any motorcycle people on here? or know about valves?

[david0]

 It probably is that your valves do need adjusted. I actually have the same bike. You can buy a shim kit i think they are around $50 i cant remember i bought mine a long time ago. My fzr was having trouble starting and did everything you said checked all the wires and stuff cleaned carbs all that then i did the valve adjustment and it fired right up. .004 seems kinda tight i thought it was a little more than that.

[david0]

If the valves are too tight they won't close all the way so if you did a compression check it would probably be a little low.

[FC]

If the valves are too tight they won't close all the way so if you did a compression check it would probably be a little low.

Valves not closing = REALLY low compression.

[sirfunkeybut]

yeah i looked into the shim kit, rather than buy the kit, i chose to buy a whole head for 50. Its guaranteed to work, so i'll only have to swap and be done with it. If this doesn't fix it then im taking it to the shop.

It probably is that your valves do need adjusted. I actually have the same bike. You can buy a shim kit i think they are around $50 i cant remember i bought mine a long time ago. My fzr was having trouble starting and did everything you said checked all the wires and stuff cleaned carbs all that then i did the valve adjustment and it fired right up. .004 seems kinda tight i thought it was a little more than that.

[david0]

But what happens when the valves need adjusted on the new head? Its pretty comnon. Check out fzrarchives.com its a forum all about fzrs they helped me out a bunch

[FC]

yeah i looked into the shim kit, rather than buy the kit, i chose to buy a whole head for 50. Its guaranteed to work, so i'll only have to swap and be done with it. If this doesn't fix it then im taking it to the shop.

No offense man but this has to be the highest labor shotgun fix that I have ever seen! Why not wait till you have done the compression test?

If that head doesn't come with cams installed you will still be needing a valve adjust too! 

[sirfunkeybut]

Thanks for th tip for the forum, I'm a member on ther already    the lowest shims I can get is a 120 and that still won't give me the clearance needed. I know I'll have to do a shim job eventually on the head anyway, I won't let the valves get to the point they are at now.

[MikeWalking]

tic tic tic tic tic.....summer is coming

[Skyvalhunter]

toc toc toc been out riding already

[MikeWalking]

 

'bout to go now..

[sirfunkeybut]

 
Just keep rubbing it in, this sucks!

[MikeWalking]

Don't feel bad, Sky rides a Big Wheel

[Skyvalhunter]

Well a Big Wheel, Tw200 and a CT110 I like to be well rounded!!

[TheSkyBuster]

tic tic tic tic tic.....summer is coming

Whats wrong with riding in the winter? 

[MikeWalking]

tic tic tic tic tic.....summer is coming

Whats wrong with riding in the winter? 

He's got a straight road bike...  

The DRZ400 I bought last fall saw snow on it's second trip...