I picked the bike up Saturday. All four exhaust valves were tight. All intakes well within spec. Mechanic told me the Tenenere is a bear to work on. He did a good job I coukdnt even tell he worked on the bike other than the valve cover was clean. He pulled the battery and electrical panel back to properly access the cam reinstall. He cleaned my throttle bodies which had heavy carbon deposits. Sync'd the throttle bodies and installed new spark plugs. The bill was steep but he won't reuse valve cover gaskets at all so I had that on the bill plus all those rubber grommets at bolt locations plus a clutch cover gasket. $102 in parts including spark plugs. Labor was $534. I knew it wouldn't be cheap but I know its right now. I talked with him about an hour Saturday and he said if it were him he'd never worry about the valves again. Its a solid motor and movement is unlikely down the road. I trust this guy I've known him for over 20 years and when I pop a racebike motor he is who I call.
The bike runs fantastic, very smooth. I feel compared to what Triumph is getting for the same procedure in the $1200 range mine was a steal at $700. I probably could have done it but considering the learning curve on this thing its money well spent IMO. Btw the bike has exactly 25,186 miles on it.
) there were around 5 guys reporting that they needed adjustment on the first check. Mine had 3 of the 4 exhaust tight. Two were right at the limit but one was at .0065. ???
