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(04-25-2021, 07:54 AM)PowerDubs_imp Wrote: No offense- but if you 'need a video' then don't try it.
Get a single cyl bike that uses the same shim style adjustment-- learn on that. Plenty of dirtbikes / quad / dual sport...
Once you get the concept= move forward.
I did the top end on my Harley (big bore kit) had never done one before but with the combination of videos and the shop manual I got it done.
Videos are useful to show what to expect and sometimes little tricks the shop manuals don’t show.
But I guess thats how I work. Fully understand how to do the measurements and how to swap out shims. Still it scares me doing it for the first time. Just can’t get around the idea of forking out so much money in the shop.
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you and I are alike in this respect. we can't all be Josh... ; )
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My 2014 has just turned 9K miles. Running like a Swiss watch. I hate the thought of taking my bike to the shop for a "valve check". Not knowing who is doing the work, and their unknown level of experience with the CB11, has me worried.
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Looking to do mine soon. Might be complicated, but can't be any worse than the valve check I did on my Bonneville when it hit 12k a few years ago. Despite my best efforts to shove towels into every possible orifice, a guide dowel dropped into the engine. After a million attempts to fish it out with a magnet stick over the course of a few days, I was able to snag it with a tool I made, shaped to the inside of the engine casing. I still have the tool in the top drawer of my tool box to remind myself not to let it happen again. After that anguish, the CB should be a piece of cake.
But, ugh, don't wanna.
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(06-03-2021, 09:15 AM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote: Looking to do mine soon. Might be complicated, but can't be any worse than the valve check I did on my Bonneville when it hit 12k a few years ago. Despite my best efforts to shove towels into every possible orifice, a guide dowel dropped into the engine. After a million attempts to fish it out with a magnet stick over the course of a few days, I was able to snag it with a tool I made, shaped to the inside of the engine casing. I still have the tool in the top drawer of my tool box to remind myself not to let it happen again. After that anguish, the CB should be a piece of cake.
But, ugh, don't wanna.
... dropped a lock nut down a cylinder block gallery of a 1100 Yamaha Virago and approached retraction using magnetic extension, long nosed pliers, foreclamps, wired hooks, a long string of choice cursed words, and alotta water to replenish bodily fluids. Swore to never made that mistake again.
