I "learned" how to wheelie on my gsxr1000, it's a 2002, easiest bike in the world to wheelie, not the best bike to learn on but too late now. I just never bothered to try before, clutch is not needed, not even in third with the 1000. I have a friend that can wheelie a 250 ninja, and if that oversized son of a gun can wheelie that bike, anything can be wheelied. I''ve got some great footage of another friend of mine stunting his cbr900rr if some one wants to see, I'll try E-mailing it.