Back in from doing the valves...what a chore that is. Drives me nuts, almost half way worth taking the engine out of the frame. They were a little loose, only by a thous or so, tightend them down on .004" and .003" slips right in while .005" doesnt enter much at all.
So, let me try to understand this correctly. In around or bout 1000-3000 miles(using the good or the bad method of calculation
), I am going to need to replace the cam chain?
So, when using the verslavy you need to keep track of the distance you start with and then when you reach what would have been 23mm with the old one, it is time to check and replace the chain? I have read some posts that guys will let it go all the way out, then switch to the second hole and stretch it some more. So is that a take your chance thing? Or is it been proven that at stock tensioner max travel, you have another x amount of travel that you can go?
I know I am asking a lot of questions here, just trying to understand a little more is all. I guess I am missing something or its just going straight over my head from just reading old posts.
So what are the other thoughts on the other questions I had, pictures I took? I got the carb off, figured I would do it seeing how I had the time, glad I did because it was dirty. I will post pics of what it looked like when I first took it off. I am sure this bike is going to run a whole lot different when I put it all back together. The inside of the carb was pretty thick in dirt, which is inline with the fact that the air filter was caked with dirt. I am going to have to get a new one of those.
I took the carb apart with some persuasion, no spacer mod has been done to it yet, I am going to read up on it and decide whether or not to go ahead with it. Someone can chime in with a more recent update of their thougts on it if they want
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