I was surprised to find how tight the valves were when I took the cover off them today.
The intakes (all 4 of them) had "NO" movement with the engine stone cold and the exaust (all 4 of them) only had a barely feel able play. This is the first time I've had the valve cover off .
The two Meteors (350+650) I have now are the second and third "New" bikes I've ever had . The first was a Guzzi ... but ... that was a totally different animal ya might say .
Could it be that the valves seated deeper into the valve seats as the engine broke-in and in doing so loss all the free play they had ?
Or
The factory just didn't leave enough gap to begin with ?
The 650 is close to a thousand miles now.
Did you other fellers find the valve gaps to be too tight ?
I put them at .10mm and .20mm instead of .08 and .18mm , there isn't any valve noise and the bike seems to idle in 1st gear a little stronger now (no more lugging/jerking - on flat ground).