V9 Valve clearances

[tris]

My reading says that the valve clearances should be set to 4 thou inlet and 6 thou exhaust.

However I see multiple recommendations here that it should be 6 & 8 respectively and I believe that Todd uses this base for his maps

I just wondered why the recommendation to move away from the makers manual.
What is the advantage?

Plus if have a bog standard map on my Roamer so is 6 & 8 a good plan

 

[GTM®]

See the sticker under the seat. Spec is .006/.008" except North America only as I understand it.

 

[tris]

Mhhh, it's a UK bike and sticker under seat only shows tyre pressures
I shall do some further research

 

[GTM®]

Mhhh, it's a UK bike and sticker under seat only shows tyre pressures
I shall do some further research

Post of photo of the sticker.

 

[DeadEye]

So ( me guessing ) the valve settings change based on tuning for the emissions in the region your in ?

 

[V700Steve]

No, it's cause they want them quiet, no noise. They also tried it in 09 on the V7C, didn't work, burnt valves. I made all smallblocks sold from our dealerships .006 & 8. No matter what their book said. Their engineers weren't born yet when they had issues in 1978. Some of their mistakes happen more than once.

 

[tris]

Picture of the label .
I've also gone through the owners manual that came with the bike.....nothing
I suspect that the workshop manual I found online was for the US bikes hence 4/6 thou
So, is the agreed wisdom that 6/8 is the way to go?

 

[coondog]

I've got the v7iii carbon shine, and mine's the same as @tris - nothing under the seat except tyre pressures. Am about to check valves, so would be good to know whether it's 4/6 or 6/8 thou. Cheers!

 

[scottmastrocinque]

I highly doubt that there would be different values for this regardless of the country.

 

[GTM®]

I’ve posted this before somewhere. I have these two bikes in my shop right now... First below is from a 2019 V7 III. Second is a 2021 V7-850. Unless the 853cc motor has titanium valves, I’ll check that next, no reason not to use the looser tolerances as they make more power on the dyno that way too.