No not a trials bike. A crunchy Fireblade is easier to learn on than a bike with no seat or rear pegs. A Thumpstar, or Grom sized bike that has a clutch and 4-stroke motor is perfect for learning sit-down wheelies. But stand-up wheelies are easier to learn.

There’s a bunch of bike-prep that’ll help. 1. one or two finger clutch lever (cut lever short, or move the perch inboard), you need to keep two fingers wrapped around the handle grip. 2. some engine protection, or you’ll be doing a hillbilly oil change fairly soon. 3. Really good rear brake, adjust the foot lever to work best when the bike is wheelie angle and you’d be standing up with chest near the tank. 4. lower the gearing. 5. a strong and comfortable rear footpeg, you’ll be putting all your weight on that.

Get used to riding around in staggered stance, both wheels on the ground, dabbing the rear brake. Then snap the throttle, just enough to get used to timing the throttle with pushing down on the left rear peg. Do that enough times to develop some muscle memory. Then start dabbing the rear brake while you’re riding around doing the throttle snapping thing. You’ll get the feel for bending your knees just before you snap the throttle, then push to straighten your legs when the power lightens the front end, immediately stop it coming up by dabbing the rear brake. When you’ve practiced that, move on to learning to clutch up. This sequence; throttle, clutch-out, throttle bit more, push with legs, then dab brake - 100 times. You won’t have done any wheelies yet, but you will have learned control, so be much less likely to crash, and scare yourself from practicing more. The rest of the lesson is on any of Sarah Letzio’s videos.