Doing the Valve adjustment on 2nd gens

[BuddyRich]

I was going thru some old hard drives tonight. I knew that I had not removed my carbs when I did mine in 2007. Here's the trick, you have to remove one of the wire guides to get the back valve cover off and part of the plumbing to get the front one off. As you can see in the pics the carbs are still mounted on the bike. So for those of you who don't want to remove the carbs take a look at the photos.

[LilBeaver]

Good to know!!

 

I'm due for a clearance check and am certainly not looking forward to it...

[Sleeperhawk]

You mean I can do this without taking the carbs off?

 

I need to the valve gaskets and get to it soon.

[Ponch]

We had Kelley's carbs off, but were having trouble pulling the valve cover forward on the rear cylinder. We pulled the hoses up with heavy cable tie and the cover slid out to the left side. It can be done!

However, I would take the opportunity to set the carb float levels while I was that far into the job.