Valve Adjustment - Honda shop rate

[Patrick]

Good,, glad everything turned out for the good.. You did the job once, gained a lot of experience, you can sleep at night, and can ride like crazy with confidence..It just don't get much more better than that.. Oh, the timing belts,, not to worry..They usually look great right to the nano-second before they decide to break..Sounds like Ya done good..

[asfltdncr]

I have a book on shop times and its really not well laid out, but its a Honda factory book it seems the correct time is 2.3 as close as I can tell.

That's a heck of a lot of smoke and coffee breaks. 

[Friagabi]

LOL,,, Follow the book. You might be able to double the mileage between valve adjustments. It has been noted on my engine that the rapid turn over of valve adjustment is most likely because Honda wanted to catch the last guy who dd not do the job correctly and get it fixed before it caused problems. No offence to Honda Mech's maybe it was just a problem at my local dealer. Do it myself now. Belts? Oh about 100K miles. Want to be safe? Somewhere between 60 and 80 thousand. Over tighten the idlers, run a rock through the pulleys and the life could end on the next ride. Been running a F4 or F6 for the last 300K and have yet to have a belt failure. It could happen next trip. I figure about two sets of belts on each engine.

[RLD]

Going to a dealer does not quarantee it will be done right. Going to a good mechanic is better. Find one by asking around and pay him what he's worth or learn to do it yourself. My bike was last serviced by a dealer who rebuilt the carbs before I purchased it ( @ 13k miles, I have a copy of the work order). None of the carb boots were tightened; one of the intake runners in the air box was rotated into another, thereby blocking airflow dramatically; the pilot screws were set from 2.25 turns to 3.5 turns; and the carbs were way out of sync. It's no wonder I could never get it to idle just right. Everything has now been set properly, balanced, de-smogged, adjusted and tuned. The Valk is one sweet motor to work on.