For some strange reason I bought a pan european in 2008 it only did 50 miles in the 3 years I owned it . On one of the two times I went out on it I gave my mates son, a 24 year old lunatic, a ride on it . He wheelied it for a good 80 meters . I never tried . Would probably killed myself.
My Guzzi LeMans would wheelie quite easily in second gear...............the first thing that happens when the throttle is whacked open, is that the flywheel causes a twist to the right while the rear end starts to rise up.........the frame climbing up around the diff is the only way I can explain that.....then when the rear shocks reached full extension, the the front would start come up at the same time as trying to compress the shocks. AL
talked to Ronnie smith at the nw200 years ago, a real nice guy and still think about him. great to see that photo again.
