Evening all, I started to commence the 20000 mile service, okay it's now at 23000, but anyway, I'm doing it slowly, during the day when I get home from work, work's quiet

, so making the best of the time.
Having removed the crash bars and all body parts, my back yard is looking like a Triumph body supplier

..I drained the tank, note to one's self, do not fill it next time before starting the work

, fortunately I found a clean container to drain the fuel into at one of my clients.
Tank drained, all connections disconnected, following other members posts on here for instruction / hints etc and said tank removed, I have to admit, I was a little surprised by the size of it, don't know why though.
Airbox removed, filter replaced, and laid to one side, again, surprised by how clean it was for the mileage.
Spark plugs removed and laid to one side.
Now the part of no return, I have to admit, and with a bit of trepidation, I removed the camshaft cover...fiddly I thought,. .crankshaft cover taken off, applied a 24mm socket and turned the engine over to I could measure the gap between the cam bucket and cam shaft, all according to the clearances given in the workshop manual, so happy day's, I celebrated with a cup of tea

..It's at this point I must say, I'm doing this work outdoors in the cold

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Anyway, I refitted the cam and crankshaft covers using new gaskets, and also the plug tower seals, torqued everything back up and installed new spark plugs, and called it a day for today.
I can't express how happy I am with the valve clearances, my local Triumph dealer quoted me £250 -£300 to do this, the price included parts I will say, on top of that price would of been a fee of £50 to collect and return the bike, they are 5 minutes from me

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If I can get finished early tomorrow I will continue, failing that it will be the weekend. I feel it's taking me a while to get it done, but doing bits every now and then, and with no garage, I think I'm doing okay.
I'm not mechanically trained, but have a mechanical background. I have worked on a few vehicles, rebuilt engines etc, this is the first time for me to do such involved work on a motorbike give me a Scania V8 engine any day lol.
All I believe left to do is, check / lubricate the headstock, and replace the engine oil / filter, and petrol filter, then rebuild the bike.
The final drive oil was drained and replace, and rear suspension bearings were all greased before me and the wife took the bike across Europe last August, so I'm happy not to do these this time around.
All parts I have used are Genuine Triumph, I fitted 1 spark plug then decided to photo them

It say on the air filter packet, to be fitted by a trained mechanic, so I must be trained

The water on the cover still frozen at 2pm, we had blue sky's, and the sun was shining





