Valve Adjustment

[calamarichris_imp]

The good thing is--My service manager, a long time Honda mech. says that shim under bucket has historically been very reliable and adjustment is not needed very often. Of course, most of us haven't put enough miles on the bike to need it checked yet. One member posted that his was done recently and all was well. Lets hope all of us have that experience.

+1 to that, but the shim-under-bucket doesn't really have much to do with the adjustment interval. It's very solid & robust. Adjusting shim under bucket valves is more work than other designs, but it's more robust and the tolerances remain tighter over the long run.
Screw-locknut adjusters are much easier and quicker to adjust, but after a few 10,000s, they get a little looser and sloppier than shim-under-bucket.