I got motivated to adjust my valves, it's been about 8-9 thou since the last adjustment. While cranking over the crank to the T mark. I noticed this. Look at the arrow on the intake cam. While the exhaust cam arrow looks flush, the intake looks up slightly. However, the 20 pin count is there, it just doesn't hit the same link shown in the 84 1150 factory manual. The top end hasn't been disturbed since I put a big bore kit in 2001. The exhaust pin above the 2/3 arrow looks right, but not on the intake. I also have a Haynes manual for the 1100, and there's an error in the photo for pin count from one page to the next. Last photo are the notches on the end of the cam relative to the arrows. In the manual shot, the exhaust cam notch looks up slightly. The bike has 93,000 miles on the clock and has been ridden hard this way for the last 10 years. I don't see how I could get the intake cam to hit that pin indicated in the manual without messing up the exhaust which looks right. What do you folks think?
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