I was wondering when other people were getting their valves adjusted and how far off they were?

I recently did my valve adjustment.
All valves where on the thight side of the range, on cyl 1 and 4 both exhaust valves where to tight and needed readjustment.
As far as i know valve play on these engines rarely go larger(?)
(Check out the "#4 intake valve faliure" thread) Link
Stock they use valve shime with 0,01 mm increment while the new ones have 0,05mm.
Have no idea how much it cost to get done, did it my self.

On my -05 R1 valve play just got better and better over time, but that's anoher engine (5-valve).

 

What is the date code on the side of the bike on the white tag? If it is a build date of 02/07 it sounds like you have a bad valve. I have the very same thing going on with my 07 R1. Only 9,379 miles and the bike is now junk. Yamaha knows about this but is unwilling to do a recall. I will never buy a Yamaha again! This is my 5th Yamaha, and it will now be my last. How could Yamaha sell something they know is going to fail? The cost to fix this valve problem with the 07 R1 from the shop is about $3,500. I am going to sell my R1 for scrap!

 

Mine was built 12/06.

 

OP - This may sound a bit odd, but which way did you turn the crank when going between cylinders? The service manual says counter clockwise, but the cam chain has a fit and attempts to jump a tooth when I tried it.

I assumed it was a misprint and went ahead with turning the crank clockwise (like every other Yamaha motor I've worked on) but I always like to confirm with people that have done it.

Thanks.

 

OP - This may sound a bit odd, but which way did you turn the crank when going between cylinders? The service manual says counter clockwise, but the cam chain has a fit and attempts to jump a tooth when I tried it.

I assumed it was a misprint and went ahead with turning the crank clockwise (like every other Yamaha motor I've worked on) but I always like to confirm with people that have done it.

Thanks.

Oops, saw your post very late.
As you said i had to turne the crank clockwise (seen from the right side of the bike), just as you said the cam chain would jump the cogs when turning ccw.
Don't know if it stop doing that after first start but the tensioner is oil pressure assisted so it's possible it will keep jumping over if you turn ccw without oilpressure?

 

Mine were out at 4k miles when I first stripped the engine. Its fairly easy to check them takes a bit more time though to do them.