Well that was not too bad. Don't know why I was apprehensive about it. All looks well. Broke one of the rear muffler studs off. Good thing I got a welder handy. Looks like I will be doing the valves in a little bit.
She looks good even naked huh. My oldest boy likes to park his bike next to mine, and my littlest is not far behind him.
I could tell that it had been gotten into before, which made me feel better than no one ever looking at it. I was highly disapointed that there was not a verslvy in there though
. I started taking the oil filter off per instructions but then stoped because the less loose parts floating around the better right now. So I took the exaust off, broke the stud, but it came off good none the less.
I took some pictures inside the exauhst hole, they show the valves in there. They look very white, not sure if that is bad. I know they are under a lot of heat.
Here is a pic of what I saw when I opened it up
Any guesses on the distance?
The answer is coming up.
I tried "wiggling" the guide, doesn't move more than an mm or two. When I unscrew the top pin and wiggle it, the guide moves in conjuncture with the pin movement. I am going to say that everything is ok with that aspect?
Here is a picture of the front guide. Is this normal?
I also had a question on the surfaces of the clutch and cover.
Are they rubbing?
Well there it is. If anyone would care to comment on what they see I would appriciate it. I don't have much of an idea of what else I could be looking for while inside there. Here are my thoughts, I am good with regards to the top pivot point on the rear guide, ooppsie avoided. The tensioner is intact, but it is going to have to be replaced, (guessed the measurement yet?). Chain looks alright, should I check it somehow? I think I read about undoing the tensioner and at least seeing if you have any stiff links. I think I am alright, but I am always open for opinions. The inside looks very dirty, I am going to go on an oil changing spree for a while. I changed the oil just this last monday, rode less than 200 miles and it is already pretty dirty.
Well here is the pic we have all been waiting for, not really all of us, mainly just the ones that care about this stuff.
Good timing huh? Looks like it needs some work done. Heres the issue. I use this bike for daily commute. I am confident in my welding capabilities so I am thinking I will do a tab mod to the adjuster. That will give me piece of mind and enough time to get one from verslagen. Bad idea? If you want, not saying you have too, but if you want verslagen you can give me the specs for the tab. That way when I replace it with yours, and send mine to you, it will have the tab. Not sure if that is even something you want, but I thought I would throw it out there. I would like to do the weld on mod just for now anyways, at 19mm I know I am not out all the way, but I would feel a whole lot better about ridding it if the mm#'s were smaller.