valve clearance and lobe height

o.k. guys i have moved past the torgue on the cam bolts and have checked my valve clearance and lobe height.as far as i can tell my lobe height is 1.415 - 1.405 can you tell me how i determine what motor i have(probably a dumb question)i have a kz1000p 2001 yr according to the clymer manual it looks good for an k,or m but i always thought this was a j-motor??i also could not get .001 in or 04mm on one of my valve clearances and i had .003in (.08mm)on 3 and .004in(.10mm)on one,and .0015in(.04mm)on one,.002in(.06mm)on one,.005in(.13mm)on the last one!so i will be moving shims but i noticed on the one with no tolerance a little discoloration but still got 1.414 on the lobe height.

how you get the lift measurement is measure the width of the base circle and subtract that from overall height of the cam.

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o.k. well i am a newbe and have no clue on some of that but according to my manual if i measured correctly my lobe height is no good.clymers says 1.449intake and 1.433 exhaust for j model cam lobes.i used a set of calipers and may not have held them correctly?thanks alot for the info! i will recearch some of that while i have my valve cover off.

all motors from 1981 on are called j motors but they are set up differently for the different types of chassis standards or what they call the j has the highest lift cams except of course the gpz the spectre , csr , ltd and apperently the cop bike has the lowest lift cams

can you tell me the best in your opinion valve shim removal tool!the ones i see do not list my bike yr which is 2001 kz1000p?