There’s a German guy has covered over 310,000 miles on his AT 1000.....I think that’s quite encouraging.
How the fook has he done that?
Its only been out since 2016
Africa Twin valve check....fek me !!
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How the fook has he done that?
Its only been out since 2016
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I don't speak German but isn't it his old Varadero that's done 310,000 miles and he's hoping the AT will do the same ?
I think he's done about 120,000 ?
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Well I don’t speak German either....but even 120k (75k miles...ish) is pretty good.
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I've just looked him up and he is up to 256,000 km
so that's 150,000 miles not 120
So just what you’d expect from a Honda then.....
Thats very reassuring, especially when the 790 KTM clutches are failing within 2000 miles
I hope that's not the case hardening wearing off on your cams
That's funny;
. The ZZR mothership has the valves checked every ten thou; the cams have been pitted since the first check and have got no worse; the little hollows hold more oil and the case hardening is all in place; more oil can only be a good thing eh.
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and everything within normal parameters. 
Yep.... it's a Honda
Complete waste of time
Complete waste of time
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Fixed....
That all depends now on how well you stuff those 800 parts back together again.
Return journey home is the most perilous
I have a well used range of Snap-Off tools.
Very effective in chocolate bolts and cream puff alloy
Very effective in chocolate bolts and cream puff alloy
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Teng are my tool of choice....and I’ll just take my time, shouldn’t take more than a week !! 
Teng are my tool of choice....and I’ll just take my time, shouldn’t take more than a week !!
Haha, nice one. To me that's all part of a very good quality of life
Enjoy
I'll be giving this a whirl some time this winter, and like you can service up to a point but nothing too technical. I had a go at my first ever valve clearance check on my little CB125, which was dead easy with minor tweaks only needed. I'm hoping everything will be in spec on the AT, especially the intakes. I'll be fooked if cam need removal is required 
The dealers here dont seem to be overly interested in doing it. I'm guessing it might have something to do with the bike taking up more than a days worth of bench time, or just they dont know how to do them confidently. So if anyone is going to cock it up it may as well be me
In reality though, how wrong could it go, aside from dropping bolts/tools into the abyss?
The dealers here dont seem to be overly interested in doing it. I'm guessing it might have something to do with the bike taking up more than a days worth of bench time, or just they dont know how to do them confidently. So if anyone is going to cock it up it may as well be me
In reality though, how wrong could it go, aside from dropping bolts/tools into the abyss?
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Looking over AT and other forums, the general consensus is to leave them until at least 40k miles before checking them. The bike will be well out of warranty by then anyway and also NGK recommend changing the plugs between 40 to 50k, so just do the whole lot around then. I’ve decided not to bother checking mine again until 40k minimum.
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