I envy your heated shop, but I certainly don't envy the much colder weather you have. The older I get the closer I come to becoming a Florida snow bir...

Yes, I wear pretty heavy nitrile gloves and they help some, but those wrenches and ratchets still feel like blocks of ice with the temps we have been ...

I'm in the process of taking the head off, but keep getting interrupted or running out of time. Plus it's not very comfortable here in Northern Illino...

I didn't notice any noises like that. I suspect the adjuster of that valve came out shortly after I bought the rig or maybe even before and I wasn't f...

I bought this rig last April from a fellow USCA member in Florida. It's a 2005 Concours. It had about 25,000 miles on it and I've put over 4,000 on it...

Okay. I got my camshaft out today, still hoping I don't have to pull the head. As you can see in the pictures, the rocker arm is not bent, but that ...

Thanks to all of you for the input and suggestions. A damaged valve seat sounds most logical from your comments and thus pulling the head. If I pull t...

Earlier today I screwed the adjuster for that bad valve down as far as it would go in order to see the top of that valve better. To my untrained eyes...

Ben & Miles - Thank you both for your excellent comments and interest in my problem. I've posted this issue on 4-5 other forums to include the Co...

Here are a few pictures I tried to take today.

Thanks, Miles (correct name?) I'd say when I was checking the valve the cam was at the 2 o'clock position. I'm thinking too, that at a minimum I'm goi...