My thoughts on a solid setup. Lash it a few times early on and get a feel for it. Once its set it really shouldn't move unless there is a problem. You will learn what it sounds like and will know if it needs attention. Know that long highway drives usually add to the noise from the prolonged heat soak that isn't normally present in main street cruisers. Mine usually needs some tiny adjustment to make me feel good, and I mean tiny, tiny enough that it could easily be chalked up to the engine position not being 100% the same as when it was set last time. That is a downside to checking it using the EOIC method and the starter I suppose.

If I drove my solid roller car daily I would probably check it once a month. It takes me 5-10 minutes at most to zip the covers off and run through the valves.



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