1. I live in CT now where i own a 95 cbr f3 but i plan on moving down to florida sometime and was wondering, because of the elevation difference, will my bike need some carb work.

2. Is there any way to just listen and hear if your bike needs a valve adjustment or are you just supposed to check it at certain intervals after the recommended mileage?

any ones input is welcome, thanks

 

Well firstly welcome to the CBR Forum John,

I'm unsure about the carby work. What is the difference in elevation to Florida?

Valve clearances are usually at a set interval, unless you have noticed a drop off in power or over-revved the engine (missed gear badly etc).

Cheers, SB

 

CT is like 2k something and florida is about 400 or something like that, i did forget to mention my bike has just over 20k on it and the recommended is 16k i think to check the valves.. i bought it with 15.8 and the guy said he had checked them already and they were fine, the power is still great and the way it runs is still the same as when i first got it

 

1) theres no elevation anywhere in florida. i wouldn't worry about it. unless you live on a mountain, it won't be that big of a difference


2) you need to check. bucket shim valves tend to get tight, not get loose - and therefore, do NOT make a noise that you can hear.

 

i think my info on the elevation is wrong haha but thank you i have enough info to figure everything out

 

where you living in florida? orlando is only like 100ft. - and that's center of the state

where i live (and im not close to the beach) is 15ft above sea level.


i guess parts of central northern florida are higher but still it's only like 200ft.


i still wouldn't worry too much... maybe just a real small partial turn of the pilot screws



i think the service interval for the next check of valves is 24-25k miles. but it never hurts to check. all you need is a set of feeler gauges to check them

 

i'd be moving to port saint lucie, south florida, here in connecticut theres a lot of hills but i wouldnt say i live on a mountain.. there's really no other signs other than actually going under the cams and measuring? i really dont want to send it to honda and have them rape me or buy the tools and do it all myself

 

If it was my bike I'd check them myself just to be sure. He may have just been saying that to get you to believe that he'd taken pristine care of the bike. At any rate, if you check them yourself you'll KNOW they have been checked.

As far as the carbs, I doubt they were adjusted for 2,000' elevation (which isn't high enough to make any difference from sea level anyway) and so returning back to sea level isn't going to negatively affect how it runs.

 

Very true, I'd just rather not take all the time to take apart my bike and check. I work too much and barely have any time now. I've read so many things too of people saying how on the same bike they've gone a lot more miles than 20k and never needed an adjustment. Obviously everyone rides differently and idk exactly how it was driven before i got it, but with me its never touched the redline ( i hit 12k once ) and i always warm it up properly and run synthetic. When i changed the oil at 19k it wasnt very dirty at all and when i bought it, it had just gotten an oil change, or so the guy says again lol. I do have a d&d slip on which idk if that changes anything. All i do know is she runs good and the power is still the same as when i first got it