Re: 12,000 mile Service

[Eric Sheley <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:36 AM 10/02/1999 -0500, Richard & Lisa White wrote:
 >I had this done to my bike this week.  Two valves were slightly out of
 >spec, but they were not going in towards the head and needed larger
 >shims.  I forgot to ask him which ones.
 >Richard had also mentioned to them that my bike was using more oil than
 >his.  On our 4200 mile trip, his used about 1/8th of a quart and mine
 >used the rest.  While the mechanic said that this was not too bad, he
 >thinks it is a possibililty that my bike has some bad valve stem seals.

Lisa, thanks for the 12K update - please keep us updated on the oil usage.

- - Eric


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