craigd
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Some folks on this forum have suggested that it is safe to skip the first valve check. In an effort to help people decide whether or not to skip it, here is a poll to gather some real world data to base a decision on.
Yea, most of us are a lot harder on our Tenere than you are Steve. So we aren't likely to experience the same longevity.eemsreno said:I first checked mine around 30 but didn't need to change any till 64,000 miles.
A couple of exhaust just on tight side.
I checked them again a year ago when I replaced the cam chain, around 120,000 miles All right on still.
I attribute this to extreme babying the bike. Never ridden in the rain, never been down, only ridden by an old man. [at least the last one is true]
I would not adjust them to max spec; maybe 0.02 mm under max. I don't think you could ever say that you can permanently ignore checking the valves. I'd feel more at ease going further than the recommended interval, but they still neeed checking. As said earlier, checking is not that big a job and it can prevent an expensive mess, but setting the valves as described may mean you do not have to adjust the valves again for a very long time.tomatocity said:Is this realistic?
At the first valve check if you have all the valves adjusted to the maximum suggested opening would you have to be concerned with the adjustment again?
That there is just plain, straight out funny!eemsreno said:I attribute this to extreme babying the bike. Never ridden in the rain, never been down, only ridden by an old man. [at least the last one is true]
Hmmm I'm extremely skeptical the EPA has anything to do with this. If that were true wouldn't the non-US bikes (where EPA has no jurisdiction) have a much longer inspection intervals in that case?eemsreno said:I hate to mention this for it will just start something, but I’ll say it anyway.
At a Yamaha training class I was at the Instructor said “ whenever you see an interval of 26,600 miles for valve adjustment, that is the maximum allowable mileage that the EPA will let them put in print for manually adjusted valves. NOT what the engineers would have said that they need adjusted.” In other words if Yamaha could have specked a longer interval they would have.