My miles per gallon test results, Are my forks messed up from wheelies?, Rear brake?
 

Hey guys so last week I decided to test how many miles per gallon I could get on my bike! I believe my bike is all stock except a micron exhaust and I am not sure but I think a bigger rear sprocket. When my reserve light came on I put 2.71 gallons of gas and was able to go 120.5 miles when the reserve came on! that is about 44 Miles per gallon! What do you guys normally get? I shift at around 3 to 4k but it was so fun!

Second question! Okay so today I just discovered how to do wheelies! I dont use the clutch just power wheelie pretty much! I accelerate hard to about 8k RPMs, release the throttle then gun it hard and the front just lifts up! it was pretty awesome! I couldn't stop smiling and laughing! and of course it was all done on private roads! The only problem is I slam down pretty hard! I dont know how to control the wheelie! came up about 3 feet maybe and I slam pretty hard cause I get off the throttle quickly. Hurt my nutz also but it was worth it. Should I stop doing this because it can harm my front forks?

Last question is when I had my bike serviced, the mechanic said I needed new rear brake pads soon. I am not sure what are good, but saw these off ebay! are they good enough? Honda CBR F4/CBR 600 Sport F4i 01-06 Brake Pads Rear | eBay

Thanks a lot guys! and Happy Fourth of JULY! I also included pics of my MPG test!

You will need more than a single gas ticket and odometer reading to get a real idea of what sort of milage you are getting. My F4i gets 38-39 MPG highway. That is pretty consistant, some here claim up to 45.

No, you won't hurt the bike by doing the wheelies, but you will hurt the bike when you fall off of an uncontrolled wheelie. Even the pro's don't do power wheelies. They come up randomly and create more problems than clutched wheellies. Learn to do them right or don't do them at all.

Yes.

Go blow something up!

Also, read here:

Sixity - Driving Performance > Brake Pads, EBC, Ceramic, Sintered, Organic, Kevlar, Carbon, FA299, FA69

You can probably save some money. But that is your call!

My res lights come on at 120 miles aslo but I always put in 3.5 gallons. I cruise at 5.5k rpms cause everyone knows the girls like loud bikes :icon_bubbles:


Moses

Don't chop the throttle when doing a wheelie. Just keep a consistent amount of throttle eventually the bike will lower itself.

Power "thru" the wheelie. If you go up and cut the throttle, you're going to go down as hard as you closed it. If you take it smooth the entire time, it'll be a smoother wheelie.

Nate and Zero : Kk I will try that out tomorrow. I didnt know the F4Is power is from 7k and up. I tried to gun it at 5k and will only come up a couple of inches! but I was feeling brave earlier and I felt the power of the bike! its amazing! Will it damage my bike though? I heard the F4Is are the number one stunt bikes!

learn to use the clutch, its way safer than power wheelies. Yes f4i's are tanks and are very good stuntbikes, sounds like your powering in 1st which is why your slamming down, the engine brake is very strong in 1st. Before you go down be sure and put some protection on your bike and make sure you put some on yourself. Also if you play with wheelies expect to wreck cuz you prolly will. I'm recovering from a flipped stoppie right now. It's just part of the stunt game.

I normally get between 45-50mpg with about 1/2-2/3rds being freeway 85mph/7000rpm. I too shift around 4k most of the time.

Wow.... 9 sentences in a row ending with a !. Perhaps a bit exsessive.....Anyways yes slamming the forks down hurts them eventually. When you wheelie you control with your rear brake, not the throttle.

As for your last question, I would never buy no name pads from ebay even though its just the rear brake [which is almost useless]. Stock pads are under $30 so I just don't see the point on skimping.

My bad I got kind of excited and wanted to hurry with my question. Anyway I am thinking of buying those Galfer brake pads. I know its a noob question but will it fit my F4I? I saw its like Nissin brakes or something.

And with wheelie. I am just starting out and practicing.
01-06 Honda CBR600 F4i Galfer Rear Brake Pads | eBay

Do the math, $30 for a full set from China, or $90 for a full set from Honda. Do you seriously think the stock pads will last 3x longer? Organic pads will all have pretty much the same amount of grab to them and even the cheap ones have more than you need!

You care more about wear length then stopping power? As for organics, sure they work fine if you don't use the brakes very hard, as soon as they heat up the organics fade fast. If organics were so great they probably wouldn't have put sinterd pads on from the factory don't ya think? And what do you mean organics will have more grab then you need? Sintered aren't even enough braking power [for me at least]. I get 26,000 out of factory front pads and 45,000 from the rears and that includes track days. Your telling me you really need to skimp $60 with wear like that?

I linked an explaination of sintered vs organic earlier. You also have to factor in the added rotor wear caused by using sintered pads, so the price increases there as well.

Yep organic for me. Have fun replacing rotors on these things. If your out racing you gotta pay to play with the big boys. If your just riding around for the fun of it..why spend money on race pads? Its like driving a street drag car around town there isn't a point.

Its true that sinterd pads will wear a rotor faster, but how much are we talking here? I've had factory pads on for 48,000 miles now and my rotor is only down to 4.9mm. Minimum rotor thickness is 3.5mm. Thats alot of wear left. The thing is most people don't even hit 40,000 miles on their sportbike, so they'll never wear through a rotor.