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Well I'm happy (kind of) to report that the bike WILL run being a tooth off. Not only that, it'll run pretty decently! But I fixed that after exhausting other possibilities. PITA, but I'm glad it's over now and it's running much better. Thanks again for everyone's help!

Glad he's OK! ******* better pay up! That's one of my biggest pet peeves. Driving seems to be all about ME. Where do I need to go and how do I get there quickest? Damn everybody else and the flow of traffic. OK, maybe this instance doesn't quite fit into that; seems to be more of a...

Alright, I'm a stubborn SOB, so I'll give it another shot this coming weekend, if not before. First will be check the plug gap. After the first time I changed plugs, I haven't even been measuring gap; I've just assume they're correct from the factory (I know, I know, so much for "I'm...

I'm stumped. I checked the clearances again and best as I can tell, they are good. But I THINK it still seems down on power. And I could only TB sync to about 12.5mm hg, which seems excessively low. I know that value is less important than the fact that they all have the SAME value, but...

For what its worth, I'd estimate three out of four times I need to drive a screw driver through the oil filter to get it off. When I put them on, I rarely get to 1 full turn. Maybe it's just my 12 year old girl arms, but my point is that there's nothing wrong with the screwdriver method...

Yup. Worth asking though, haha.

Oh balls. Guess I likely won't be riding Devil's Highway this weekend... I'll update you guys when I get the time to dig that deep again. I thought I checked the final measurements, but maybe I screwed something up. It is afterall my first time doing valve clearances on a motor of any kind.

I wanted to update you guys on this. To answer FinalImpact's question, I added clearance (decreased shim height). I re-measured when the cam was put back in and everything should be good in that regard. I had a terrible time trying to TB sync last night. The vacuum levels were all...

Enlighten an ignorant American; does it actually rain HARD where you are in the UK? Or is it mostly drizzle? Come to think of it I don't know how it rains in Jersey either, but I wonder if we're talking apples and oranges here.

I consider this all good news; other problems are likely less labor intensive than going back in to fix the timing chain...haha. I also now feel foolish because I remember how small the main sprocket was; of course one tooth change would be a rather huge difference. No, I did not take the...

Hi all, Did my valve clearance check today. Still plan to change oil and sync the throttle bodies, but I've completed the valve clearance check and put in new spark plugs. When I started it to make sure all was OK, it seemed to idle lower than it used to. I believe it was 1100-1200 at...

Any indication of why this happened? Broken cam chain or chain tensioner?

A little late to the party, but... Ain't it great? I did this for the first time last year. Wanted to do it all in a day (from Phoenix area), but the (now) wife didn't like that idea so much, so we met my brother, his wife, and their friends to camp in Greer. Honestly, I try to keep...

That's messed up, I've heard at least one story of this happening on the I-10 in Phoenix late at night. A bunch of dudes started hitting this rider (while moving mind you) with chains and stuff. But that's just what some guy on a forum said...who knows, maybe it never even happened...

Anybody have any idea what in the heck a "crossplane" triple sounds like?

I'm basically with most of you guys. I'll miss the centerstand. I don't care for digital tachs. I'm nervous about only 3.7 gallons fuel capacity, compared to our bike's 5.0 gallon. Still though, at $7990, compared to just about $10,000 (which I thought was a bargain) for the Street...

Re: A cure for bad vibrations, spark plug caps!! Missed that somehow, thank you!

Because that's clearly what hot-head roided out douchebag wanted...a little man-to-man talk about driving on the road...

Re: A cure for bad vibrations, spark plug caps!! If whoever does this next could snap some pictures of the relevant components, that'd be greatly appreciated. I may be able to do it this weekend; if so I'll get some then. Honestly, I'm not entirely sure what we're talking about, but I...

*bangs head on keyboard*