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It was a trip I'll remember, both bad and good, for a long time. It was an ironbutt ride. I did the 1500 in 36 hours 6 years ago with my uncle and wanted to do another. I'd like to do the 1500 in 24 but I think I'll wait until I get a 1500 wing and longer, warmer, days.

I took a trip to visit my daughter and son in law in N.Logan, UT.. I left Houston and went to see the badlands and the devils tower before ending up in Casper, Wy. for the night, a distance of just under 1000 miles. The next day was the coldest I've ever ridden in. It started to rain/snow in...

I have a travelcade after market seat that I moved it as far back as I could without the front tab pulling out. It looks kind of ugly having the gap between the fake tank and the seat but whatever it takes for more room. I do have the footboards for highway pegs so I'm planning on tipping them...

I realized I never replied to how my valve repairs went. Once I got it timed correctly and adjusted the valves, I put it all together and have ridden almost 5000 miles so far this summer. I'm always getting over 42 mpg with it. I haven't gone on a ironbutt run yet but plan on it in the next...

Sometimes I feel like such an *****! Turns out I was using the indented timing mark and not the raised mark with the arrow pointing to it. Apparently, for people like me, Honda should make the mark glow like neon so they don't pick the wrong mark. At least I knew enough to try it out by hand...

Thanks for the replies! I took a look at the videos. I'll go over it tomorrow as I need to get to work. I agree, it can't be anything too bad. I'll write when I know more.

I am having problems with timing. I bought all the parts to repair the bent intake valves and installed new seals. I put a new head gasket in, the head on and torqued. Everything was going good until I re installed the timing belt and attempted to turn over the motor by hand. I went half a turn...

Thanks for the cheap valve spring compressor idea! I think I'll weld a washer on the top for the c-clamp to set on. I'll just have to make one today and get those valves out. I'm hoping that the valve guides are okay. That has to be a lot of pressure on them when something like this happens...

I took the head off and found both intakes bent. I searched the forum on here and found partsandmore.com which has intake valves for $10 each, not bad! I'm going to buy the valve seals for it also. The bike only has 40,000 miles so I didn't plan on replacing the exhaust as they didn't take a...

I just went out and took a better look. The cam gear turns only about an eighth, not a quarter, of a turn but there's about 1/16" of clearance between the front most intake valve and the rocker. Not a good sign. The adjusting screw and lock nut are tight so it didn't back off. I'm going to pull...

I need to buy a compression tester today to see what's going on. No, I haven't adjust the valves yet.

Hey everyone! Sure enjoy reading about these wonderful motorcycles here!! I bought a '82 GW in very good shape for $500 last fall. The guy I bought it from said he was going to install new timing belts but they were too long and now it wouldn't start.(oh boy...)But, for $500, I thought it was...