The_Veg
D'OH!
My wife has a Toyota Rav4, the rear blade replacement is like a Chinese knot.
Be glad that that's what you have to put up with. A couple of years ago I realised a dream I'd had since childhood and bought myself a Lotus Esprit.
Just changing a belt can be a fairly involved job, since the belts are down the front of the engine, right behind the rear wall of the cockpit. Getting to the belts generally means that most of the stuff on the outside of the engine needs to be removed just to clear a path, and I often need to rig up something to lay on to reach into places like that:
Valve adjustments are a *MAJOR* pain in the ass, requiring not only all the steps described above but also the removal of the cam-housings from the head:
But it's all worth it on days like this:
All that said, I'm thinking about getting rid of it and finding myself another R1200GS.