I have 37000 on the clock and I'm sorry to say that I distrust all dealerships. I'm afraid they really have earned their reputation.

I had a few jobs I wanted to do like block the ais pipe, spark plug, fit a speedo healer etc so I thought I would do the valve clearances at the same time. Glad I did now.

After adjusting them once and hearing a large taping noise. I decided to dismantle the whole bike again and recheck. Good job I did follow my intuition because they were way out. It was my first time so It turns out I was using the feelers the wrong way. Kind of overthinking it. It's really incredible simple.

Any put my bike together again and now the rev meter has gone up by just under 500 rpm in neutral. So they were clearly way of the mark. I thought it was strange when I adjusted the idle speed a few months ago because it required quite a few rotations.

One thing I recommend is to replace all the bolts and washers along the way. I had like 4 or 5 snap on me whilst tightening to below the torque specification. Unbelievable it's made out of complete .....

Agreed! Much more fun to do it yourself anyway.

I'll let you know :P

Thanks for the tip, ordering a set of stainless engine bolts later.