame now. I cannot overstate how loyal my support to you guys is!

I’ve been through the wheelie punishment. Went from a cbr400rr to a zx10r. Gave it too much throttle off the lights, without realising behind me were undercover traffic police. Day in court, plus a chat with the traffic commissioner due to being a professional driver. Lost my hgv, car, bike licence, lost my job, lost my home as no income ended up back at my parents, extended retest and the highest insurance bills since I was 17. Keep the front down guys!

Jesus! That's so harsh.. I do feel like UK cops are grumpier than Swedish. I have been pulled over for doing a highway wheelie in sweden and was told that if you are in controll (empty road) it's not ilegal, (but was told to do it on the track). Glad I got it on video too..

Honestly the fuse blew on my Wheelie control guv.

what is the legality with getting your knee down on the public road?

Blimey didn't realise it was an instant ban ☹ So to confirm they have to be 80 metres or more to be dangerous driving?

The only wheelie I ever managed to pull was an accident; test riding a KTM SM990 with my girlfriend on the back. I took off from a set of traffic lights with a handful of throttle and the front wheel went sky high! Gave me a hell of a fright. We were lucky I didn’t flip the bike, as I wasn’t covering the rear brake to safely bring her back down to terra firms. So yeah, those unexpected wheelies can happen. I’d love to learn how to do wheelies properly, but with the draconian laws here in Australia, I hardly see the point, as I’ve never really enjoyed walking. 😪

Gotta love our "free" society... I'd never been in trouble with the law until I got a motorbike and now every time I ride it I feel like a criminal because that's what they've made us out to be.

“Oi! You got a loicense for that wheelie, chum?!”

It's so very different in the US. Sometimes cops will even encourage a wheelie if they're bored.

This was wheelie helpful, thanks.

Caught by some nobber in a vans dash cam doing a wheelie, didn’t have to attend court just got 3 points and £100 fine for undue care and attention 😂

Wow, ignorance was bliss! Perhaps you can offer a wheelies anonymous support group? My urge to clutch-up is nearly as strong as Saville’s one to “fix-it”

My best legal tip would be, sit the front-end gently down and keep the throttle tight AF for 5 to 10 minutes - 50% chance of no legal worries.

A wheelie story: Back in the day...out for an evening ride with some friends. everyone was learning to hoist the front wheel. We end up on the front row waiting for the red light to change. Light changes, I run out first gear a little and clutch up a wheelie, best one to date, holding it at about 10 o'clock and ripping down a 4 lane avenue in town. A cop passes by in opposite direction, and I'm like, oh shite, I drop the front wheel look in the mirror and the blue lights are flashing and he's turning around. I thought about running as there was a familiar highway entrance down the road. But there was just to much congestion to reasonably safely go in to a "drop the hammer" all out escape mode. So instead, I slowed down pulled into the right lane and wait for him to catch up. He did, I explained that the clutch slipped and front launched skyward. I think he knew I was full of shite, but appreciated that I did not run and make everybody's live complicated. So, he writes me up for failing to exercise due care, the lesser offence. We complete our business and as I continue on my way I pass a donut shop about a 1/2 mile down the road and there are literally a dozen cop cars in the parking lot. I thought holy crap, if I had run and the cop got on the radio, all of these guys would have been after me, damn. So, a few weeks later I go to court at 9am and there are already like 50 people on line, before the doors even open. The court opens and they start processing people, by 10 o'clock there's like 300 freakin' people in there and the ADA is up front previewing cases and cutting deals with everybody to expedite the proceedings. He calls my docket number and he looks at the ticket, "failing to drive with due care, I rarely see this charge, what happened" I give him my BS story of the clutch slipping. He says OK. here's what we'll do, you plead guilty to not wearing a seatbelt and I'll recommend 2 points on your license and $50 fine plus court fees (which was like another $25). Stupid me says to him, that makes no sense, I was riding a motorcycle. He then bows his head pulls down his glass to the front of his nose and repeats the recommendation, then glances away, looks back at me and says, so...what do you think. I pause for a moment and then the light goes on, ah..OK, thank you sir. So officially, I have a failure to use a seatbelt charge while riding a motorcycle on my record! And everybody's happy...

Used White Dalton in 2012 after a nasty accident. Tried one firm who were useless and I felt like a call centre was looking after me. Switched to Andrew Prendergast at WD and they took care of it.

Great advice guys stick to private property with permission then wheelie for days

Good thing that you will usually only get a fine for doing wheelies in Germany but for a just slightly off license plate angle you will literally get imprisoned lol

That’s terrifying how serious it’s treated if you’re caught.

cant beat a sugary wheelie though, its a proper mint feeling.

You’ll never stop people pulling wheelies it used to blow people’s minds back in the 500 two stroke racing days , nowadays every man and his dog are doing wheelies even the kids.✊

I've done wheelie school on an airfield and I highly recommend it Before learning the skills my front end went up a couple of times unexpectedly so I viewed wheelie school as a vital piece of safety training I've only ever used this training on a road once which was to prevent a tank slapper developing from a wobbly front end Obviously I'm 100% behind the never wheelie on public roads message, but theres a tiny percentage of the time when having the skills in your toolbox can enhance your safety as a rider Also learning to wheelie on a runway in a safe, controlled environment is great fun and should take away any desire you have to practice on public roads Ironically the only hazard to befall me on that day was running over a stray spike from a stinger, apparently traffic police use the same airstrip for their HO.S.TY.D.S training and are somewhat negligent in the clean up afterwards

The only wheeley I've ever done was in 1976 with a friend on the back leaving his house riding a Yamaha RD200. I opened it up in first gear, the front came up 45 degrees and stayed there as we went across the drive, a large lawn, and ended up in some Rhododendron bushes. I was 18 at the time, and my overriding thought as we careered uncontrollably along was 'what's my dad going to say' . Fortunately, both us and the bike survived unscathed.

Great video. Be keen to hear some similar advice on speeding offences......

Well that was cheery.

“Traumatic hysterectomy...” ded. 😂😂😂

Was going to do a wheelie school but think after this i wont bother!!! Bloody great vid guys

Bloody excellent video! Andrew seems like a top bloke and I hope you make another one of these some day

Andrew and the team are top class people. Great informative vid from a straight talking barrister. Keep well

Wheelies here in Bahrain are compulsory. It’s part of the induction to avoiding speed bumps and Toyotas.

Found the wheelie side of that useful. Rather worrying about the accidental wheelie though I went from a a2 bike to my mt-09 and all it ever wants to do is point its nose to the sky. I think b mode will be engaged from now on at the lights

Went over a rise on one wheel on a 'blade RRV at some significant speed, making rather rapid progress and there was a shiny white patrol car coming the other way. I will always remember the copper's face seeming to fill the whole of his windscreen, as he was glaring at me. I did not hang around to find out just how angry he was. 🤣🤣

Where can I purchase a pillion seat dildo? Asking for a friend.. Another great video, thanks 44T and White Dalton 👌

This series is a VERY good idea! Keep 'em coming lads.

This is absolute GOLD

Great insight! Could you put together something on “overtaking”? There seems to be some grey area here. It seems that the consequences of being slightly overzealous on a motorcycle Far outweigh that of any car.

Fascinating. Looking forward to this series.

Another brilliant 44 Teeth production. Looking forward to more of the same very soon. Cheers guys! 👍

Need more of that. Was a great video

I was with a mate once who got caught doing a wheelie on an R1, when he got pulled over he also done a stoppie 😂. A bit of sweet talking (was a female officer) and they let him go with a caution, they were the days he'd be in cuffs nowadays

I've only recently got the hang of doing decent wheelies as well... 😬

Scary....ive just been ripping through wiltshire countryside with my mate (RSV4 factory and RC8R).... i think ill leave it in the garage for the rest of the year now after hearing all that!

how u 2 kept a straight face is beyond me - great comedy !! Roll on episode 2!!

Rodger , love the content. Well done Al for keeping a straight face most of the time

A guy in Perth Australia a few years back now, ended up in the local newspaper on the back wheel after photo being taking ... their catch him because of his tattoos on his arms ... someone dobed (grassed) him in. And I drove straight passed a marked Police land Cruiser, City Police (UK) on the back wheel. Dropped it at the lights. Then I looked over to my left and I saw the words POLICE written on the side. The copper said “get over”. Pulled over, helmet off, assumed the sorry head down puppy look. One cop radioed my plate in, while the other cop spoke to me. He said “I can see you can control the bike, but, you are fucking kidding me going passed a Police car on the back wheel” I was going to say “I thought you were a Ambulance” but I thought not, to say that and just kept silence. Then he saw my logo on my shirt. “You work for Daytona Motorcycles” yes I replied. He then stopped the cop from the plate check and said to the that cop I know him 😳 to my surprise, I didn’t. He said “look, I have used you guys before, and you have always looked after me, I will let you go, but, keep your bloody wheels on the ground and you owe me one” it took about 2 months before he came into the shop before I returned the favour with clothing at cost...Thank you kind Police Officer, obviously a biker himself 👍🏽 👮‍♀️

MORE OF THIS PLEASE!!

Love this! was hilarious as well keeping a straight face through it all.

Very pleasing to see you recommend White Dalton, thumbs up :)

I literally have no idea how you kept a straight face discussing the seat mounted dildo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm in tears over how serious and professionally Andrew Dalton was discussing it 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼 this has honestly made my day, brilliant.

Great vid guys! Informative, relatable and fun. Top notch. 👍

Basically people, in summary, no wheelies and no dildos ... and for gods sake don’t do them at the same time

Thanks! More of these please

So, i'm on the Touratech website....do i get the pink one or the green one?!?!?

Super smart and relevant issue that so many wheely obsessed individuals need to watch and digest. 👌

Really good video - keep these coming!!!

Genuinely another brilliant video produced with your signiture 44T style but actually very useful insight into the repercussions of stuff. Now I'm just off to remove something from my seat....... 🤫

Been done for a wheelie earlier this year...The copper caught up to me, then we waited for his boss, superintendent or whatever, which approach me and said - 'Now you gonna tell us either of the two things - That you were either showing off in front of another biker, in which case you shouldn't be doing this in the public place, or else you lost control of the vehicle in which case you shouldn't be riding a powerful bike like this' and I replied: losing the license) I asked for some 'leniency' for which he raised his voice saying...There is no way you deserve any leniency, if anything I should send your case to the court and they would've dealt with you a lot harsher... I accepted the ticket and in the end I still received the driver awareness course so no points. Consider myself lucky and a lot more careful now haha!

Years ago my OH performed what her CBT instructor described as "a technically perfect wheelie" on her first ride on public roads. She was quite proud :-D

This was surprisingly interesting, and I'm not even in or from UK! Do more.

In the Netherlands the policy is afaik pretty much the same. Wheely = dangerous driving = chance on revoked license for at least 10 days ( = large fine + expensive awareness course) Especially if you have prior mistakes.

"That is a plan with multiple drawbacks" The deadpan response had me dying

Excellent video but just wanted to know if you informed you're insurance provider about the dog food panniers etc. ❤️

Most interesting and The Badger was just "a moment of madness" M'lud...

Great video as always. @44Teeth can you do any advice for people coming / traveling to UK on motorcycle from other European countries (with right-hand traffic)?

My first ever wheelie was accidental. Had just bought a 990 superduke. Going for a lap of the IOM TT course. Pull the throttle accelerating out of windy corner and the wheel just popped up. Not sure the cops here are quite as strict as in the UK but thankfully I wasn’t stopped that day 😅

Does crash protection items like bar ends/fork and rear swing arm protection increase or decrease your premium? As you are limiting the damage to your bike

Loved this vital information 😎

This came just after someone recorded - my motorcycle - wheelieing on june the 1st, CID arrested me on july 22nd and still under investigation now😭 it wasn't me🤫 brilliant video again chaps!

"He might do, I know him" 😂😂

Bottom line with the whole wheelie thing - it depends what copper pulls you. 👮‍♂️ ❌

That last bit 😂🤣😂. Put up the outtakes

I think they can pass the retest doing a wheelie 😂😂

you dont lose 80% of your forward vision if your at 12 o clock because you can look under the bars! also what if someone can slow down the wheelie with the rear brake? then your in full control haha

Great advice. Better get down to my local Aldi to see if I can wheelie in their car park.

So, wheelies on the road can get you in a whole world of hurt? Not what I want to hear on the day I've taken delivery of a 2020 1290 Superduke R!

More of this please. Doesen really apply to me as Im not from the UK. But its interesting all the same.

This was excellent, thanks

Am staying off my supermoto now, back wheel everywhere 🤦‍♂️🤣🙈

Brilliant idea and video!

The takeaway from this: If I ever ride in the UK my front wheel will be firmly on the pavement Edit: what happens to tourists who happen to pop a wheelie?

got pulled over for wheelies last week. told him my hand slipped...got off with a warning :)

great segment

That's why I only do minging stoppies followed by a burnout on my C90. Al, I wonder if you getting your sidecar wheel "pawing the air" is considered a wheelie and dangerous driving ????

Really good episode! Could've done with more serious questions

be very afraid. bet it doesn't stop you though.

One of the best episodes

44Teeth is the Top Gear of motorbikes.

Great video, something a little bit different and informative

Probably the most peculiar episode 44T has put up thus far. Lol!

dam, I just bought a RSV Mille.. and thank you for the information :)

Simple solution, move to the isle of man... Dougie lampkin wheelied the entire Snaefell course ;)

This has to be the most interesting video 44 teeth has done.

Good that, something a little different but great knowledge

excellent stuff guy's. One thing that is coming to bikes (may already be here?) is data logging by the engine/chassis management system. My new Toyota logs everything continuously using an overwriting memory that locks down if you crash it. Toyota will hand this data to any court that asks for it. Can i include this as a question for the next episode thanks, what rights do I have around stopping the court getting this data?

So when upgrading from a A2 licence to a A licence when you get insurance do you put the date you passed your A2 test or the date you passed you A licence. There both full licence but theres a price difference of around £3000 a year.

What if the wheelie is performed on a dead quiet back road? No chance of endangering others lives?