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If you do have to pull a cam to change one of the valve shims, make sure you use the correct timing marks when you put the cams back in. Might even want to tripple check before putting the cam caps back on. Missing here can be a motor removal and about $900 in parts/head repairs. Don't ask me...

Head came back on Friday, and I spent the better part of Saturday putting the motor back together and hanging it in the frame. Tough job solo, but doable. I finished off the install on Sunday and took a 25 mile romp on the slab as a test ride. Seemed to be running a bit rich. Reset the throttle...

Damage looks to be 2 bent valves and cracked valve guides. Not to difficult to repair, shouldn't cost to much.

The engine isn't nuked. Just 2 bent valves. The seats are probably not even damaged because of how they were bent. I'll know more tomorrow. I dropped the head off for an inspection and repair since I don't have the tools to do that one myself. I was helping out a friend that's shop was...

Glad to hear you recovered the grommet. Once you get use to it, you can pull the side panels off in about 5 minutes each. Only about 10 bolts/screws and 1 electrical connector. It is intimidating at first, but after the first time you have the side panel on the bench you realize it ain't no big...

This actually very works well. I ran fully loaded, pillion seat included, at 145 before getting a wobble. I backed down to a sustained 135 without issues. Of course this was on a closed course with a professional rider

Thanks Don. It was all the same day tho. Pulled the valve cover about 7am to check the cam timing, and pulled the head off about 5pm the same day to find the definitive damage to the valves. Amazing what 12 beers and a saws-all can do

After 50k miles, the bike was making a lot of internal racket from the timing chain. So I had both the chain and the tensioner replaced. The chain had stretched a bit, but I think most of the noise was a weak tensioner.

With knocking like that I'm sure it would have blown up long before I got out of the driveway Don. Bright side, only $210 in parts, not counting the head work. All the gaskets, and a lot of replacements for miss matched hardware that people have felt fit to hide all over my bike.

Actually, for the record. I was fixing what the mechanic screwed up when he changed my timing chain. He missed by 1 tooth on the exhaust cam. From this point forward, monkeys can stay the hell away from my bike, I'll do it myself so I can screw things up proper!

Well, I got the engine out of the bike, took a LOT longer than an hour lol. Complete motorectomy Royal pain doing that solo I might add. I pulled the head, and after stripping 3 12mm sockets, 2 of which were 6 point, I wound up drilling one of the heads off of one of the bolts. Thing fought...

The bike ran "ok", just not "right" prior to starting this endeavor. I had the idle screw cranked to the hard stop and still only idling at 900. From my research, I went in to check the timing, and sure as snot, the exhaust cam was off by a tooth. The cams are properly timed now, and the bike...

Can you pull the head on the gen 2 without dropping the motor? I screwed up putting intake cam in, used the wrong alignment marks, and I'm prity sure I bent a valve doing it.

The new sensor came in and was installed. The bike is still having issues. I even swapped out the ECU again, and still no love. I'm starting to think it might be time to sell

Beauty marks. My Venture Royal had a ton of em after 13 years

Check out the link in my sig. It shows how I undercut the dogs and slots on the existing gears in an XS1100. It's not as hard as many believe it to be.

The natural tendency of a straight cut gear dog is to push apart slightly. This is because the gears can twist slightly on the shafts. If the gears are in good shape, this is not an issue as the loads generated are not enough to separate them. However, when the gear dogs or slots wear and the...

No sir. I'm a working stiff. Still another 20 years tip I can retire. It was a labor of love.

Yup. I did that to an XS1100 by hand with a dremil. The results were excellent. It's in the link in my sig line if you're interested in how it's done.

Fail. Installed the new Thermosensor assembly, and the bike is still acting the same. I don't know where to look next.