610 valve clearances, 0.05mm !

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Grumpy Mutt
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Ok so after replacing my cam chain I checked the valves at the same time. All the specs says 0.002 inches which translates to 0.05mm. That is very fine, the smallest I had on my feeler gauge and by far the tightest on any bike I have owned. So being clever I decided to set them to 0.10mm or 0.006 inches. Loose valves are happy valves right ? Well on start up the top end is really noisy, no doubt it's the valves. Bike runs fine but the mechanical noise is overwhelming. Anyone checked yours and what did you set them at ?
 
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