Shim kit

[Kirby]

Where's a good place to purchase a valve shim kit for a 2nd gen? Prices? extra shims? Thinking about doing mine in the next few months.

[Kirby]

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[MiCarl]

It's a bit pricey to build a shim kit for individual use. You'd need a very large selection of shims to cover your possibilities and you'll end up using about three of them.

 

There is a kit someone assembled that is floating around somewhere. I think the idea is that you pay shipping and replace any shims you use. Not sure where it is currently.

 

If you're not going to use the kit that is floating around I recommend you check them first. If they're in spec. you can spend your $$ on something else. If they're out the economic thing to do is get the tool first then order shims after you figure out what you need. You'd have an extra shipping charge but you'd save hundreds by not buying shims you don't need.

 

The expensive part of the deal (other than the volume of shims involved in a complete kit) is the tool. I sell it to VentureRider members for $65.68. I believe that is the cheapest price anywhere.

 

Z1 enterprises beats my member price on most of their shims, some they're selling below my current cost. I suspect they have a quantity of shims on hand and they're only updating their pricing as they have to replace them. Their shipping is high though, so unless you buy a lot of shims my price will be competitive overall.

 

If you decide to buy from me you need to enter "VentureRider" in the coupon box at check out to receive the 15% member discount.

 

You can find the shims and tools here: Thunder Valley Powersports

 

I switched to PayPal for my payment processing last night. If you try to use it and have problems please let me know.

 

When I looked up the link for you the site was slow. It's usually pretty quick but runs on a shared server so occasionally one of my neighbors slows me down. My apologies if you find it slow.

[Kirby]

Thanks Carl. I'm still a little ways off from doing this just yet. The bike is running fine right now but I know this is going to be my next big undertaking. It's just turned over on 35,000 miles. I know it was supposed to be done at 26,000 but it just didn't happen. Thanks for your input.

 

Randy I sent you a PM.