Wee STROM maintenance questions Organization: Reply-To:

Wee STROM maintenance questions Organization: Reply-To:

I am thinking about buying a Suzuki 650 V STROM. How easy is this
cycle to work on? I am especially curious about adjusting the valves
on the rear cylinder. Does this motorcycle have any odd maintenance
quirks that would be better to know about before hand?

Thank you.

Re: Wee STROM maintenance questions Organization: Reply-To:

Ben Scott <benscott@nwlink,com > wrote:

> I am thinking about buying a Suzuki 650 V STROM. How easy is this
> cycle to work on? I am especially curious about adjusting the valves
> on the rear cylinder. Does this motorcycle have any odd maintenance
> quirks that would be better to know about before hand?
>
Leave it to a dealer if you don't know how to do it yourself. It's a
straightforward design and easy to work on.

The valves are adjusted by shims, and the shims are under the buckets,
so you have to displace the cams to access them. This is time-consuming
but OTOH the clearances stay put for a decent time, so it's not like it
has to be done frequently.


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Re: Wee STROM maintenance questions Organization: Reply-To:

On 2008-03-16, The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Ben Scott <benscott@nwlink,com > wrote:
>
>> I am thinking about buying a Suzuki 650 V STROM. How easy is this
>> cycle to work on? I am especially curious about adjusting the valves
>> on the rear cylinder. Does this motorcycle have any odd maintenance
>> quirks that would be better to know about before hand?
>>
> Leave it to a dealer if you don't know how to do it yourself. It's a
> straightforward design and easy to work on.
>
> The valves are adjusted by shims, and the shims are under the buckets,
> so you have to displace the cams to access them. This is time-consuming
> but OTOH the clearances stay put for a decent time, so it's not like it
> has to be done frequently.
>
>

Thanks, this is just what I wanted to know. I have done ajustments on
a couple bikes, but I understand on some you need to take the engine
out to remove the camms. No thanks! I did that once and have no desire
to repeat the exercise.

Re: Wee STROM maintenance questions Organization: Reply-To:

Ben Scott <benscott@nwlink,com > wrote:

> Thanks, this is just what I wanted to know. I have done ajustments on
> a couple bikes, but I understand on some you need to take the engine
> out to remove the camms. No thanks! I did that once and have no desire
> to repeat the exercise.

I can't think of any engine that has to be removed before you can shift
the cams, except for the early SOHC Honda CB750 and the similar-era
Honda CB450/500 twins, and those didn't have shim & bucket adjustment
anyway.

Oh.... maybe some early Ducati bevel-drive vees? Not sure about them.

So I'd say you were barking up the wrong tree.

I repeat: you have to displace the cams. This is not the same as
removing the whole engine from the bike.


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BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells.....
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