Valve check interval

I have done a few shim and bucket valve adjustment, tedious, but don't mind doing them if really need to. Reading about the infamous V-4, seem like the mill is so well put together from the factory, many engines are fine for quite a while. Just wondering about off season work.

your poll needs a "n/a" in the second question for those that said "no" on question 1.....

your poll needs a "n/a" in the second question for those that said "no" on question 1.....

Yep thanks. :tour:

WOW 136 views and no votes, I thought this poll would draw a bit of interest.
I am more retarded than I thought. :wacko:

The parameters in your poll don't quite fit for me.
I checked mine at 45k. No adjustment was required, they were all perfect.
Will I check them again?... not likely.

I would do them whenever you felt like it, but the 5th gen good for 100k w/o it.
My 6th gen could use a check at 95K miles, but it would be easier to just slap in another engine.

BR

Just broke in.

This is what I wanted to hear. :smile:
Over the last two decades or more, push rod opposed twins, valve adjust about 4k max or starting gets hard, even with " High cam w/short push rods" same interval,
no big deal to adjust solids but got other stuff to do.
Good news.

Maybe nobody in the forum would want to, in any way, put on record how they might have skipped over valve adjustment intervals on their VFRs,.....lest it takes away from the future resale value of their bikes......maybe?? :rolleyes:

Mine were inspected at 18k, adjusted at 36k, and adjusted big-time at 88k. Big dif in engin smoothness after the later. Now have 105k. Runs like Dutchy's watch.

Checked my old 4th gen at roughly 22k and everything was in spec. On my current 5th gen, I'll probly do a check around 35 - 40k in a future over the winter season to do list. Got a ways to go to get there.

Based on doing my friends 929 and my 6th gen VFR, you will be more than fine at 32K intervals, IMO

I've had my '01 coming up for 8 years, and never checked the valve clearances. It's now up to around 62k miles (mostly used for commuting, with only a handful of long weekend trips away). It's got some noises that might be valvetrain based, which are getting me close to having them checked by someone else. Once upon a time, I wouldn't pay for someone else to do work (apart from tyre changes), but there's a bike shop two doors up from my new job, and having my wife get tradespeople in to work on the house while I was recovering from surgery two years ago was a watershed moment for me. No - I didn't cry (at least not about that), but it made me feel OK about not doing everything myself. Just because I can do stuff, doesn't mean I have to now.

I had them checked in the mid thirties with no adjustments. Last check was mid to high 60's, I believe, and all of one side were out or on the tight end of acceptable. So I brought them back to the middle. Sorry, I can't recall at the moment if it was exhaust or intake. But it was all of whichever.
I was able swap around most of them, and remaining shims I sanded to thin them into spec.

Maybe nobody in the forum would want to, in any way, put on record how they might have skipped over valve adjustment intervals on their VFRs,.....lest it takes away from the future resale value of their bikes......maybe?? :rolleyes:

Whats the resale difference between a 100,000 mile vfr , verses a 100,000 mile vfr with no valve check?

I bet there's not much difference, the value is low, probably $2000

Well, I had the Motorcycle Doctor (yeah, that's his handle - he comes to wherever you want, with his vanb full of gear) in this week to service the VFR. I bought it in 2004 at 37k miles, it's now at around 61k, and in that time, apart from oil/filter changes, sparkplugs, etc. and one SV synch, it's had no servicing. He checked the valves, throttle bodies, changed all the fluids, checked the electrics, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Everything in spec, took him 4.5 hours without stopping, and cost me NZ$295 (that's like ... I dunno, US$23?) It made a HUGE difference, mostly because of changing the Mobil 1 for Motul 5100, which is what I usually run. Every time I try Mobil 1, I hate it! It makes the bikes rattly, and the gearchanges sh!tty. He said, "Don't use it! It's not specced for you bike, and it's not right for it.
He's coming back next week ($85) to adjust the TPS to get rid of the leanness caused by running a BMC airfilter and Staintune highmount with a cutdown restrictor. (I've given up on the PCII).

He going to adjust the trottle position sensor cause of leanous with BMc airfilter, and staytune highmount???

He's gonna really fk it up is he does that

Mine were checked at 36,000 km and again at 72,000km. All were in spec.

My mech said we wont bother checking them until around 150,000km. I have 107,000km on it now.

I checked them on a VF500C once and they were all out and one broken tappet. Does that count?

I did not vote as the format did not fit my history:20,000;35,000;46,000;70,000 miles. I changed 2 shims at 46,000.