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A wheelie bike, also called a dragster, muscle bike, high-riser, spyder bike or banana bike, is a type of stylized children's bicycle designed in the 1960s to resemble a chopper motorcycle and characterized by ape hanger handlebars, a banana seat with sissy bar, and small (16-to-20-inch (410 to 510 mm)) wheels.
Motorcycle wheelie Wheelie at a tractor pull Wheelie at a drag race Manual on a BMX bike. A wheelie, or wheelstand, [1] is a vehicle maneuver in vehicle acrobatics in which the front wheel or wheels come off the ground due to sufficient torque being applied to the rear wheel or wheels, [2] or rider motion relative to the vehicle.
A "frog" is a wheelie in which the rider stands on the tank, and a "seat stander" is performed with the rider standing on the motorcycle's saddle. Standing on the windshield while riding the bike at 12 o'clock is called a "watch tower". The "12 o'clock" is a very high wheelie, past the normal balance point of the motorcycle.
The series takes place in a world of anthropomorphic vehicles and centers on Wheelie, his girlfriend Rota Ree, and a motorcycle gang known as the Chopper Bunch. [7] A writer for Cycle World described the premise of the show: "Wheelie, a car, is the hero, and the villains are a bunch of choppers who do everything dirty to get Wheelie, the clean, all-American car."
A wheelie is a vehicle maneuver in which the front wheel or wheels come off the ground. Wheelie may also refer to: "Wheelie" (song), a song by Latto featuring 21 Savage; Wheelie (Transformers), a Transformers character; Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch, Hanna-Barbera character; Wheelie bike; Wheelie bin, waste container
While most of the victims came from New York, others were killed when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m., causing a partial collapse United Airlines Flight 93 ...
The ZX Spectrum version of the game went to number 2 on the UK sales charts in August 1987, below BMX Simulator. [23] Enduro Racer later topped the UK budget sales chart in June 1988. [24] In January 1987, Clare Edgeley reviewed the arcade game in Computer and Video Games, praising it as "brilliant" and calling it a different game from Hang-On ...
Stoppie 180, by Duke (French champion) during the Stunt Bike Show, in Carole Racetrack. The stoppie is a motorcycle and bicycle trick in which the back wheel is lifted by abruptly applying the front brake, then, by carefully reducing the brake pressure, the bike is ridden for a short distance on the front wheel.