Valve adjustment

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cillasman
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Valve adjustment

Postby cillasman » Sun Aug 18, 2019 6:58 pm

Serviced the 1200rt this morning, valves seemed pretty tight so adjusted exhaust to .3 and inlet to .15 is this correct as it sounds more tappy now
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Re: Valve adjustment

Postby milleplod » Wed Aug 21, 2019 4:26 pm

I believe those measurements are correct. Did you do them when the engine was stone cold? And did you do the rocker arm end float too?....that needs setting between 0.05 and 0.40mm, a big range, and consensus is that it's better to aim for the smaller measurement as it keeps things quieter and the bike will run better too.

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Re: Valve adjustment

Postby cillasman » Fri Aug 23, 2019 5:53 pm

Thanks Pete checked them again i think i didnt have the off side on compression stroke, all is well now.
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Re: Valve adjustment

Postby milleplod » Fri Aug 23, 2019 6:28 pm

cillasman wrote:Thanks Pete checked them again i think i didnt have the off side on compression stroke, all is well now.


Good oh, nowt worse than rattling tappets! :lol:
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Re: Valve adjustment

Postby dave the german » Sat Aug 24, 2019 9:26 am

milleplod wrote:
cillasman wrote:Thanks Pete checked them again i think i didnt have the off side on compression stroke, all is well now.


Good oh, nowt worse than rattling tappets! :lol:


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