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Hi. Do you have any piccys of your rocket lifted using the jack? Would be appreciated - thanks
 
It's just luck of the draw. I hit a nail on a freeway after 3 months of ownership which immediately got caught by the mudguard and ripped out, causing rapid deflation of my tire from the 42 psi it had to completely flat in the length of the off-ramp I went onto to save myself--roughly 100 yards.
 
blackrocket said:
Hi. Do you have any piccys of your rocket lifted using the jack? Would be appreciated - thanks
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No, I do not. But I will take some when I install the rim-tape I am expecting from Tapeworks®. Hopefully Sunday week.

I've had it up on the lift-jack twice already. Once to remove a silly eyesore OEM exhaust bracket on the left side, when I fitted the Werkes® slip-on. You need to take the side-stand assy off for that. Then again, when I fitted the Triumph Alarm. The swingarm needs to be lowered completely so that you can sneak it into a cavity at the bottom of the battery box and then close that off — from below. Total PITA that was.

Here is a chap using one as well, but you do not see him actually lifting the bike with it; And it looks like he made his bed right next to his Rocket (-:
 
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Same here. No exhaust removal needed.
 
Hey, thanks for that and look forward to pictures
 
blackrocket said:
Hey, thanks for that and look forward to pictures
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Apologies. 'Sunday week' transpired exactly one month later (-: I only got around to doing the rim-tape yesterday. So, here are some photos of the Rocket (R) raised on a lift-jack. It is a little heavier towards the rear when supporting it only under the engine - so I add a thin slat of wood and a rubber strip on the rear arm of the lift-jack, and then it lifts both wheels evenly. I took these photos before tying the bike down onto the lift jack.








Here is my Chief Vintage on one (work-in-progress, waiting on stuff) as well as my Cross Country. I also have another jack under the XC's swingarm since the front end has been stripped out.
 
Hi. Thanks for those pictures and no apologies needed. I understand how Sunday week comes a month later.
 
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I'm a big fan of the FOBO Bike 2 Bluetooth TPMS system. MUCH cheaper than the triumph system, and it's bluetooth linked to my phone to alert me via my helmet coms if it detects any issue. I'd check that out instead of going the Triumph TPMS route. I've read that the Triumph system doesn't have replaceable batteries so you have to pay for a whole new kit when they die in a few years (can't swear to that fact though).

FOBO Bike 2
 
I just ordered the Triumph tpms myself. I sure hope that lack of replaceable batteries is just bs.
 
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