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General Discussion / Re: KPIPE 2017 MODS/UPGRADES/TIPS?
« on: August 10, 2017, 12:56:21 AM »
.05mm/.002" for the valve clearance.

The oil screen is in the crankcase. You have to remove the right side cover (where the brake pedal and kickstand are) to get to it. I haven't cracked it open myself; I know there's at least one person here who has, so maybe he'll chime in. Maybe it's easy, but I decided so far that it's not worth the effort and risk of losing something tiny that might be difficult to replace. My perhaps not-so-great compromise is to change the oil every 500 miles and keep my fingers crossed that if something hard gets caught by that screen, it's gonna stay there. I look up thru the drain plug hole whenever I change the oil and the screen looks clean. I might try poking a USB borescope down the oil fill hole next time I change oil.

By the way, I haven't seen any K-Pipe activity on this forum for many months. Where is everybody?

Thank you for the reply, I will pop it apart on my next oil change and give her a once over.  On bikes that don't have oil filters I like to change them ever 1000...  Not like a quart of oil costs that much, even less for the 15w40 rotella I am using which meets wet clutch/ motorcycle specs.

I think I will call the dealer and get the valve clearance specs.

Do they even make a service manual for this thing?

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General Discussion / Re: KPIPE 2017 MODS/UPGRADES/TIPS?
« on: August 07, 2017, 07:20:57 PM »
New Kpipe owner here...  Couple questions...

Where is the oil screen located?

What are the valve clearance specs?

I just did my first 300 mile oil change and didn't feel like tearing stuff apart to find the oil screen without knowing ahead of time.  I want to check the valves but couldn't find the measurement specs.  I will probably have to call my dealer for those.

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