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Bob KellyIII · December 13th, 2022, 05:42 PM

Hay Gordon... I've been thinking ... ( i know that sounds dangerous !)
but sense Kawasaki calls for 92 ~102 or something like that
I think I'ed feel better if they were on the Ritcher end of that spectrum
it gets very hot around here...especially on the freeway and 120 deg. is not uncommon at all .... I have personally seen 130 degrees on the freeway!
but I don't live in that end of the valley anymore so it's not quite that bad
but still 120 deg is quite common here...
you know those jets better than I do so use your own judgment ...I trust you!
.....
Well, I finally got the cam's out and one lifter and am into trying to figure out
the proper thickness.... the shim is 2.83mm thick and I want to increase the
gap by .006 in. so I have to subtract what ever .006in. is in MM and subtract that away from the 2.83mm shim that was in there and that SHOULD put me right where I want it.... luckily my feeler gauge has both MM and inch on it so I can convert fairly easy, but I THINK in inches not millimeters !lol

anyway I think that is right.... I'm doing one shim at a time and then will start buttoning it back up....
....
it's funny I resisted EVER getting a bike with shims before because you have to remove the cams on almost all of them to do a shim change
... infact that was one of the big selling points to me about the RX4.... it has NORMAL tappets ! HAHAHAHA
....
anyway...I'm making progress !.... I think !

HA !
Bob........

December 13th, 2022, 05:42 PM	#37
Bob KellyIII Retired motorcycle Mc. Name: Robert Location: Weed, California. Join Date: Jul 2021 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Kawasaki Ninja 250R, 2021 CSC TT250, 1977 Triumph Bonneville 750cc,2001 Honda XR650L. Posts: A lot.	Hay Gordon... I've been thinking ... ( i know that sounds dangerous !) but sense Kawasaki calls for 92 ~102 or something like that I think I'ed feel better if they were on the Ritcher end of that spectrum it gets very hot around here...especially on the freeway and 120 deg. is not uncommon at all .... I have personally seen 130 degrees on the freeway! but I don't live in that end of the valley anymore so it's not quite that bad but still 120 deg is quite common here... you know those jets better than I do so use your own judgment ...I trust you! ..... Well, I finally got the cam's out and one lifter and am into trying to figure out the proper thickness.... the shim is 2.83mm thick and I want to increase the gap by .006 in. so I have to subtract what ever .006in. is in MM and subtract that away from the 2.83mm shim that was in there and that SHOULD put me right where I want it.... luckily my feeler gauge has both MM and inch on it so I can convert fairly easy, but I THINK in inches not millimeters !lol anyway I think that is right.... I'm doing one shim at a time and then will start buttoning it back up.... .... it's funny I resisted EVER getting a bike with shims before because you have to remove the cams on almost all of them to do a shim change ... infact that was one of the big selling points to me about the RX4.... it has NORMAL tappets ! HAHAHAHA .... anyway...I'm making progress !.... I think ! HA ! Bob........ __________________________________________________ Its too late when you've gone too far !