My 2025 Grand Tour Activity

[Lapchik]

I miss my old Hondas, where valves were done with a single wrench, single screwdriver, and the access caps were front and center on the engine with no tupperwear to remove. It's a 4 hour job on my current Honda. I think I'm going to buy a shim kit for it this winter, because correct shims were not easy to source last year.

[DownUnder]

I grew up with 2-strokes, so all this valve clearance stuff is new to me.

My previous bike, a ZRX1200, had finger followers, so it was easy to just slide them across without removing the camshafts to change the shims. Shims under buckets are another level of pain.

I am fortunate that I had easy access (no snow or ice) to a friendly Workshop with lots of "exchange" shims otherwise I'd have had to also buy a shim kit.

[DownUnder]

I have updated my Winter Maintenance blog on what became a never ending drama.

Winter Maintenance - Part 1

Winter Maintenance - Part 2

Winter Maintenance - Part 3

Hopefully, there will not be a Part 4