How do I remove the quitening gears ?

[skinnydog0_0]

Its easy mate and no cutting required.
Remove cams and they are only held in with a circlip. Once its been removed slide off the thinner gear along with the spring and locating dowels.

Did the same with my engine.
you need to remove parts; 9, 10, 11 and 26, 27, 29

http://www.cmsnl.com/honda-rvf400rt-nc3 ... t/E03.html

But it would be worth doing the shims while you have the engine out

[skinnydog0_0]

What about the lower ones James???

The loss'es you get from the lower gears is minimal, now they are not attached at the cams.
EDIT: Just leave them in place

[reverse cylinder jim]

Good point, but does the bottom one really need to be removed? I left them in as they wont mesh into anything so will not add any drag to the motor if that makes sense?

Edit, You beet me to it mate

[Jamboy]

Do you have to shim up the cam drive sprocket then to stop it moving on the cam??

[reverse cylinder jim]

Do you have to shim up the cam drive sprocket then to stop it moving on the cam??

I never shimmed/adjusted anything. All seems to be fine

[skinnydog0_0]

Do you have to shim up the cam drive sprocket then to stop it moving on the cam??

I didn't with mine, it's a pretty snug fit so there shouldn'y be to much movement.
It does make it sound like a bag of spanners compared to having them in though.

You beat me to it this time
We need to have some buzzers, like they have on a game show

[Drunkn Munky]

What about the lower ones James???

The loss'es you get from the lower gears is minimal, now they are not attached at the cams.
EDIT: Just leave them in place

You left them in think about all that weight that could be saved

[Jamboy]

Spoke to my Brother again and the ones he cut off was on his RC30 now wether there different I don't know.
But still will be looking in to this because I like the noise it makes

[reverse cylinder jim]

Do you have to shim up the cam drive sprocket then to stop it moving on the cam??

I didn't with mine, it's a pretty snug fit so there shouldn'y be to much movement.
It does make it sound like a bag of spanners compared to having them in though.

You beat me to it this time
We need to have some buzzers, like they have on a game show

Yeah it even seems to change the exhaust note also
Mine used to pass noise tests until i removed them, now it sounds like its trying to eat itself

[Jamboy]

Do you have to shim up the cam drive sprocket then to stop it moving on the cam??

I didn't with mine, it's a pretty snug fit so there shouldn'y be to much movement.
It does make it sound like a bag of spanners compared to having them in though.

You beat me to it this time
We need to have some buzzers, like they have on a game show

Yeah it even seems to change the exhaust note also
Mine used to pass noise tests until i removed them, now it sounds like its trying to eat itself

It'll be exhaust repacked before each track outting afterwards lol.