10-12-2013, 02:46 AM
The 8K valve inspection is why I knew going into this that the CB1100 wasn't going to be a long-haul trip bike for me. The other shim under bucket bikes that I had, had much longer valve inspection intervals and that was more livable while racking up mileage figures.. The Speed Triple that I sold to get the CB1100 was just past it's 12,000 mile valve inspection time. I told the buyer about that and gave him a cheaper price because of it (he loves serious home wrenching so it was not an issue for him !).
