Well what kind of tire pressure should i use with just ridin around on the streets? I dont trick it or anything yet i just dont want to run to much

 

Ft-36lbs/ Rr-38lbs is reasonable

 

Hi,

Also, don't forget to measure the pressure cold. I usually measure my tire pressure before I ride since my bike is in my garage, the temp is cool.

Ride on :-)

 

i do 38 ft and 42 rear

 

my mechanic told me to go 35 in the back and 32 in the front... that too low anyone?

 

i was told to run alittle more like 1-2 psi in the front then the rear so your front tire doesnt cup.

 

35F 32R isn't too low unless you're doing a lot of high speed stuff. Basically it amounts to extended high speed you need the recommended pressure. General farting around with a couple runs of ludicrous speed maybe 4-6# less. Closed course track day prolly another 4-6# less than that. I've never been into stuntin so I'm not sure what they run -- some of them look flat though[8D]

As far as cupping goes if you run a dunlop the front tire is gonna cup. My last set of pirellis showed some cupping also. Bridgestones will cup on me eventually but seem to avoid the process longer than other brands. I've heard excellent reviews about the new Pilot Power tires -- they supposedly don't cup. I've got a set of pilot powers waiting for my buddy now -- he hasn't finished burning up his old ones yet. When he finally lets me mount 'em we'll see how well they stack up against my BT012SS's.

 

I am a fairly new F4i owner and rider for that matter but I can give a little info from my experience. I am not doing stunts with the bike, though I do like to hit the curvy back roads pretty hard. I find the bike just won't stay to the speed limit. :-)

Anyway, when I got the bike, both tires were underinflated. Honda says front 36 and rear 42 col pressure for my 2001 F4i. They were both about 5-6 psi low when I got the bike. What I found was that for "normal" fairly upright riding I did not notice anything. When I would lean the bike in a curve, once I leaned past a certain point the whole bike would shudder and then calm down. It scared me the first few times it did this. When I got my tires properly inflated this did not happen any longer.

This happened with Dunlo D207 tires. I just put D208 tires on it and the guy that mounted the tires inflated them both to 36 psi. Before inflating them I wanted to see if the wiggle during leaning would come back. It definately did. Once I got the rear tire back up to 42 psi, it did not do it again.

Anyway, that was my experience. Based on that, my vote is to inflate to the recommended pressure. Hope this helps. Anyone else notice the same thing?

 

Running factory spec, 38 rear, 42 front? Or something close to that.

 

I run somewhere between 32 - 34 for both front and rear on the streets depending on temperature. On the track I run between 29 and 32.