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    Spark Plug Blown Out?

    Might be worth converting over to a coil over plug ignition setup. I'm in the process of pricing this myself, I need new leads and am suspect on a coil. The price of a conversion is looking to be less than the price of a new round of leads and coils, and if you have a coil failure in the future...
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    Leaving cam cover off overnight?

    I checked mine recently too at 60,000kms and found them all spot, which is honestly what you would expect these days, the days of valvetrain wear or valve stretch are pretty much gone. It has been a long time since I've found any valve on any engine needing significant adjustment, and I'm...
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    In case anyone's interested...

    Poor bugger, going from a rocket to a Harley. I propose a minutes silence for his loss
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    Crazy ignition skip under load

    I'm having a similar issue and have been slowly working on it. I have seen one post where the issue was the fuel filter (sorry, I can't find it again) so that might be worth a shot, you seem to have chased all the other potential causes pretty well. I'll let you know if I ever find the issue...
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    Rocket is not a motorcycle one can ride in shorts

    You can ride a rocket in shorts, you can also burn yourself 6 times before you learn to not touch the exhaust with your legs. Ask me how I know this 😂
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    Panniers, why so difficult to obtain in New Zealand?

    It's not a regional issue, it's just a supply issues and one that seems to be bad for triumph general and specifically the rocket (which is somewhat understandable as it is made and sold in comparably low numbers). Triumph don't seem to hold a lot of stuff, so a lot of things are on "back...
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    Researching R3 Ultra 4 Possibilities

    Motorcycle transmissions are generally built light, especially compared to four-wheel drives. The difference in construction and use means they will tolerate certain types of abuse better than an automotive transmission, but will also not tolerate somethings an automotive transmission would...
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    Researching R3 Ultra 4 Possibilities

    I'm may be about to slaughter a few sacred cows here so hold onto your hats. Also, it would literally take volumes of books to fully explain these concepts so I'm well and truly short-handing this here, bear that in mind please. There is nothing magic about torque, power and torque are...
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    Time for a new ride

    The first model had a couple of big issues that resulted in things like transmission failures, or at least expensive repairs. Those things seemed to be largely addressed as time went on though. From what I've seen the current model has no serious issues. There was an issue with the rear brake...
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    Time for a new ride

    To try and offer some perspective, I've heard it said that Triumph is the most reliable of the European bike makers, and from what I've seen there aren't any major or frequent issues with the R3 generally speaking. With all that said though, a rocket really isn't about reliability or value for...
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    What? ....got scammed

    Even better, bombard them with emails pretending that we are potential scamees. Occupy them with pointless back and forth emails to waste their time. Every second they are occupied dealing with someone who knows they are scammers the less chance they have of ripping other people off, the fewer...
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    INJECTOR CLEANERS

    They aren't bull****, they are just rarely the magical fix people hope for. On occasion you will have a genuine injector issue that will be entirely resolved by a single dose, but that's not really the intended purpose of the stuff. It is designed to be used regularly to reduce fouling, and if...
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    2012 Roadster Handling

    Will do, it's due a service soon so I'll reset the forks as part of that and see if it makes any difference.
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    2012 Roadster Handling

    The roads where I lived are revoltingly straight and flat, it's a 2 hour ride to find a hill or corner 😪
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    2012 Roadster Handling

    I'm not sure what my opinion is worth here, but what you're describing sounds like my bike too, which I assumed was normal. My 2012 Roadster is the only rocket I've ever owned or ridden, and while I've got decades of riding on trail-bikes my road bike experiences is fairly limited. The bike...
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