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Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. @slowbird I’ll keep that in mind about the valves. The guy I bought it off of said to just hold off until 30k. I had just checked clearances on my RC and 6 of 8 were out. Exhaust were out by a fair amount at 16k. I presumed VFR would be same… I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it. First things first, get it tuned up and back on the road.

@Grum that Is roughly the plan. Bike is a looker but mechanically seems a bit neglected so needs a good once over. Fluids, plugs & filters. Has a new rectifier so hopefully electrical will hold until I can get VFRNess in next winter.

Here is the bike with panels hastily reattached. Best I can supply on short notice. Snapped the chain and pulled sprockets tonight. Frightening amount of crud built up around chain, a good dozen links were frozen, explains why the chain was rattling. Should have new drive installed by end of the week so I can get her on the road. glad to be aboard.

I've been on the forums for a couple few months gathering intel on maintenance issues, and nuances of the Gen 5. Patiently waiting and watching the classifieds in SoCal until a 17K mile '98 popped up down outside of San Diego. On test ride, the flapper valve scraping noise nearly scared me out of the sale but I figured out what it was. Got the bike back to shop and there are a couple of issues.... Exhaust seems too rich and chain needs replacing (it dances and rattles when on the center stand in gear). Besides that, it needs valves checked, all fluids replaced and I am going to give it the VFRNess. Chain & sprockets for now so I can ride it some this season. And the big tear down this winter, assuming we have one this year.