Scott, if you're talking about that retainer in the photo - it can be pulled out without being cut. It's a bit of a pain, but you can reuse it afterwards
Thanks for the reply, Scott! Makes me feel much better.
To be specific: when I opened up the valve cover cylinder 1 was almost at TDC. I had to turn the crank just a few degrees CLOCKWISE untill it was spot on TDC. My theory is - there was no load on cylinder 1 valves for 3 days and the valves...
Hey everyone,
So my FZ6 needed a valve clearance check for a while now. It has nearly done 56 000 Km so quite beyond the recommended interval. Decided to do them myself and learn in the process. Got myself a good set of feeler gauges that basically can do 0.01mm increments from 0.03 up to 0.5mm...
This was the greatest, most jaw dropping, flex I've seen during my 20 years on the internet.
An airplane. In his 20's. What the actual hell, Gary.
I want to hear the airplane story in a new thread, with LOTS of details
Gary, it's 2AM here and I'm showing my half sleeping wife the photos of this build saying "I want to do something like this too"
The bike looks mint o_O Hats off to you!
P.s. glad to hear that dream turned out to be a nightmare in the end
Hey everyone,
Long time forum lurker (Even before I bought my FZ6) but a fresh member. Started visiting the forums as soon as I started dreaming about the FZ6. So probably 7-8 years of ocasional digging around in here just looking at forum members rides and dreaming of a brighter future.
I have...