screw the clutch man. just sit on the bike with no weight on the bars or over the tank and slowly roll the throttle on to around 6k-9k (play around with it...start slower and gradually increase til you can acquire a feel for what is happening) and then shut the throttle off and your forks will compress. once they start to uncompress whack the throttle open and prepare for the front wheel to come up. hover your right foot over the rear brake just in case you feel like you're going to loop it, but shutting the throttle off will do it for you in most cases. the key to letting it come up is to not have your weight over the tank/handlebars... natural reaction when the front wheel comes up is to lean forward and keep it down, so just control yourself and it should be simple.

if you are in 2nd gear, you can be going around ~55mph and close & whack throttle open while pulling up on the bars and it should come up. if you need to, bounce on the pegs and open the throttle as the forks uncompress.

 

thanks man

 

lil wierd that you ask how to wheelie an F4i on the 1000RR board. Anway, as immortal explained, the F4i goes up pretty easy in first and maybe even second with just powering her up. But I've found that clutching her up is better, you're in more control and she goes up smoother. Just pull in the clutch halfway (when you feel the clutch engaging) give her some throttle, then let go of the clutch. Start small, or else you're first wheelie attempt will be your last. The smaller (meaning less RPM's given when you let go of the clutch) the better, work your way up, slowly giving her more throttle to get her up higher. It'll feel jerky as hell in the beginning, but get used to it, cause when you eventually do wheelie, it'll be smooth and there won't be any jerkiness. I used to do power wheelies on my F4i, but I found that on a 600 at least, it's actually more work than clutching her up. Also if your already passed the point when the suspension is compressing enough to wheelie, for example if you're cruising in 1st or 2nd gear, you'll have a harder time getting the front wheel up. But when you clutch it, she'll come up all the time, no matter what's going on with your suspension (and you don't have to do any "bouncing").

 

clutch it up and start saving now for a new clutch...

 

I know this thread it a little old, but if anyone reads it oh well!

I had a 02 F4i and I never messed with the clutch. I did very few sit down wheelies, most of mine were stand-up 2nd or 3rd gear. I found that the D&D pipe I had was making me loose power! Sounded pretty good, but crap for power. Anyway I would bounce or jump the front end up, using the suspension to help bring it up. Stand strait up on the bike, 2nd gear, 6k-8k (after I found the right RPM I would look at speed, then go off of MPH) then let off, right when you do that jump down on the bike to compress the suspension, as the suspension comes back up, pull up a little, nail the gas and boom! Insta-wheelie! I go about 40-45mph for second gear, 70mph for 3rd gear, be careful in third, you have jump on it, and pull up quite hard to get it up, plus if you balance for a little while, you will go over 100mph. After you start to get the front tire off the ground, then you need to work on balance, and that just takes a lot of practice.

Also a little FYI, if you have a aftermarket exhaust, you might want to put the stock pipe back on, just for the fact that loud pipes draw a lot of attention, and when you are doing wheelies the bike will be running at very high rpms. My d&d had got me into trouble on more than one occasion.

Feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions.
dustinahampton@yahoo.com

 

3rd gear power wheelies with stock gearing are not possible on an f4i..........believe me.

 

It is possible, but it is very hard. You have to do it just right. I have done it on my old F4i and also a 99 R6 and a 02 R6. 3Rd gears can be done. Also they are not really power wheelies because you have to preload the suspension. I know there is NO WAY a stocker could power up a 3rd gear, I don't even think that you could clutch one up in 3rd.

 

It is possible, but it is very hard. You have to do it just right. I have done it on my old F4i and also a 99 R6 and a 02 R6. 3Rd gears can be done. Also they are not really power wheelies because you have to preload the suspension. I know there is NO WAY a stocker could power up a 3rd gear, I don't even think that you could clutch one up in 3rd.

i could clutch it up in thrid no problem....but bounce all you want....you arent getting the wheel more than 4 inches off the ground in 3rd on an f4i without using the clutch

 

Put the bike in first gear, hold in the clutch, rev the motor up to 10k, then let go of the clutch real quick... J/K, don't do that