Well that's kind of true... I didn't think I had any mechanical issues until my valves started complaining though... Hey Jamie, do you know...
Yeah but still, that's a third of what I paid for my whole bike!
Wow they look pretty cool on their website, but they're pretty expensive!!!
that is awesome!!!!!
OK awesome, I was hoping the answer would be something like that! So that's one less thing I need to figure out...
Not that I'm aware of, but I'll investigate tomorrow! I don't have a car though anyway, the girlfriend borrowed it... I was supposed to have a...
Dammit! After screwing around with that one tappet, I realized that the threads are pretty well stripped, so I was turning the nut, and it never...
Hmmm, I think I figured out why one of the valves kept getting much tighter as I torqued it... the locknut and adjusting screw were stuck...
Could be I guess, I didn't even know about the charcoal canister!
OK.... Man, I'm still adjusting the valves; this is about the most frustrating thing ever! Every time I torque those stupid locknuts, the...
Hey guys, I'm working on adjusting my valves... When I took everything apart, I discovered two mysterious hoses! They seem to come from under...
Not yet, but I gave it new oil like a month ago (only maybe 300 miles of actual riding ago), and the stuff that came out looked pretty normal....
I called the Honda shop, and the guy said to just go exactly to the specs in the manual. But what do you guys think?
Awesome, I'm going through and adjusting all of them now... Do you guys think I should tighten/loosen them exactly to the manual's specs, or...
OK check this out! [IMG] -I measured what I could, but the intake valves on #1 and #4 were so tight I couldn't even get a feeler gauge in....
That tutorial had some good info as well, but I'm still a little confused as to why I can't get any feeler gauges in to measure the intake...
Aha, thanks for the picture mason, that confirms what I was thinking. The manual is pretty unclear about that.
My manual says there should be "free play" in both rocker arms when you take the measurement. However, I only have free play in the exhaust...
Ok I messed around a little more, and I think I got a good reading on the two exhaust valves, but the two intake valves seem to have no clearance...
I did a little searching around and found a few interesting articles on this topic, if anyone else is following this...
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