Tim's Motorcycle Diaries

TMD was a blog about motorcycle travel, photography and mechanics written by former millwright & IT technician who became a technology teacher. It was well read in its time, but that time has passed and the blog is closed thanks to lousy internet marketing schemes and AI. Good luck in the brave new world. Do yourself a favour and get off the screen and go do something IRL.

Saturday, 26 April 2025

Kawasaki Concours C14 1400GTR Valve Check Finished! (finally)

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 It took the better part of four months over the winter thanks to lots of work travel stretching things out, but the C14 is back together ag...
Friday, 18 April 2025

Kawasaki Concours C14 1400GTR Valve Check Part 3.2: frame reassembly after a valve job

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 Some pictures to help me put this complicated 3d puzzle back together again properly. https://www.kawasaki.com/en-us/owner-center/parts/512...
Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Kawasaki Concours C14 1400GTR Valve Check Part 3.1 - References for putting the plugs back together again on top of the valve cover

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Tools for finding what goes where (it's spaghetti in there!). The comprehensive disassembly video shared previously:  https://youtu.be/5...
Saturday, 29 March 2025

Kawasaki Concours C14 1400GTR Valve Check Part 3 - Putting it back together again

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It's a slow process putting all this back together again. Even with a prolific number of photos and copious notes here on the blog I...
Tuesday, 4 February 2025

Kawasaki Concours C14 1400GTR Valve Check Part 2.4 - Cams out, shims measured!

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 After what seems like weeks of disassembly (because it has been), the C14 valve job is finally turning the corner back towards reassembly! ...
Sunday, 2 February 2025

Kawasaki Concours C14 1400GTR Valve Check Part 2.3 - confirmed gaps, next up is cam removal and shim measuring

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I was busy at work with conferences, but got back for a Sunday afternoon in the garage. I'm trying out a new kerosene heater that seems ...
Tuesday, 21 January 2025

Kawasaki Concours C14 1400GTR Valve Check Part 2.2 - the cams are coming out

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 I was (of course) hoping that the valves would all be in spec, but after a first round of measurements that is (of course) not the case, so...
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