03-16-2018, 08:27 AM
To only check, most of the work is getting to the point of removing the valve covers.
Using a feeler gauge, checking with each valve closed, is not at all difficult.
It is easy to simply eyeball the cam position, to know that the gap is maximum, when measured.
If adjustment is needed, then it gets more tedious.
Checking valves on all my recent bikes found every single valve within tolerance.
The were properly run-in, quality oil used and not abused.
From what I have gleaned from this forum, checking at 8,000 seems earlier than likely needed.
Using a feeler gauge, checking with each valve closed, is not at all difficult.
It is easy to simply eyeball the cam position, to know that the gap is maximum, when measured.
If adjustment is needed, then it gets more tedious.
Checking valves on all my recent bikes found every single valve within tolerance.
The were properly run-in, quality oil used and not abused.
From what I have gleaned from this forum, checking at 8,000 seems earlier than likely needed.
