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How is this look accomplished? Are there years/models that come with a chrome/grey engine block, or is this sandblasted, etc?

So I just put on a new slipon muffler. small yet fairly open. I was letting her idle a bit to cook off the crap in the muffler. When I came back to the bike, the temp light was on. I shut her down and grabbed my laptop and hooked up TuneECU to get a reading. 128C!!!! WTF!?!?!?! I heard the fan...

2013 r3t. 4000 miles Stock exhaust, running Power-Tripp tune. Just removed the stock air filter and plenum, replaced with triple K&N filters under the bearclaw. Now when I accelerate it sounds like a tweety bird is trying to escape from the engine. (Or exactly like an early 1970s VW Beetle.)...

Hi Folks! I know some of you here are a lot more techincally inclined then I am regarding engines and stuff, but I am always trying to learn! I was just curious about something I've noticed between my car and my bike. My Car has a 2.5L i4 in it, and my Rocket has a 2.3L i3 in int. When I drive...

I was just killing time watching YouTube videos when I spotted a R3 engine in a OC/ Jessie James looking custom bike. Just thought you guys might find it interesting. The bike is at about 19:00 into the video.

Can anyone help me? I ride in Arizona where temps in the summer are always over 100. The heat from the engine burns my leg so much that it spoils the fun. I was looking for something to wrap around the right leg to keep it cool in the heat. Thanks Ghost

Hi I would like a set of engine bars, the new design 32mm ones and a set of highway pegs and mounts, so if any one in Aus has some for sale please send me a PM or email me at flyreels@hotmail.com Cheers Pete

I bought these from a German seller, I installed them and preferred the more streamline look without the bars, so here they are $200 plus shipping They are for the rocket roadster

Rocket starts, runs normal, can shift into first gear (and all gears). However, when I straighten the handlebars from the left-leaning, parked position to the 11 o'clock position; the engine cuts out. With the engine off but the electrical system energized w/ the cut-off switch and key to RUN...

Hi all - I have a question I hope someone can answer. I just installed Truck-lite headlight & spots and a Stebel horn. I did have the gages unplugged. Battery was disconnected for about 10 minutes. After I started it - Gas gage didn’t read and check engine light came on. I checked connections to...

Hi all... Back in November 2014 my second gear went belly up and I could not use it at all. I had to ride shifting from 1st to 3rd and that can be dangerous when you forget. At the same time I was having bad luck with aftermarket grips, because the cable connections break. Anyway, back to the...

As some of you know, I recently bought an engine off ebay for 300 bucks. Heck of a deal, couldn't pass it up. Yesterday I finally got to start tearing into it. Here's the results so far:

Ordered my 1.5 inch bars from Fast Eddy Sports today, highway pegs next. Also bought a set of the extended seat removal bolts. Got to get some air time.

Has anyone had a very load rattle when cold from the right hand lower rear of the engine that dissapears when warm

Nobody on this forum could be more ignorant about the fine points of motorcycle mechanics than me--I just like to run 'em--but in the process of deciding whether to buy the autotune accessory for my Powercommander 5 I've encountered some information that made me ask the question: Do we all need...

Hi all! just bought my 2008 rocket touring and has done just over 15 k on the clock, i have done over 500km on it and has run sweet as, until i noticed that my fuel guage was reading 3/4 full after i filled her up and the digital readout only showed 50 km to refill? i thought nothing of it and...

I was wondering if any of you all out there, know the history of the Rocket engine, from it's very beginning? Sometimes it almost looks like the engine was designed for something else than a motorcycle. Or maybe first thoughts were to place it sideways in a frame. The exhaust looks like a quick...

I have long wondered why, regardless of what I do, both of my triples have always had a fairly even idle with the occasional odd "change" in sound/tempo for a split second and then back to solid. It's not something you will notice if you are not nit-picky about your engines, though I suspect...

Approximately 3 weeks ago, I noticed engine running ruff during startup but smoothes out within a minute. I also smell gas in exhaust. I put some engine cleaner in and then I started having stalling while going down the road 50-70 mph, the stalling was bad enough that I thought it might die but...

I have some bad and some Good news, for awhile now my bike has been doing some intermittent cutting out when pulling in the clutch as as i stop or even occasionally when I have the clutch in to long while changing down with a closed throttle.While it has not caused a accident and it started just...