Have you had your V-Twin's Valve clearance adjustment done? What milage? How long did it take?

[SNOOPY]

Those with a Spyder ST, have you had the valve clearance check done? At what mileage? Were you having issues? If done, how long did it take? Manual says to have it checked I think at 15K, I’m at 30K no issues and never checked.


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[Mikey]

You can run a search at the top right side of the page. I don't think you'll find much! most people here have found that it is not a big thing. Good luck.

 

[pegasus1300]

I am at 80,000 miles and never checked. I had Yamaha Ventures for 25 years before the Spyder. It uses the same type valve train and over 5 Venturers and 300,000 miles I never ever had to adj valves. This is a very stabil system.

 

[SNOOPY]

Good to hear, thank you very much.

And yes I did search first and found nothing.

 

[pegasus1300]

I don't think there is anything to find.

 

[safecracker]

No adjustment. I put 97,000 miles on my V-Twin before I traded for a 2021 RTL.

 

[BajaRon]

Valve adjustment on the 998 V-Twin is very rarely needed at any mileage. We've never done one at the shop. It's just not necessary.

Update:
I never forget, I just remember late sometimes. We did do a valve adjustment on a V-Twin Spyder once. The customer insisted that we do it because the book called for it. All clearances were well within tolerance and we just charged him for labor to take it apart and check. To him, it was worth the piece of mind. For most, knowing that it's not needed is sufficient.

 

[SNOOPY]

Thanks for the replies, makes me feel much better about just doing the normal maintenance stuff.