Wheelie a Thumper (250 or 450)

OK, if you have any type of thumper motorcycle, this is the place to learn how to wheelie it.

Steps

Put on a helmet.
Grab your bike and just cruise for a couple of laps.
Start in 1st gear, and go pretty slow ({{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}}.) Pull hard on your handlebars, lean back, and roll on the throttle about 1/4 of the way. The front end should be up in the air now.
Get the bike to about a 50-degree angle, and you should go until you are tapping out gear 1.
Let the throttle off a little, and push the shifter into the next gear.
Be prepared to brake the rear wheel, should the bike want to flip over backwards. Tapping the rear brake will bring the front end back down.
Ride-on from there.

Practice shifting with the clutch.
The real trick is to be able to have your bike at about a 65-degree angle, and just blip the gas to hold it there.
If your bike is at a lesser angle(30 degrees & down), then hold the throttle down.
The steeper of an angle your bike is at, the less throttle you will need.

Preserve nature, always wear a helmet, and think about safety because that comes first and foremost of everything else.
'If you feel the bike is getting too steep of an angle just tap the back brakes slightly until you level out.
Do not get panicky and grab a bunch of gas if you are going down. This is a good way to loop the bike. Just let the front wheel fall, and try it again.
Don't try your first wheelies down your local country road. Practice on soft dirt or grass.