When you apply your front brakes too quickly on
your motorcycle and the back of the bike
rises off of the ground. Stoppies are
more dangerous than a wheelies because
if your bike's center of gravity
passes over the front wheel, you're
up shit creek.
That said, there are three steps to doing a
stoppie:
- Brake: pull in your clutch and brake hard
- Lunge: lunge to move the
center of gravity forward
- Pray: pray because if it doesn't work you'll
either whack your crotch into the gas tank or
fly over your handlebars. If you're extremely
lucky your bike won't fall on top
of you.
There's really very little point in doing
stoppies because your average prole
(i.e. non-motorcyclist) won't be impressed.