BakerBoy
It's all small stuff.
Replaced the silver side covers with more attractive Red ones.
The color-matched pigtails on the battery tender are a nice touch Chuck.
What did you do with your Yamaha today?
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The color-matched pigtails on the battery tender are a nice touch Chuck.
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ChucksKLRST
Team Colorado
The color-matched pigtails on the battery tender are a nice touch Chuck.
Here is the complete Color Match
Looks pretty dang good to me!
Here is the complete Color Match
Never knew a motorcycle to be so vain....as to need a mirror to check out her own backside
NICE cycle
wjbertrand
Ventura Highway
That looks way better!
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My picture isn't as pretty as Chucks' lol... doing 1st valve check/adj... all the exhausts were tight so they needed to be done but the intakes were close to the middle and in spec. The nice part is that means just one cam comes out but holy cow... remove seat, tank, airbox, throttle bodies, about 10 electrical connectors, disconnect several hard line brake and clutch connections to the frame and then, maybe, you have enough room to take off the valve cover... Then, drain oil and remove the clutch cover...
The adjustment was good.. although at first I added instead of subtracted but I figured that out before I put the cam chain tensioner back in which is a royal pain... had to take mine to a dealer and it took 5 of them to finally get it set. I'll install a manual one on the next check, I fooled with that thing for a whole day.
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After 28k miles the spark plugs still looked good, the gap was at the end of the range.
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The adjustment was good.. although at first I added instead of subtracted but I figured that out before I put the cam chain tensioner back in which is a royal pain... had to take mine to a dealer and it took 5 of them to finally get it set. I'll install a manual one on the next check, I fooled with that thing for a whole day.
After 28k miles the spark plugs still looked good, the gap was at the end of the range.
wjbertrand
Ventura Highway
My picture isn't as pretty as Chucks' lol... doing 1st valve check/adj... all the exhausts were tight so they needed to be done but the intakes were close to the middle and in spec. The nice part is that means just one cam comes out but holy cow... remove seat, tank, airbox, throttle bodies, about 10 electrical connectors, disconnect several hard line brake and clutch connections to the frame and then, maybe, you have enough room to take off the valve cover... Then, drain oil and remove the clutch cover...
The adjustment was good.. although at first I added instead of subtracted but I figured that out before I put the cam chain tensioner back in which is a royal pain... had to take mine to a dealer and it took 5 of them to finally get it set. I'll install a manual one on the next check, I fooled with that thing for a whole day.
After 28k miles the spark plugs still looked good, the gap was at the end of the range.
Ughh, not looking forward to this though it is a way to "become one with your machine". What diameter shims are used are they different to the ST1300? Hoping not to have to buy another Hot Cams Kit.
Different shims diameters - 9.48mm - but I have a kit so let me know when and I'll send it to you to use.
wjbertrand
Ventura Highway
That's very generous Joe! Thanks, I might take you up on that. Not sure when or if I'll get into it myself or not. ~$400 at the local dealer here is looking better all the time. How much trouble was it to maintain the timing when the tensioner was removed and replaced?
I didn't notice it jump. I did put 6 zip ties on the intake cam sprocket and chain. I checked everything again after the adj so I think I'm ok..... still anxious about starting it for the first time lol
Don B
I remember reading a post a year or so back that the valve clearance check on a C14 Kawasaki is such a time-consuming PIA that many owners (if not most of them) never do it again after the first check. I don't remember if I read that on this site or the COG website.
wjbertrand
Ventura Highway
I wish the manufacturers would all go to hydraulic lash adjusters. There are some fixed in-head designs that will work with high RPM engines.
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Yeah, but... how much dealer revenue would be cut by no longer having valve checks/adjustments to do? I'm not usually so 'conspiracy-minded' but sometimes some things just don't make sense on a bike that's otherwise so well thought-out.
wjbertrand
Ventura Highway
Probably wouldn't have that much effect. The high cost drives folks like you and I to DIY and others, such as the Concours example, just decide to ignore it instead of paying up. The old Honda Nighthawk S had in in-head lash adjuster that removes the weight of the lash adjuster from the reciprocating masses allowing at least a 9,500 RPM redline. Many cars now use this system including Mazda's Sky Active system and even my 5.0L Mustang GT's Coyote engine (7,000 RPM redline). I thought this type of valve system was really going to take off after the Nighthawk S came out but there does not seem to be another motorcycle to use it.
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Well, got it all back together and it started.. .lol.. wooohoo.. just need to re-zip tie some stuff and go for visit my Mon in LA for a test ride and I'll be good for the Last Ride of the Year.
Don B
The "Baby Block" V4 derived from the same basic engine architecture as the small block V8 used in the racing Corvettes is used in the hottest ST bike around, Motus. Like the Chevy small blocks, it has hydraulic lifters in the engine block. Of course, it's a slow revving engine by motorcycle standards, but like the big V-twin cruisers it has gobs of low end torque.
wjbertrand
Ventura Highway
I believe the hydraulic lash adjusters in the Motus (didn't realize it had hydraulics) are the same as in a traditional OHV push rod V-8 engine where they are built into the followers and ride on the camshaft located in the "V" of the engine. Hydraulic lifters, sometimes called tappets, are heavier than solid lifters and because they are part of the valve train's reciprocating mass, are restricted to fairly low RPM applications. The hydraulic adjusters like the Nighhawk S uses nicely sidestep this issue.
Funny thing after I put the bike back together, I started it up because I wanted to check the oil so I was letting it warm up and all of a sudden it started sputtering and popping and died and I thought I had screwed up the timing..... out of gas lol