The Art of Control

When you come to The Wheelie School you'll be riding one of our 1200cc Bandits - they are bog standard to keep everything that we teach related to real life road going machines

As you can see from the pictures in our gallery, our bikes come fitted with wheelie bars, these are not training aids. We start to learn at ground level and work our way up gently. The idea is to use your own skills to do wheelies and bars that don't often get used allow real life learning!

We aim to teach you how to teach yourselves wheelies so that when you go to your own bike you know how you are going to learn on your own machine - knowledge is everything!

Obviously, once you can wheelie one of our Bandits, doing it on your own bike should be relatively simple to apply what you have learned straight to your own bike!

Model: Suzuki Bandit 1200 N
Year: 1996 - 2006
Category: Naked bike
Displacement: 1157.00 ccm (70.60 cubic inches)
Engine type: In-line four
Stroke: 4
Power: 97.00 HP (70.8 kW)) @ 8500 RPM
Torque: 90.70 Nm (9.2 kgf-m or 66.9 ft.lbs) @ 4500 RPM
Compression: 9. 5:1
Bore x stroke: 79.0 x 59.0 mm (3.1 x 2.3 inches)
Fuel system: Carburettor
Valves per cylinder: 4
Cooling system: Air
Gearbox: 5 speed chain drive
final drive: Chain
Physical measures
Dry weight : 214.0 kg (471.8 pounds)
Overall height: 765 mm (30.1 inches)
Overall length: 2,170 mm (85.4 inches)
Overall width: 1,100 mm (43.3 inches)
Ground clearance: 130 mm (5.1 inches)
Wheelbase: 1,435 mm (56.5 inches)
Rake (fork angle): 25.3°
Trail: 104 mm (4.1 inches)
Front suspension: Telescopic fork, coil spring, oil damped, spring preload fully adjustable
Rear suspension: Link type, coil spring, oil damped
Front tyre dimensions: 120/60-17
Rear tyre dimensions: 180/55-17
Front brakes: Double disc
Front brakes diameter: 310 mm (12.2 inches)
Rear brakes: Single disc
Rear brakes diameter: 240 mm (9.4 inches)
Power/weight ratio: 0.4533 HP/kg