Stunt biking has been growing in popularity over the years and this video gives the viewer an experience into the world of stunt biking that they will never forget. Stone Films NYC was kind enough to give us this footage of when Stunting goes wrong.
While a wheelie on a motorcycle is nothing new, the new era of performing a wheelie has bred numerous new tricks that are multiplying as the day goes on. With lighter, shorter, and bikes with better brakes, it makes a once hard to accomplish “stoppie” a walk in the park. While the wheelie was once a random thing to do on a bike for fun, it has evolved the entire sport of riding bikes to a new genre of biking that focuses on performing stunts only.
Nowadays, the sport has become large enough where it is not uncommon to run into teams and clubs of stunters. They now sell branded merchandise, videos of stunts, and even produce shows and offer stunting training schools. To separate their sport from the term stunting and the mayhem that is caused on public roads, they used the term “Streetbike Freestyle” to define their sport.
To this day, new parts are being manufactured to aid the Stunt scene. Large knobs on a motorcycle frame, called Frame Sliders, are used to protect the bike’s fairing from damage if the rider has to lay down the bike. Crash cages on the other hand offer even more protection than frame sliders. Also popular is the 12 o’clock bar. These 12 bars are meant to scrape the ground in place of the exhaust and tail section.
Some of the more famous tricks are the Basic wheelie, Circle, 12 O’clock, high chair, spreader, coaster, frog, and a seat stander. The circle is just doing a wheelie in a circle. The 12 O’clock is an extremely high wheelie. The high chair is when the rider puts his legs over the handle bars. The spreader is when the rider spreads his legs when doing a wheelie. The Frog is completed while standing on the tank of the bike. Other tricks such as bar tricks, stoppies, burnouts, and acrobatics all add to the long list of Stunt biking.
