This past weekend I finally boughta bike again,Its a 2001 CBR 600F4i with 10500 miles. It has a custom paint job and a few small things and some exhaust work done to it which all stuff alone was over 2 grand. If sure like everybody else new I have some questions. First, It seems to be a well matained bike but is there any type of maintance that I need to do with that many miles, and what would you all consider high mileage on these type of bikes? And probably the most common question....how fast do these bikes go?

 

Congrats! You need to post some pics! If it was maintained well 10k miles is nothing on an F4i just take care of it and it will go along way! longer than most other bikes i would say. I havent topped out my f4i but i have heard people doing over 160mph on theirs with no modifications... but 10,500 miles its got ALOT of life left! Now post some pics!

 

Thank you Thats a good thing to hear...I know I do need to get some pictures on here I'll try to do is as soon as I can.

 

yea i got mine w. 20k on it, 10k isnt bad at all.
thirdgen has over 100k on his 04 (i think)
these things are like tanks, just take care of them

 

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Great choice of bikes to get back into things. Like everyone else has stated, 10k is nothing for these bikes. Just do your normal maintenance like oil, chain cleaning/adjusting and such.

Just keep in mind that when 16k comes around you will have a pretty big service needed. Nothing serious if you know how to turn wrenches.

Do some searching and you will find a ton of info here.

Post up some pics when you get a chance.

 

INstead of repeating everyone else's I am just going to say "Ditto"

DOn't worry how fast your bike goes...worry about being safe, learning how to drive proper and watching out for those idiots

MOST of all ENJOY it!

welcome

 

Dont worry about how fast the bike goes. It'll beat a lamborghini lp640 in 0-60 times, if you ride it right. it'll also take you faster than your free fall velocity (i.e. the fastest you would go if you jumped from a plane, due to air resistance). Don't try anything like that though :P
It's usually the rider that limits performance when it comes to bikes... most of all, always ride within your limits. if you dont survive then you dont get to ride!

 

So what type of maintance do I need to do around 16000 miles? I'm not to bad at working on cars but I haven't done to much with a motorcycle.

 

ya you don't even have to worry about that being high miles my buddy's dad has and 01 f4i and he has 30k on his and still runs with the pack. and as for top speed I've done 186mph but I've done alot of mods. but a average f4i will do 160mph. but congrats. have fun!

 

if this is your 1st bike then your last question should be "how fast does it go?"

need to learn the brakes and get good w/ countersteering b4 you can go for max-speed, which is according to Honda around 160mph.... this is my 2nd bike and I have about 6k miles under my belt b/w my old bike(95 YZF600) and the 2 I rented when I was in Vienna(06 CBR600F for a day and 500km and 07 ZX6R for a weekend and 1k km) and so far the fastest I've done was 200... km/h... which translates to 124mph but that was on the Austrian Autobahn which has a limit of 130 and most ppl drive around 160(~100mph)... thankfully I didn't try the German Autobahn, which of course, has NO speed limit [8D]

either way, good to see you joined the club around the same time as I did, now it's time for both of us to master our bikes and hope to see you at the track someday