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<blockquote data-quote="MCRIDER007" data-source="post: 664071" data-attributes="member: 329"><p>As a C14 owner, I spend a fair amount of time lurking on the C14 forums and except for the valve adjustment intervals, there doesn't seem to be that much difference between the the C14 and FJR maintenance schedules.</p><p></p><p>The C14 calls for a 15K interval for valve checks in the US and Canada models but 24K everywhere else. The difference is a mystery, some think it is because emissions requirements related to the US models not having a closed loop FI system, others think it is the quality of gas in the US. It appears that about half of the C14s require some shim changes at the first valve check but once adjusted they hold their clearances very well and can easily go 25K between checks. The procedure itself requires removing a lot of parts to get to the valve cover but doesn't take that much time after the initial learning process. Fred Harmon has documented all the C14 maintenance requirements in a DVD collection and those who have followed his procedures say that everything is pretty straight forward for anyone with basic mechanic skills.</p><p></p><p>To date, only a couple of C14 riders have passed the 50K mark so the C14's long term reliability is yet to be established.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MCRIDER007, post: 664071, member: 329"] As a C14 owner, I spend a fair amount of time lurking on the C14 forums and except for the valve adjustment intervals, there doesn't seem to be that much difference between the the C14 and FJR maintenance schedules. The C14 calls for a 15K interval for valve checks in the US and Canada models but 24K everywhere else. The difference is a mystery, some think it is because emissions requirements related to the US models not having a closed loop FI system, others think it is the quality of gas in the US. It appears that about half of the C14s require some shim changes at the first valve check but once adjusted they hold their clearances very well and can easily go 25K between checks. The procedure itself requires removing a lot of parts to get to the valve cover but doesn't take that much time after the initial learning process. Fred Harmon has documented all the C14 maintenance requirements in a DVD collection and those who have followed his procedures say that everything is pretty straight forward for anyone with basic mechanic skills. To date, only a couple of C14 riders have passed the 50K mark so the C14's long term reliability is yet to be established. [/QUOTE]
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