Valve Clearance Service

G'day Darren.......the very first valve check is scheduled for 20,000kms/12,000miles. I paid Aus $1k for mine (it takes approx 8 hrs to remove all the body work and radiator to gain access to the donk).

My mechanic said once they got to the motor it was easy peasy to do the work, but then it was another time consuming re-build to put it back together.

I'd say that the 12,000mile service is a must do.....then you could do the oil changes in between (eg I was changing my M5100 10w50 every 5,000kms=3,000miles) and you could feel safer not doing the next major valve check until much later (since it requires new coolant every time to do valves and plugs). Plugs.....some members changed to Iridium so they could go 40k+kms instead of the standard plugs 20k kms(12k miles) life. So the valves could fit in with a plug change (iridium) in future......

It's your call.....but this is it's first valve check ever and you can't know if it's all ok unless they are checked.

Cheers and good riding from Aus