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[bjbiker]

recently aquired a 94 speed triple 25000 miles .it has been not been used for 4 years but supposedly started up every so often .
It,s not in to bad condition sticky brakes "fork seals stuck rebound damping adjusters .it started and ran the engine sounds good if a little lumpy not supprising as the petrol was proberly a little stale and the carbs could do with a clean and as it turns out the air filter is clogged to.
while i got the bike semi-stripped i thought i would do the valve clearances all of them are tight and two of the inlet valves
are as far as i can see has no clearance all of the cam lobes look in very good nick apart from one of the two tight inlets and there is a slight mark on the under side of lobe .has anyone had the same while doing their valves?? and to any ill effects?
i don,t think it has caused any harm but i allways think the worse and hope for the best.
all the best
john
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[sxscustoms]

Thats probally part of the cause of the rough running. I would go ahead and adjust them and you should be fine if nothing is galled bad. There is alot of threads on here about the details of doing it

[KitNYC]

Just be sure to double-check the 2 with zero clearance after and don't rev the motor much until you take care of it and I bet you'll be fine.

Cheers,
-Kit

[bradtx]

John, Long story short, if the shim isn't in 360 degree contact with the cam all should be okay after setting clearances. The '02 had a few we couldn't even measure, but there was still a crack of light showing a bit of clearance (backlit with a shop lamp). That was about 8K miles ago.

Brad

[bjbiker]

thanks for the feed back folks
hopefully i might have got away with it. can,t re-shim the valves for another week or so till my mate turns up with the shim tool not brave enough to pull cams.
john

[sxscustoms]

check out mot3 s site he has a good work up on doing itand also becarefull with the valve cover bolts as they screm into the camcaps and strip easy