I purchased it in 08 with 5,000 miles, it now has 107,000... largely trouble-free miles, has never left me stranded. It's on its 4th stator, 3rd set of CCT's. I did its first ever valve clearance check at 96,000 miles, if memory serves, I believe I adjusted 8 valves. Still runs great. Absolutely no intention of ever selling.
Knute
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tbzep
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Just out of curiosity, how tight were the valves? Was the check done because of hard starting when hot, a drop in performance over time, or just because you wanted to do it? BTW, it looks good with those Staintunes tucked up there.
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My V-4's
2007 RWB Anniversary
2008 Sword Silver w/ DMr suspension goodies
2004 Italian Red (RIP)
1986 VF500F (RIP) My first bike, my first love, my gateway drug to V-4's!
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To me the bike was running just fine before the check, no starting or performance issues whatsoever. I just felt it was probably time to have a look see, and I was pretty curious as well. The bike seems to run about the same after as before the check, fact is to me the bike always ran great.tbzep wrote: Mon Jun 29, 2026 3:03 pm Just out of curiosity, how tight were the valves? Was the check done because of hard starting when hot, a drop in performance over time, or just because you wanted to do it? BTW, it looks good with those Staintunes tucked up there.
I did adjust 2 or 3 of the ones that were near the limit. Below are the check results (light green is spec, black is what was in there, red is measured)
Knute
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