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Re: New to list
- Subject: Re: New to list
- From: Eric Sheley <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 11:18:07 -0400
>At 11:43 AM 07/13/1999 +0200, Jonathan Schulster wrote:
>Good question.... the mechanic at our local dealer worked at the very good
>Honda dealer nearby for the last 10 years. In all that time he had never
>seen a Honda that required valve clearance adjustment before 50,000km !
>
>>>> Dan Mohr <DanMohr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 11/07/99 23:39:45 >>>
>snip...
>QUESTION: Why is it that Honda's VFR can have a much longer valve
>adjust/check interval that the Sprint ST, despite the Honda's much higher
>rev limit?
>
Does he work on more than 1 bike per year ? ;-)
I know two people right now with VFR's that are less than happy with their
continuos valve problems - one even may be getting a new bike courtesy of
Honda as its been sitting at the dealer so much. Not trying to start a
Honda bashing thread - just remember that no one is perfect.....
Also, here's an earlier response from charlie - seems he was also having
problems with the VFR but not the ST
- - Eric
>From: "Charlie" <onegudman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Triumph Page" <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Valve Adjustment/ VFR vs ST/Triumph Rally
>Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 19:31:44 -0400
>
>Hi All,
>
>Just had my valve clearances checked at about 7500 miles and the mechanic
>said all of them were "spot on" within spec. Not one of them had to be
>reshimmed! My 94 Honda VFR was always needing its valves adjusted at 6,000
>to 8,000 mile intervals and nearly ALL of the valves would need readjusted,
>so am very much happier so far with the ST!
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