WHAT DO I NEED TO ATTEND?

Why We Teach The Way We Do

At the wheelie school we mainly cater for people that either have never done a wheelie, or are fairly new to it. We teach you to bring the front wheel up using the power.The reason for this is simple, the first step to doing great wheelies, is to get comfortable with the wheel in the air. By learning to "power" the bike up you only really have one control to think about, the throttle. At novice level the fear factor is high enough, that if you throw other controls into the equation, such as clutch and brakes, it is very easy to make a hash of it, scare yourself witless and never do another wheelie again. Our method has been devoloped by our instructor of ten years + experience, and run by some of the top stunt riders in the country, who agree it is the best way to learn. Once you have mastered powering it up, and are 100% confident with your front wheel high in the air, you will naturally evolve different methods of getting it up, but will be safer and smoother while you are on the back wheel.

Bear in mind that schools that offer to teach fancy launch techniques are teaching just that, a launch technique. We try and encourage the wheelie - the riding of the motorcycle on one wheel. Launch techniques and controlling a wheelie are two completely different things. Our method of instruction was developed during time served instructing in the Royal Artillery motorcycle display team, The Flying Gunners. We taught many novices every different technique there is, and came up with the method we still use today. It is simply the best way to get the basics in place and everything else to do with wheelies is a variation of what we teach! It is a method Paul still uses alot of the time (even used during some of the moves at world championship level). Don't believe us??? Try to find us on you tube and compare the results to other schools! They speak for themselves!!

The proof is in the pudding!

Check out the galleries, they are a random selection of lads that have been through the school. Bear in mind though that a photo is just a fraction of a second in time so can't tell the whole story, to that end you can't get a guage on the distance or quality of the wheelies the guys are doing. Very soon we will be adding a video section to this site that will be updated very regularly, so you can see for yourself that we see people doing nice high, smooth, 150m+ wheelies on a very regular, almost daily, basis.Remember, anyone can flick a wheel into the air and crunch it back down again, it's the art of controlling the bike while the wheel is up that eludes most.

Wheelie School Questions & Answers

Before you go to any wheelie school, there are a handful of questions that you should ask before making your final decision:

Will I be taught by highly experienced professional stunters who have a provable teaching history from within the stunt riding world?

Will I be taught a good, confidence-inspiring method developed by instructors, that through years of teaching all methods, have come up with the best, most pleasant way to learn - or is some wheelie-munger just going to try and get across to me the way he does it?

Will I be taught to wheelie by using my own riding skills rather than having to rely on any device/s that may be fitted to the bike/for sale?!?

These may sound like stupid questions, but more and more schools are opening up around the UK with absolutely nothing to stop people with no experience or even correct, safe riding techniques, teaching at them. Some of these people were even taught to wheelie by us! If the instructors can't prove they have legitimate teaching credentials from respectable sources then how do you know what they're teaching is correct? It doesn't matter if they've only been open one day, or they've been around for decades, if they can't prove their instructors are professionals then you could be putting your safety, and even life, at risk. Wheelies are a damn site more than just getting the front wheel in the air!

Can my day at The Wheelie School be affected by the weather?

Yes, which is why we have a Wet Weather Guarantee. If the weather is inclement then safety must take priority. If we believe it is not safe to teach then we won't - you're safety always comes first. It's also worth remembering that very few people can ride to their full capabilities in rain, for example. If you can't give 100% then you won't enjoy your day as much as you should, nor will you learn what you're truly capable of achieving. In this event we will re-book your day.

While we are a business, your safety always comes before profit. Although this open-minded approach does not help us as a company, our goal has to be to teach you correctly, in a safe environment, where your confidence can soar!

Be Sensible And Choose Carefully!

Why Should I Go To The Wheelie School?
Because we won't disappoint you. We don't teach people to wheelie so that when they leave our school they have to rely on some 'gadget' (that we'll try to sell to them before they leave) as we don't teach people to just whack the throttle open. Our wheelie bars are there to try and stop you flipping the bike and for no other reason. We do not teach riders to rely on the wheelie bar to control the height of the bike as that teaches the rider nothing at all.

What Would I Learn At The Wheelie School?
We aim to teach you how to teach yourself wheelies, after all we only have one day with you. The more information you can leave with, the better. Throttle control, machine control, technique. Quite simply, we teach you how to wheelie properly. We won't guarantee that by the end of your day you'll be a wheelie god or that you'll even get the front wheel airbourne because we would be lying ... we are VERY good at what we do though!
What we can tell you is that we've almost always succeeded in taking novice stunters to the point where they can control a wheelie properly. We haven't failed yet! If you've got natural machine control then you may very well end the day pulling wheelies stood up or even one-handed.
We're not here to sell you 'gadgets' to make your wheelies easier. We're not here to lie to you and guarantee things that cannot be guaranteed. We're here simply to teach you how to be a stunt rider. We give you our undivided attention from 9.00am to 3pm - how much you learn is down to you.
We are the only wheelie school in the UK that has an instructor who's spent over ten years as a professional stunt tutor. Check us out!