I let the valves on my first KLR, an A1, go a little too long. At 40k
miles the thing would barely start because they'd gotten so tight. I'd
checked them regularly for awhile with no change, then went a bit too
far by extending the interval another 10-12k miles.
__Arden
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DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "nakedwaterskier"
wrote:
>
> I, too am letting my valve adjustment go. It was set at the max
> or min, in fact, a lttle outside rec'd...whatever, so that it can go
> the max miles before next adjustment. That was at about 18,000
miles.
> Now I have 23000 miles. My next valve check/adjustment will be at
> 30,000.
>
> I bothered checking my Eagle Mike doohickey and spring and that was
> fine...Time to be more concerned about me than my KLR.
>
> Over and out,
>
> Jeffrey
>