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Littlebuggles
Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 12:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hey all, Last October one of the screws holding the stock air box to the motor mount shook lose.
Well that little dear made its way into the front cylinder and bent a valve.

The dealership has completed the rebuild.

Getting to the point, I asked them to replace the valve springs while they were at it, and they didn't. Should I press the point? I can get over it if it's not a problem mechanically speaking. If they reused the old springs then every thing should function fine, right? Is a bike having 20K miles likely to need new springs?

Thanks,

-Mike
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Sparky
Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 03:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

98k street miles on a '96 S1 -- same top end! You shouldn't worry, unless you are racing or otherwise revving it hard.
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Littlebuggles
Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 10:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Cool, thanks for the input!
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