I’m enjoying your videos a lot, so few servicing videos for Ws on TH-cam. If I may make a suggestion? For those that have little hands on experience with these bikes (mine’s a W800 Cafe) it would help to see the work carried out live rather than as a finished result as it will allow people to recall the processes more easily. I have found only one other video on timing for example but that was in Italian so couldn’t understand a word but he went through all the stages including shim replacement. Look forward to more content, thanks
Thanks for the suggestion. I know what you mean. In this particular video I didn’t need to do shim replacements, so that’s why I skipped explaining it. I’ll create another video specifically for when you need to replace the shims. In my other videos, if you see me fast forwarding the installation it is because I simply got so carried away that I forgot to record it Lol. 😂
You are giving some confusing information as to what position the pistons should be when checking the valves. This bike has a 360 degree crank so both pistons rise and fall together. But they fire 180 degrees apart! So when you say to adjust the valves at top dead center (tdc) you should add…TDC -on the compression stroke! Both pistons are at TDC at the same time, but one is on the compression stroke and the other is on the exhaust stroke. Always adjust valves on the compression stroke -only-! Never on the exhaust stroke.
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so strange, you put this video up on the day im doing a valve service on a friends W650 ! that is some good timing! thank you.
Glad I could help! Check out my other Winterization videos and like them 👍🏻
I’m enjoying your videos a lot, so few servicing videos for Ws on TH-cam. If I may make a suggestion? For those that have little hands on experience with these bikes (mine’s a W800 Cafe) it would help to see the work carried out live rather than as a finished result as it will allow people to recall the processes more easily. I have found only one other video on timing for example but that was in Italian so couldn’t understand a word but he went through all the stages including shim replacement. Look forward to more content, thanks
Thanks for the suggestion. I know what you mean. In this particular video I didn’t need to do shim replacements, so that’s why I skipped explaining it. I’ll create another video specifically for when you need to replace the shims.
In my other videos, if you see me fast forwarding the installation it is because I simply got so carried away that I forgot to record it Lol. 😂
You are giving some confusing information as to what position the pistons should be when checking the valves. This bike has a 360 degree crank so both pistons rise and fall together. But they fire 180 degrees apart! So when you say to adjust the valves at top dead center (tdc) you should add…TDC -on the compression stroke!
Both pistons are at TDC at the same time, but one is on the compression stroke and the other is on the exhaust stroke. Always adjust valves on the compression stroke -only-! Never on the exhaust stroke.
You are right, I should’ve said on compression stroke! Yes, good catch. I will add some *text in the video to fix this. Thank you.
Thanks very much this was very well explained
what year is your w800? i hear the later versions are more difficult to check clearances.
Mine is a 2001 W650
How many miles or kms on your w650?
At the time I did this valve check I had 49,000km or ~35,000mi. Now I have 51,000km.
by kawasaki and your becom a motor mechanic
I owned a KTM and Honda and always did my own maintenance. 🧑🔧 So much fun! Who needs riding when you can wrench and then ride?!