Valve Check Poll

[LiveToRide_imp]

I'm curious how many CBs actually needed a valve adjustment at 8k.

[Cormanus]

Not mine.

[sanoke_imp]

Mine still didn't need it at 24,000 miles.

[Randy B]

Nope. Mine was adjusted at 18,000.

[PowderToastMan_imp]

I was told 14 of 16 valves were adjusted.
At 16k I think I'm going to go to the place that teaches you how to DIY.

[TINK_imp]

It's been my experience after owning several Honda's (VFR700, VFR800, ST1100, ST1300, another VFR800, etc.) with bucket/shim style valve trains that they rarely need to have a shim replaced. I check mine at 20K intervals usually and have only pulled a cam one time to replace a shim, and even then it really did not need a new shim as it was just at one end of the tolerance. My ST1100 has 78K on it when I sold it and the valves never went out of spec form mile 1K.

[Haystack_imp]

I had my '13 checked at 16,000 mi this fall (Sept '14) and the dealer said that they were "right on".