My bike has 25K miles and it's due for a valve check. So I rolled up my sleeves and got to work...

It was beautiful spring day, so my wife came outside to play with photocamera...that is why you are going to see more pictures of me that usual...

This was my second time that I did my bike valve check and it was really easy ...I remember (or I think I did) all the steps..

The longest part was remembering how to adjust and use that torque wrench..

This is as far as I need to strip the bike in order to get to the valves...

All the valves were in specs ...perfect! No further stripping needed, no messing with the timing chain and stuff ....perfect!

Now putting things back in the bike was a little more tricky....but thanks to www.F650.com I got all the stuff right...(I guess). Still need some motor oil to finish the job....but that's later ....I had enough for one day...

Here is a chart I did (seen similar on the web somwhere) to see what happens with the valve clerance....not sure what I can use this for, but it cool to see how it changes....

My wife and her new toy ....Yamaha XT250....that I bought a day before..