Green’s Dictionary of Slang

the stunt of riding on the back wheel only of a motorcycle or bicycle.

1966		H.S. Thompson Hell’s Angels (1967) 210: Man, that thing did a big wheelie.
1971		J. Mandelkau Buttons 81: [picture caption] Tramp, Sergeant-at-Arms, doing a wheelie on his chopper.
1982		P. Redmond Tucker and Co 85: He kicked it over, did a wheelie and sped off.
1990		S. Morgan Homeboy 109: Spencer [...] spun a wheelie shooting straight to the bars.
2006		D. Mitchell Black Swan Green 6: When he pulled a wheelie the bike went flying.