Wr426 valves

[gerryg]

Hi, iv'e been riding my 426 for about a year now (I LOVE IT) and this past weekend 2 of the valves broke. Bike standing now. I've head that you can replace the titanium valves with stainless steel ones. Has anybody done this and is it worth it????? Please help.

[grayracer513]

Yes, you can. Simply use the valves, springs and retainers from a 2000 model YZ426. The job will be much less expensive.

[honyam83]

I've just gotten mine done with SS valves not much time on it yet but it run great. It cost about one third the price of TI valves. I got seals, keepers, cotters, springs, and valves for around $150 dollars. I got this all from hondaeastoledo.com.

Good luck

[TIG88]

Besides cost, do SS valves offer any other advantage to Ti ones?

[grayracer513]

Compared to Yamaha OEM Titanium, no, not really.

[honyam83]

I have read that they last longer, they will wear more quickly initially , but you can squeeze more life out of them. They are heavier though.