Carbs/Valve adjustment yet?

I own a 1994 vfr that is in museum quality with 12,000 mls. My question is as fallowed. The manual recommends checking the carbs synchronization and valve adjustments at 16,000 mls. The bike runs like brand new! The carbs were synchronized at 3,000 mls due to a hard start "which turned out to be a bad plug". I'm wondering if I should have my dealer check the carbs sync/valve adjustment or just save my money and not worry since there are no problems with the bike. I have heard of 94vfr's going 30,000 mls without need any valve adjustments.

 

Go ahead and wait for 16,000 miles. I used to service lots of VFR's and there wsa never a problem. I had a 96 and now have a 97 and neither one required any shims at the 16,000 mile service. A carb synch should be done after the valve adjust. I did the synch ahead of time just to see if I could smooth out my idle, but I do my own so no money out of pocket.

 

if your bike idles smooth and low and doesn't lurch or jerk when running at small throttle openings, your synch is fine.
If you're concerned with valves, remember you can CHECK them yourself pretty much without risk and only use the dealer if you find that adjustment (out of spec by .002" or more) is necessary........

 

Yes...save your money and ride!

I recently checked valve clearances on my '97 (23,000 mi.) over the winter - as I didn't know the history. Everything was good.

 

I'd wait till the 16k mark, go enjoy yourself and ride that beast. mFWIW had mine done at the 32k mark and only found one that was like .0001mm off, not worth messing with, all the other 15 where spot on. Carbs, just keep using good fuel, you shouldn't have any trouble there either.

 

Thank you all for the great sound advice!