Topic: lightened cb750 rocker arms, worth the time and trouble and can I do it myself?

[bucky katt]

like the title says, is it worth lightening the rocker arms and is it something i can tackle in my garage?

[JohnG]

IMO:  unless you had a different camshaft that required extremely high RPMs, no.

[lordmoonpie]

Don't know about doing it yourself but I'd say it's worth it if you have high lift cams. Might be worth a PM to kos to get his expert take on things here as he sells lightened rocker arms for race bikes...

[MRieck]

I think the money would be better spent hardwelding the rocker pads

[kghost]

I think the money would be better spent hardwelding the rocker pads

+1

[fishhead]

Word

+1
 (that would be Word-Word)

 It doesnt really look like much has been removed on the M3 lightened units and it could probably be done at home. I have also seen them where the rib on the backs were ground down a little and was also radiused to get rid of the sharp edge.

M3 rockers

[bucky katt]

i figured, if the rockers were lighter, the spring pressures can be lightened (when i go to a larger cam) thats how i kept valve train wear down when i hot-rodded air cooled vw's. i could run a much lighter spring in the motors i could spin to 7000-8000 revs by using the alloy rockers and titanium retainers. it made for a longer lasting street motor and less frequent valve adjustments.