1 Checking Valve Clearances Sun May 30, 2010 1:46 am
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I received my valve shim tools in the post from Motobins a coupla weeks ago and decided yesterday was a good day (cold hard OZ rain) to spend in the garage. Music on, enough light to see things clearly, clean rags, appropriate tools, a stack of shims, replacement gaskets, four new NGK spark plugs at hand, and a celebratory cold beer for the completion.
Not one valve's clearance was even remotely close to being out of spec, either by being too tight or too loose! The clearances were checked ages ago. They'll likely not need to be checked again for ages. The bike has just 90,000 kms on the odo. There's a lot to love about these solid, over-engineered lumps of alloy and steel.
Not one valve's clearance was even remotely close to being out of spec, either by being too tight or too loose! The clearances were checked ages ago. They'll likely not need to be checked again for ages. The bike has just 90,000 kms on the odo. There's a lot to love about these solid, over-engineered lumps of alloy and steel.