rant away big fella.
what he said. testa give me the shits, and all the cleaning just drives me nuts. at least 1098 only have caps on the rh side. nothing like trying the get the collets back onto the horiz inlet valves on a testa to make you work a little blue.
you can pull the 1098 rad out to the lh to save taking it all out, like an 888, but do you have to remove the air runners to get to the mounts? I forget now. and there's always a good reason to pull an 848/1098/1198 airbox off: to shake all the dirt out of it.
altho, doing the cam timing on a testa is easy, esp with the factory lift tool. it's way cool.
desmoquattro are much easier to work on, even if the vertical exhaust access is a little tight on the drop cam ones.
I generally find 2v a little therapeutic. except when I have to get medieval removing shims.
Thanks Speeddog and Brad for the information on the 4V. I haven't ever had the chance to work on one or really take a close look at how they are put together. I have been thinking about picking one up to tinker with but I thought the new ones would be easier to work on. Perhaps, the ol' 900ie is enough.
