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Originally Posted by MMARSH View Post
Congrats. I have the same skidplate on mine. I really enjoy the bike. 6 of us did the Oregon BDR back in July/August. Bikes worked great. Check your valve clearance way sooner then recommended. EVERY ONE of my friends that have the 790/890s were out of spec. One 890 in as little as 4000 miles. Pretty well known issue, but just a heads up. ALSO the stock airbox sucks, but I'm not sure if they improved it on the latest 890.
Ive heard the same. While spec is like 10k miles my buddy says his were tight at 5k. Tight valves nearly ruined our trip when we did the CO-UT-AZ BDR 2 years ago. The infamous single cylinder start combined with tight valves meant 2-5 hour delays each morning getting one to start.

I'm probably gonna do mine at 4k and see where they are at.

Just did the SM500 on mine - that was where the photo was from.
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