zero valve clearance here too!
HamiltonKLR.. am interested to hear what you discovered and how you gauged which shims to install. Hope you sorted it out successfully!
my 09KLR has got 29k on the clock and checking it for the first time. Been meaning to for some time. Shocked to see i got zero clearance also. Going to pick up a range of thinner shims directly and install the suitable ones to give the larger clearance in the specified range.
I'm counting on the valves seating themselves if there has been any unwanted burning on the seat surfaces.
The bike had been recently running less than optimally from what has been some carbi issues. Small split in carb slid diaphragm. That i rectified first by gasoline resistant silicon. Then after getting the heads up that harley sportster cv carb is the same. And alot cheaper! Ran perfectly after that fix up. And now lagging a little again. Thinking maybe carby fouling up again.
now i see this valve tightness. Going to remedy that first and see how it goes.
Will be checking them every 10k from now!
Maybe even 5k if theres somethings iffy at that stage?!
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