Excitement diminished a little

[mully95]

Good grief that could be my bike or anyone else's for that matter. So let's say the break in period got extended more miles than it should is that going to cause that much damage? Or was the break in oil not left in there long enough?

 

[TOMCAT]

That sucks Steel , be an expensive fix .. glad you're taking it in your stride. You obviously got the acceptance thing sorted

 

[Jag]

At least your getting it done right, and then you'll have many trouble free miles with all that new found power!!

 

[HansO]

Mostly on the back wheel?
Every time I see your avatar your doing a wheelie

You right on the money Tony, Scot does love to do the Odd Wheelie or two and they are done beautifully I might add, I never felt unsafe riding along side or near him.
I lost count of how many times I seen Scots front wheel up and I mean UP in the air either coming past, up ahead or in my mirror.

 

[warp9.9]

Actually he said the wheelies aren't bad on the R3, because the oil pickup doesn't lose prime where it's at.

Two oil pick ups in the sump. one front one rear. I am not sure what happens when one is sucking air. Chris knight went thru the same thing with his 265 kit. front end in the air so much his mains did not like it.

Good luck. Hopefully Bob has some spare cranks laying around

 

[Steel]

Good grief that could my bike or anyone else's for that matter. So let's say the break in period got extended more miles than it should is that going to cause that much damage? Or was the break in oil not left in there long enough?

I changed it right when the dealership said to, and went to Castrol like they said. Every change after was Mobil 1 4T

He said it was probably running it too hard in the break in period. That lots of people say "Break it in like you are going to ride it", and that's exactly what I did too. He also said the tighter tolerances on the Triumph should probably be treated easy for longer than recommended. Probably the first couple of thousand miles.

That sucks Steel , be an expensive fix .. glad you're taking it in your stride. You obviously got the acceptance thing sorted

It is more than I expected to spend. But I did borrow extra, and have been holding on to it just in case. And yes I'm glad that I've learned some acceptance these last 8 years. It's a big change to say the least.

Two oil pick ups in the sump. one front one rear. I am not sure what happens when one is sucking air. Chris knight went thru the same thing with his 265 kit. front end in the air so much his mains did not like it.

Good luck. Hopefully Bob has some spare cranks laying around

He did have parts and gave me a good deal. He seems like a real stand up guy.

 

[Neville Lush]

This will obviously be controversial, how ever I have never found a rocket with tight bearings yet. When ordering the bearings I do all the measurements and always seem to be ordering the ones which make them tighter. I tend to agree on the wheely theory.

 

[idk]

Maybe if you do some stoppies as well then it will balance things out @Steel.

 

[mully95]

I changed it right when the dealership said to, and went to Castrol like they said. Every change after was Mobil 1 4T

He said it was probably running it too hard in the break in period. That lots of people say "Break it in like you are going to ride it", and that's exactly what I did too. He also said the tighter tolerances on the Triumph should probably be treated easy for longer than recommended. Probably the first couple of thousand miles.

I have used only Castrol and Mobil 1. My bike likes the Mobil 1 lots more than the Castrol.
Carpenter might be right but imagine all the motorcycles out there that might be riding on borrowed time because the owners didnt do the break in procedure just right. I bought mine brand new and the dealer didn't even mention how to break in the engine. I put 1000 miles on it before I could get it back to the dealer for the first service. I didn't dog the crap out of it but I did goose her a little bit. What I'm trying to say is if tolerances are that tight..... Triumph needs to inform their customers on how to ride the bike correctly during break in period.

 

[Steel]

This will obviously be controversial, how ever I have never found a rocket with tight bearings yet. When ordering the bearings I do all the measurements and always seem to be ordering the ones which make them tighter. I tend to agree on the wheely theory.

Well that complicates things for me. It sure will take a lot of fun out of my riding too.

Do you think the oilpump loses prime when you wheelie?

Maybe if you do some stoppies as well then it will balance things out @Steel.

I haven't tried that with the R3, but I did a small one with my M109 when a minivan cut me off once. I didn't realize the back tire was off the ground until I felt it touch down as I finally stopped. I doubt it was more than 2 inches high.