01-06-2018, 08:58 AM
(01-06-2018, 06:58 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote:(01-05-2018, 01:59 PM)ohiorider_imp Wrote: I've generally done most of my routine maintenance on my old airhead BMWs and Moto Guzzis. And on a Kaw W650 ....... and a 2003 Bonneville. And others. Matter of fact, on all of my previous bikes.
However, there is just this certain something about checking the CB1100 valve clearance that makes me think " ....... off to a good dealer ...... ." Much less removing cams to get to the shim under bucket adjusters.
Just looks like way too much in between me and the valves. I know my personal limits.
Bob
BOB... EXACT same set up on a 2003 Triumph Bonneville I'm pretty sure. I had one and checking the valves is the same procedure. There are just more of them on the Honda.
BOB... EXACT same set up on a 2003 Triumph Bonneville I'm pretty sure. I had one and checking the valves is the same procedure. There are just more of them on the Honda. Ferret, I'm thinking more about having to remove camshafts to change shim under bucket shims on the CB. My 2003 Bonnie (and any of the 2001-2016 790 and 865 engines also required the camshaft(s) to be removed if a shim (over bucket) or shims needed changed. But the cam chain didn't have to be disturbed since the cams weren't directly driven by the chain, but by a central shaft (that ran between the cams and was driven by the timing chain.) The intake and exhaust cams were both driven by the central shaft, and cams and central shaft gears were marked for easy reassembly.
Simplest was the SOHC setup on the my W650. Intake and exhaust valves were actuated via rocker arms that (if shims needed changed) could be slid off the top of the valve stem using only finger pressure, exposing the small shim. Now that was nice.
Of course, nothing is any easier than checking and adjusting valves on the old airhead Beemer or 1151cc Guzzi engine. Locknut and screw, with cylinder heads out there in the wide open spaces.
Academic at this point, since the garage is about as cold as it is outside, so the bikes are simply resting on battery chargers. Too cold for me!
Later,
Bob