Time for a Valve check/adjustment, any fellow Texans interested?

[LilBeaver]

Overall, the work start to finished involved in the valve clearance adjustment process was not overly difficult but don't mistake 'difficult' with 'quick' - there was quite a bit to it. I suppose, 'straight forward' is more so the appropriate statement for the process. Lots of things that if not careful, could have gone wrong in a hurry. Fortunately, we managed to make it through with minimal issues. There were A LOT of 'little' tips and tricks that Goose pointed out to make parts of the job A LOT easier but it was still a decent day worth of work.

 

Is it worth it to pay someone else to do it?

Well, it is a full days worth of work and any shop (in my opinion) is certainly justified in charging for 5-8 hours worth of work but you have to make your own decision on whether it is worth it or not. For me, it was well worth it to not take it somewhere and pay to have it done because I now know for sure the job was done properly, I know EXACTLY what was done and because I was an active part of the process, I (we) was (were) able to make some choices and take time to do several other things while convenient (ie. the bike was apart) that any dealer or shop would have likely charged extra for if they would have done it at all.