Just finished my (progressive)30K maintenance on the 2010 R12GS. New air filter, change trans lube, Brake flush (thanks Ed), new spark plugs, & valve adjust. Only took me 3K miles to complete it all, lol.
But to my point, which Don (and maybe Kpax) might be interested in since he also has a camhead-GS: the "valve adjust" turned out to be just another "valve check", the 3rd one since new. I really like this, and in reading the forums I see that many others also are not having to actually adjust the valves (uses shims). My clearances have remained somewhere in the middle of the acceptable ranges, so its just a 5 minute check with a feeler gauge and its done. But its listed as a "must-do" in the BMW maintenance schedule (every 6K). I just wonder how many are ever *really checked by a dealer at service intervals, at least for the first 20-30K.....? A wonderful profit center for the mothership, I am sure.
Don, are you doing your own? Have you had to buy any shims yet?
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