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  1. Douglas

    Sell my Roadster...?

    NOT ON YOUR LIFE!! I thought I would provide an update on my Rocket issues for those interested in such topics, and to let @DEcosse know again how much I appreciate the help he and others provided. The title of my thread comes from the attitude and response of a few locals (the service manager...
  2. Douglas

    Rocket Update

    My apologies to @DEcosse for dropping off the forum while he was so patiently attempting to get me back on the road. I was T-Boned by a red light runner on my way to work and had my just paid off, low mileage Tacoma totaled. I am generally ok but wading through the process of getting another...
  3. Douglas

    JUST DONE!

    Here is a very disturbing update on my electrical issue...just off the phone with the dealer and the service manager actually told me, and I do not kid you these were his exact words..."these electrical issues with triumph motorcycles are known and when after considerable attempts to solve them...
  4. Douglas

    First Triumph gets you addicted, then they cut you off!

    I wont drone on about the Rocket, we are all here for the same reason...it is the love of a big cruiser matched up with oh-so-much fun torque and horsepower that forms the addiction. I just wish that, like my Honda Valkyrie, every time I punched the starter it just lit up. History: 2010...
  5. Douglas

    "Cycle world" magazine...

    ...Not gone but it might as well be. I get 2 industry publications..."Motorcycle News" and "Cycle World" and when I received my latest issue of cycle world I about fell out of my chair. I mean, I am all for motorcycles as art but the changes have turned it into a completely different...
  6. Douglas

    "Cycle world" magazine...

    ...Not gone but it might as well be. I get 2 industry publications..."Motorcycle News" and "Cycle World" and when I received my latest issue of cycle world I about fell out of my chair. I mean, I am all for motorcycles as art but the changes have turned it into a completely different...
  7. Douglas

    Darth Vader Beckons...

    ....And I struggle to resist the "Dark Side." Here in Alaska the resources for obtaining a 240 tire seem to be getting fewer and fewer and now after spending hours looking through "The tire" books at various shops I see that some of the usual manufactures have stopped offering rear tires for my...
  8. Douglas

    New ride in the quiver!

    Hey Folks-Just bought a 1999 Honda Valkyrie, Orange and Black with 10K miles on it. Beetle bags to match the paint, cobra 6 into 6 exhaust, corbin stinger saddle, and a few extra gauges on it. I paid 5K for it and have only seen it in pictures...living in Alaska, the Valk will be my East coast...
  9. Douglas

    Tires/Tyres

    I know this is a "Beat to Death" subject, and honestly as a Librarian I spent some time searching the forum as well as google but after spending a half hour going in and out of tire threads I will just ask and see if someone can help. I just want a basic list of what my options are other than...
  10. Douglas

    Bound to happen sooner or later...

    ...Pretty bummed out, but it could have been worse. My first and hopefully last speeding ticket. I thought I had all the unmarked cops in my mental inventory (We don't have many highways and thus I tend to twist the wick on a particular roadway) but somehow this afternoon managed to go by a...
  11. Douglas

    Learned something new with the "Roadster"

    Hey folks...I just got back from a 3K mile ride around Nova Scotia with my "other bike" (2006 Concours-first time riding it) and while I enjoyed it quite a lot it was good to be back on the Rocket. Rode to work this morning...my new habit has been to lock the steering at the ignition, and...
  12. Douglas

    Came off the Roadster about an hour ago...

    ...Thats the bad news. The good news is that I was traveling very slowly so my only real injury (despite my pride) was a "bent back thumb" and some general soreness. I have not had a chance to fully evaluate bike damage as I am at work...but I learned something valuable about cast...
  13. Douglas

    Coming off...Protection below the waist?

    Hey folks...I searched the forum and did not come up with any threads I thought useful...I am getting ready to spring for pro below the waist and am finding that the possibilites are more varied than I anticipated. I guess choice is a good thing but am now bewildered by reviews and...
  14. Douglas

    Gasket Issue

    Hey Folks...After a 200 mile ride yesterday I noticed oil leaking from a gasket...judging from the manual I would say "Cam Cover" but quite honestly I am not sure if it might not be the head gasket. It's the gasket most visible above the headers and pretty shortly below the top of the motor. The...
  15. Douglas

    Got the big grin back!

    Here in Alaska, as you can imagine, we arent supposed to be able to start riding until early-mid April...due to a very low snow year and temps in the low 40's (farenheit for those at the bottom of the vast pacific ocean) I was able to "Unleash the beast" this last saturday March the 7th...
  16. Douglas

    I went with the "Connie"

    Thanks to all the great input in regards to my "Second" motorcycle-I ended up with the 2006 Concours with 33k miles. We will see how it turns out...my first ride on it will be this July when my sister and I tour through Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, and Newfoundland. We hope to spend three weeks...
  17. Douglas

    My next motorcycle?

    Hey Folks...I will be spending 3 weeks next summer touring around the Canadian Maritime Provinces with my sister (Proudly a Triumph rider!) and decided after checking out rental prices that it would be cheaper to buy a bike and leave it with her when I return back to Alaska and my Rocket. On...
  18. Douglas

    Roadster down...any comments? Advice?

    So my 2010 Roadster with 10k miles decided to stop charging the battery (brand new) and eventual diagnosis by the dealership indicated a bad "Stator" which I ended up getting for half the cost of OEM from "Ricks" motorsport electrical...even if I wanted to pay full price for OEM there apparently...
  19. Douglas

    Anchorage to Whitehorse

    Hello to any Rocket Riders in the Yukon territory...I was curious to know if any Canadian Rockets existed north of Toronto or Montreal. I am leaving Anchorage for Whitehorse on July 3rd and hope to be in Whitehorse by the 5th to meet up with a friend coming north from Milwaukee on a...
  20. Douglas

    Movie review

    Morning Captains...has anyone seen this new documentary "Why We Ride?" We have one of those "theater pubs" in town where you can see a film while drinking a beer and having pizza. I had great hope for the film as it was heavily promoted but ultimately was disappointed. I found it very...
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