Concours disassembly, trying to find the engine - Shop Time #5

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I finally sat down and started tearing in to the the 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14 (known to me as Sora). Having bought her used I'm unsure of the maintenance history. So I'm taking the time to check/adjust the valve clearance, flush the cooling system, change the spark plugs, and while everything is taken apart I'll be install a shiny new canyon cage.
This is going to be my first valve check on a dual overhead cam four cylinder sport bike, I've done valve checks on other bikes and quads, but those have been much simpler machines without so much to them.
But before I can do any of that, I need to get to the engine, and it is buried under all the fairings, covers, panels, plastics, half the frame and about a million miles of wires. This video is about 2 hours of work shrunk down to a YouTube size bite.
If the valve check does not look so good then I will need to do an adjustment on the valves. There is one thing to say about the Concours 14, there sure is a lot of junk in the trunk. Even with all the work involved here, I still love my Concours and will enjoy many more long years with her.



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