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Concours 1400 (C14) FAQ => C-14, aka Concours-14 GTR 1400 => Engine and Controls (Fuel, Ignition, Exhaust, Sensors and the like) => Topic started by: Mad River Marc on August 19, 2011, 10:19:11 AM
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Was surfing around and came across this VERY detailed spreadsheet for mapping the valves on a C-14. Has a tab that lists all the shim sizes and a tab for MM and a tab for Inches
I cannot take credit for this as it was created by Kory on the ZZR forums....
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NICE! Thanks for posting!
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Gratis! I saved it and will definitely use when it is time to the the valve inspection/adjustment.
SonnyC
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Thanks for posting this file. I have seen postings of handwritten shim notes that looked very intimidating. This spreadsheet will be helpful when time comes for me to adjust the valves.
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Damn. That looks amazingly like the one I did. Someone added the shim sizes to it. I also added a second page for the specs after re-shimming for comparison.
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Holy smokes, that's my spreadsheet! :o 8)
Your search must have lead you to the zzrbikes.com site. ;)
I hope people get some use out of it. I created it to do my valves, then I did my dad's C14 with it as well. I'm about due for a second check on mine, hopefully no adjustments will be necessary this time. I'm pretty sure I adjusted every single shim on mine and dad's the first time through.
I made it a while ago, probably looked at several others before I created it. Then I made one personalized for me.
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That is an amazing peice of work! Thanks.
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KLB you are correct, I came across it on the ZZR forum and it was just too detailed to not share with the rest of Cogdom :) In the spring I will prob be tackeling my valves and will use this.
Hoping that I don't grenade my motor LOL
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Awesome! This is another tool that will make me more likely that I will do the valve adjustment myself when it is due.
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I had some spare time, so I have updated it so that you now only need to enter 2 values. The Existing Shim Size, which is now selected from a drop-down box, and the Measured Clearance. Everything else is calculated for you. Hopefully this will make it easier to use and help to eliminate errors.
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I had some spare time, so I have updated it so that you now only need to enter 2 values. The Existing Shim Size, which is now selected from a drop-down box, and the Measured Clearance. Everything else is calculated for you. Hopefully this will make it easier to use and help to eliminate errors.
Nicely done, Jonathan!
I didn't share it with the masses because I didn't want anyone blaming me for exploding engines.
Now we can all blame Jonathan. ;D
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Wonder if we can get one of the forum admins to sticky this!