While riding along a road in Singapore, two grown men sharing a motorcycle tried to show off a trick on the bike.

They ended up falling rear-first onto the cold hard ground.

In a video uploaded onto Instagram, the pair were seen perched on a motorcycle that had stopped at a traffic light.

The video looked to be spontaneously shot from the phone of another motorcyclist riding alongside them.

Their location was not stated, but the surroundings showed that they were passing by a HDB estate at night.

There was an attempt

Grinning at their riding companions, the two riders psyched themselves up for the trick.

They looked to have been attempting a wheelie trick, which involves pushing down on the pedal sharply and leaning back like so:

Unfortunately, reality ended up like this:

The last we see of the pair is them with their butts planted on the tarmac, the driver still clinging to the handlebars.

Fail

The video of the failed attempt elicited many comments which read along the lines of: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA".

On a more serious note, others cautioned the motorcyclist against pulling such stunts, saying that they were putting themselves (and their bike's storage box) in danger.

While the law does not explicitly say we can't do wheelies in Singapore, it does deem "reckless and dangerous driving" a punishable offence.

So maybe leave the wheelies to the pros.

Top images via @sgfollowsall/Instagram