Lannis
Cruisin' Guzzisti
Still on the same old Stelvio, must have been ground pretty good at that mileage. Nice to know they did a good job for you.
The shop showed me the old tappets when I came in - (but I don't think I have the photos). I was a bit worried whether Piaggio would "play ball" for the kit on the basis of damage because the valve lash adjustment had changed only about .0015" on the exhausts and less than that on the intakes over the life of the bike (I had just checked them before I took it in) so I knew that the tappets were not grinding themselves away significantly. The tappet surfaces were discolored but were still intact and smooth and didn't appear to have lost any material. I was probably "just in time" - and thank goodness for these kinds of forums, because I wouldn't have done anything if I hadn't been reading all about it from every other soul on earth who owned a pre-2012 8-valver ...... !
I suspect that regular 10K km AGIP oil changes and some mechanical sympathy while riding may have helped it survive .... ?
Lannis
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