JLeather
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Like the title says. Last night I'm browsing FB Marketplace trolling for deals on bikes (because there aren't enough projects in my garage already) and I spot an '07 Triumph Rocket 3 Classic with 100k miles and "needs a stator" for $2500. Probably a terrible idea, but long story short it's in my garage now. I did get to ride it and aside from "not charging" (which I will have to confirm for myself) it runs and rides great. Brand new rear tire. I'm going to need some help since this is my first Triumph ever, and obviously a charging issue is pretty serious on these things. I'm not afraid of undertaking some pretty serious work on bikes. I'm currently completely overhauling a '77 BMW and building a Panhead chopper from scratch, which is why I figured I'd roll the dice on this R3.
It has already showed it's disdain for my purchase by the seat release ring breaking off as soon as I got it in the garage, so the seat is at least temporarily stuck. The PO replaced the R/R unit and told me that "didn't fix it", although he also told me the new one was only $55 so that's a little suspect. I got the old one as well. He also told me that he had it checked by someone for stator continuity to ground which confirmed a bad stator, but I want to see that for myself obviously. What's the best way to check that (once I get the stupid seat back off)? Anything else I should keep an eye on given the miles on this thing?
It has already showed it's disdain for my purchase by the seat release ring breaking off as soon as I got it in the garage, so the seat is at least temporarily stuck. The PO replaced the R/R unit and told me that "didn't fix it", although he also told me the new one was only $55 so that's a little suspect. I got the old one as well. He also told me that he had it checked by someone for stator continuity to ground which confirmed a bad stator, but I want to see that for myself obviously. What's the best way to check that (once I get the stupid seat back off)? Anything else I should keep an eye on given the miles on this thing?