Wheelie Control and Launch Control Explained!! 

I've got news for all of you, the Gen 4 BMW S1000RR wheelie control is awesome and will make you look like a pro even if you can't wheelie. I have not seen any video of someone explaining the wheelie control correctly. Most say it is more like "anti-wheelie control" I will be making a video soon on how to do perfect wheelies with wheelie control that makes you look like a pro and no need to be scared while doing it. Believe me you can trust the wheelie control 100% even with the throttle pinned open 100%. The technology on these bikes are so advanced and amazing. One thing that is true though, don't drop the clutch with the launch control. It does not work like cars. Remember it's still a manual gearbox with a clutch that needs to be engaged smoothly. If you just drop the clutch the bike will throw you on your back

Any chance of a video explaining how to safely do a wheelie? what settings to have the bike in, how to use the clutch etc :D

One huge error I have noted on many of the how to wheelie type video is the common notion that wheelies are similar on on motorcycle you just have to learn to do it on one and you can do it with others....well I have ridden a lot of years and a whole range of motorcycles and I don't believe that for an instant...I have found that there ARE in fact motorcycles that are incredibly easy to wheelie...as in through the gears no problem vs MANY motorcycle that I could never begin to accomplish anything like that! The very best motorcycle for wheelies I ever owned was a 1983 Honda XL600R ...I am not lying that bike turned me INSTANTLY into a wheelie pro! I could loft that bike at will and shift through the gears like an expert....but if I hopped off it and onto most any other bike? Yes I could maybe screw around and get the front wheel up in fits and spirits or cheat and clutch up briefly but it was nothing like with the XL600...To this day I don't know what it was with that model....it did have two carbs a smaller one and a larger one I think but maybe it was also the frame geometry and weight distribution? Transmission ratios? II NEVER would have sold that bike had I understood how special it was AND if I could ever have fixed it's notorious hot start problem which is a deal killer on big singles WITHOUT electric start!....Put electric start on that bike? It would be AWESOME....But I don't know if that is even doable with off the shelf Honda parts? Maybe put a later XR650 motor in with the XL600 top end and crank? idk if that would work even....I even thought about rigging up a can of quick start with the little tube permeantly glued into the intake hose so I could simply press the spray tip when starting the motor hot ...lol I actually don't know anyone for certain that ever fixed the hot start problem with that model....oh I also understand the Kawasaki KL600 (pre KLR based on same motor) of the same era which was also revered for it's willingness to wheelie control ably but I can't vouch for that one even though I do own a non running example

Dude throws a deep X-Men cut into the middle of the video.

and then never even shows a damnm wheelie.awesome

I'd like to see more actual power wheelies in different gears in Race Pro with wheelie control at "1" (minimum)

so when you use whieeel control it gos form - 6 to +6 can you explain this for people

REAL wheelie control would facilitate actually riding wheelies at will in relative safety (relative to the scenerio as in no obstacles or traffic smootth tarmac etc beng where it could be fairly safe) It is simply a matter of having A enough power/acceleration on tap and B enough sensors and an excellent processor....constantly the computer would modulate the throttle and brakes maybe the clutch too idk....sensors would consider everything related to bike angle relative to real level...it could also look at the terrain ahead and even factor that in ....really I see no reason a system could not put the machine into a perfect wheelie and hold it there so long as the "wheelie button" is held down...will this ever be OFFERED on a street motorcycle? lol seems doubtful but perhaps on an off-road only stunt model? Anyway totally doable I am quite certain ...theoretically with that system and maybe some gyros incoporated in the wheels? a bike could just stay on the back wheel indefinitely even stopped! Would that be a riot or what?

Does the bike come stock with the launch control or you have to tune the bike first? Because I can't find it on the dash where to set the rpm at

Wheelie control to me is like ABS. Great for normal riding & can easily be turned off when you wanna have fun ;)

You talk too much kak. Just wheelie the vark thing...

So glad I found this video before dumping my clutch with launch control!! I did think you could so you probably saved my life. Sub and eternal gratitude 🙏🏻 😉

Love from Minnetonka, MN. I have a 2011! This video helped even though I don’t have one this new

Great job pal. You're doing great, and this channel gonna blow up soon enough.

Love that sound of the Launch control !

i had a kawasaki zh2 and when i had it on sport mode the wheelie control was on i did power wheelies on 1st and 2nd and would let me do clutch ups on 3rd and i would hold the gas and i would keep the wheel up till the rpm was done does bmw do the same or it would bring the wheel down instantly?

Awesome bike man. Love the channel I have subscribed keep it up. I’m doing the same here in Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 with a review channel.

Informative video. Thanks!

Thanks, keep it on!

How do you turn on wheelie Control on the 21 bmw S1000RR