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03-24-2010, 10:32 PM

Stephens

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Welcome to the forum, one bit of advice for you....since you already know how to ride.

With great power, comes great responsibility.....Its real easy to rip the throttle and hit 100+ mph. If and when you do, make sure there is plenty of open road and be careful with the power...your bike can go around 145 mph ish...when you get tired of that bike, you can upgrade to the 1000RR like I did.

Oh yah, don't do any wheelies just yet

Congrats on the bike!

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03-24-2010, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Captlombardi

WOW what a deal! i got my 2001 for $3100 with 21000 miles and no accessories lol...nice looking clean bike. i also went from a ninja 250 and let me tell you the first couple of weeks with the f4i are just awesome. you finally have to shift with two fingers instead of your whole hand, because you need those other two fingers to hang on!

Ha yeah, I've been doing a lot more clutchless upshifting just to make sure I don't fly off the back when I really get on it

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Originally Posted by Zero1080

^Who shifts with their whole hand???

Congrats. That IS a steal. Holy cow. Just respect it. And your brakes will stop your quickly. That's my advice.

Strangely, the brakes don't seem to have significantly more initial bite/stopping power than those on the 250, although I did upgrade the ninja to SS lines. Perhaps a fluid change is in order?

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Originally Posted by ars1986

yeah that looks awesome, the only think i would do is get better front flushmounts. those ones are a little ugly

Yeah, I'd tend to agree. But I wanna do some more functional upgrades first before getting to the aesthetic stuff. I want some pazzo shorties and I NEED significantly brighter rear blinkers.

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Originally Posted by Eliteedge0788

what are the f4i's worth? that looks to be an 06 and i picked my 06 up 2 months ago for 3k and it had 3k miles on it and came with a helmet.

book value is around 4300, probably more for an 06. Looks like you got quite the deal as well...

Thanks for the warm welcome! I'll be sure to keep the rubber side down!

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