Valve adjustment

[dentonbusa]

my 05 busa has 6000 miles on her now i bought it new how many miles should be on her before i worry about it. can i go as high as 20,000 or 30,000 miles i hear different opions. my kid brother has an 04 zx12 bought new 9,000 miles on it no one local wants to do his valve adjustment or check it said it was to big of a job . we change our oil at 1,500 miles if that matters don,t want to take our bikes back to dealer for service we can do basic maintance tires, chains, brakes, but not valve adjustments is the busa as hard as the zx12 to service.

[Charlesbusa]

owner's manual says to check tappet clearance every 15k miles.

[MC MUSTANG]

owner's manual says to check tappet clearance every 15k miles.

+1. Most of the people who have done them as scheduled have said that no adjustment was required....

[jdevarie]

my 05 busa has 6000 miles on her now i bought it new how many miles should be on her before i worry about it.  can i go as high as 20,000 or 30,000 miles i hear different opions. my kid brother has an 04 zx12 bought new 9,000 miles on it no one local wants to do his valve adjustment or check it said it was to big of a job . we change our oil at 1,500 miles if that matters don,t want to take our bikes back to dealer for service we can do basic maintance tires, chains, brakes, but not valve adjustments is the busa as hard as the zx12 to service.

RTFM[move]

...RTFM

[busa_boy_69]

owner's manual says to check tappet clearance every 15k miles.

+1.  Most of the people who have done them as scheduled have said that no adjustment was required....

+1. I had mine done at 13,500 and they said they were perfectly on Zuks specs. Better safe than sorry though.

[babuski]

I'm coming up on 30,000 and my mechanic says that is the time. They were checked at 15,000 and were fine. can't hurt to do them earlier. A trained ear can tell if they need adjusting...

[bigoltool]

It's nothing (OK so nothing might be a stretch) to check them yourself. If you find one thats out of spec bite the bullet and have the dealer adjust em. Look at it this way it could be a Ducati!

[Gunnybusa]

I put 52,000 on the 02 and it never need adj.

[Turbo-Torch]

I'd probably do the first check at the recommended 15K mainly due to the fact the engine went through its initial break in period and tolerances change the most at that time.
After that...

All I know is that it'll be a long time before I bother again.