Learn to do a wheelie on a motorcycle

“Last night I managed to not only scare the crap out of myself, I also did my first wheelie. [...] Well, as most of you know, and many of you will find out, the damn thing just about left me standing there as the front end climbed effortlessly skyward. For just a split second I was thinking, "Oh **** , I'm gonna loop it." I was looking straight ahead and all I could see was my key in the ignition. Somewhat of a fixation, I might add, at that moment. I had my foot on the brake but was so startled I forgot to use it. Instead, as the bike came up(forcing my throttle hand to give it MORE gas!) I could hear the motor winding up and I panicked. I started to grab the clutch [...] and instead, I pretty much let go of the throttle altogether. The resulting return to the ground hopped me off my seat and smashed my nuts into the tank. So, I'm trying to catch my breath from the impact, when the widest sh_t eating grin starts across my face and I'm howling inside my helmet with laughter. MAN, that was a rush.”

“Well, not a full wheelie mind you. More of a bump up a few inches off the ground and then back down again. But a simple wheelie, none the less. For some reason, I've never been able to pull off a wheelie. I pretty much chalk this up to inexperience and fear of either going all the way back and having the bike fall on me or losing control and crashing. [...] After my first few unsuccessful attempts, I finally got the wheel off the ground. The more I tried, the better I got. I'm still way far from good at them, but it was kind of fun.”