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(06-24-2016, 09:30 AM)Pterodactyl_imp Wrote: (06-24-2016, 02:59 AM)DAC_imp Wrote: Your exhaust is almost exactly where mine were at the first check at 9,500 mi. The intake side for some are a little tighter. (Mine were all at .15 with some maybe +.01). Tony, do you think the techs really did anything first go around? I know you were a little disappointed in their work on other fronts.
All I can say about the first major service (12000kms) is that it was done at a large dealership and they charged me for valve adjustment and shims. They couldn't provide detail.
Cheers
All I can say about the first major service (12000kms) is that it was done at a large dealership and they charged me for valve adjustment and shims. They couldn't provide detail.
Cheers
I am very surprised that they would be out of spec at 8k miles. I believe that the dealer checked them but I seriously doubt they made any adjustments. They earn a pretty penny just checking valve specs.
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The person whom bought my 2013 last year had a valve check done at 17500 with a competent mechanic at a Honda dealer in NC . They where all in spec and no adjustments needed. All my bikes run on Mobil 1 full synthetic 10/40 motorcycle oil and never revved over 5000 rpm (just for your info )
That was the first valve check done on the bike .
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(02-18-2022, 03:09 AM)bvictory_imp Wrote: (06-24-2016, 09:30 AM)Pterodactyl_imp Wrote: (06-24-2016, 02:59 AM)DAC_imp Wrote: Your exhaust is almost exactly where mine were at the first check at 9,500 mi. The intake side for some are a little tighter. (Mine were all at .15 with some maybe +.01). Tony, do you think the techs really did anything first go around? I know you were a little disappointed in their work on other fronts.
All I can say about the first major service (12000kms) is that it was done at a large dealership and they charged me for valve adjustment and shims. They couldn't provide detail.
Cheers
All I can say about the first major service (12000kms) is that it was done at a large dealership and they charged me for valve adjustment and shims. They couldn't provide detail.
Cheers
I am very surprised that they would be out of spec at 8k miles. I believe that the dealer checked them but I seriously doubt they made any adjustments. They earn a pretty penny just checking valve specs.
Indeed.
If the machine is out-of-warranty, the urgency can feel more relaxed, especially being a Honda.
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Very glad Pterodactyl started this useful thread so we can add our experience based findings and combine them for real-world insight in the machinery, and form a sound opinion for ourselves.
Cheers P.
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It is nice that as a "foreigner " you can get away with spelling mistakes , it comes in very useful sometimes . When I came to the USA in 1984 I made plenty of blunders just using the wrong words , one time I said to some one that is wife is "homely " I did not know that that means something different in the USA as it does in England.
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(02-18-2022, 09:56 AM)Houtman_imp Wrote: It is nice that as a "foreigner " you can get away with spelling mistakes , it comes in very useful sometimes . When I came to the USA in 1984 I made plenty of blunders just using the wrong words , one time I said to some one that is wife is "homely " I did not know that that means something different in the USA as it does in England.
Everyone slips up eventually. At least one can settle and get rooted in their new country.
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Now, to some far off English-speakin' foreigners, that last sentence may seem offensive.
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I have always been impressed and amazed at people who speak more than one language. The first 65 years of my life I thought I spoke English, then I moved to England for three years.
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Nacho, now move to Australia and learn again
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(02-19-2022, 04:44 AM)Lord Popgun_imp Wrote: Nacho, now move to Australia and learn again
Wish I could. At my age, if the 14hour plane ride didn't kill me, I'd probably kill someone. And that is just getting there.
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The answer to my question may be somewhere buried in the 16 pages of this thread, but I can't find it.
It is clear that with this design the cams have to come out when you need to replace a shim.
But how about the process of just checking the clearance without replacing the shim/s. Can the measurement be done between the top of the bucket and the cam - without the cams coming out ? Seems logical to me. What do I miss ? Or do I just misread some of the descriptions.
