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Sadly, the Vespa is gone. Current machines: 2013 BMW R1200R, 2026 Royal Enfield 650 Classic (the pretty teal one).
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Everything I need to do the 6000 mile valve clearance check myself on my GTS300 showed up yesterday in my mailbox.
Everything that is, except the confidence to undertake the procedure. But, the Gods willing, and armed with Robot's valve check procedure video freshly impressed upon my small brain, I might just get through it. I need to get this thing done before I can ride the GTS 600 miles to St. Paul (and back) in early September. 
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Sadly, the Vespa is gone. Current machines: 2013 BMW R1200R, 2026 Royal Enfield 650 Classic (the pretty teal one).
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Posts: 2713 Location: The Black Hills of South Dakota, USA |
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CaliforniaCruising wrote: Isn't it 9k miles for valve checking? 6000 miles seems really soon for Valve adjustment even for the HPE My 2015 Sprint 150 is 6000 miles, 2018 GTS 300 recommendation is 15k miles I adjusted the valves on my Sprint 150 way early at under 2000 miles even though it was running good, it was not hard, they weren't way out of specs. Set up, tying down the scooter in my DIY wheel chock and detaching the rear shock (+ground straps & misc) and having a good scissors jack to lift from center rear floor area to pivot engine was key to be able to access valve cover bolts I think I read someplace (probably here) that earlier GTS300's had longer intervals for this service. 
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Sadly, the Vespa is gone. Current machines: 2013 BMW R1200R, 2026 Royal Enfield 650 Classic (the pretty teal one).
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Posts: 2713 Location: The Black Hills of South Dakota, USA |
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By the way, I ordered these tools online from Scooterwest on the 17th, and they were in my mailbox in western South Dakota yesterday, Monday, the 21st.
"Exceptional service...I must say!" 
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