After a year of searching for my first big motorcycle I've finally decided on getting a Rocket 3. I fell in love with it instantly. It's a thing of beauty!
I don't know anyone in my country who owns a Rocket 3 so I just thought to say hi here.
My bike was manufactured in 2004 but first bought and owned in 2006. (I just got it last month and it only had 36500 kilometres on it). I'm a sentimental fella so I hope I'll be able to age with my rocket 3 and keep it running in tip top condition.
I've given it it's first wash and wax a couple of days ago and it's gleaming nicely now.
I have a couple of minor issues that have cropped up in the last week of my riding thoaough, that's worried me slightly...
1) Last night upon starting bike rev to 3000rpm twice last night but turning the ignition off and on again seemed to '''bring things back to normal". I don't know if it's an electronics problem, a throttle positioning system issue or the fault of a dirty crank angle sensor magnet (both of which I've read about on here). How can I see if my TPS has been replaced before?
2) The engine indicator lights up intermittently (it seems to happen when I'm low on fuel.) The previous owner put on some LED lights under the fuel tank and under the fenders. I didn't like 'em so I've removed the connections and lights from the battery but the switch that controlled them is still there. I plan to ask someone who knows about these things to remove the switch. I don't know if that's the issue. The weird thing is, when I filled it up with a full tank last night. All the indicators went back to normal.
The previous owner told me the bike had been serviced 2 months ago, with a new battery, engine oil and coolant change. I've actually brought the bike to the dealer to ask about this engine light indicator turning on (first time it happened (3 weeks ago, 2 days after buying the bike). I thought it might be something serious, they said they weren't sure what the problem is but reset something with the electronics with a laptop in the workshop but yesterday the engine light lit up again.
I'll look through the forum and see if there's anything I can try out without sending it into a mechanic. I'm not experienced with engines, wrenches, bolts and nuts (I'm a musician) but I'm looking to learn about these things and be able to look after my rocket on my own.
I have one question though, how often should the final drive oil be changed? I don't know when it was last changed and the tacometer shows 36500km now so I figure I should change it just to be safe. Thoughts?
Happy to be here!
I don't know anyone in my country who owns a Rocket 3 so I just thought to say hi here.
My bike was manufactured in 2004 but first bought and owned in 2006. (I just got it last month and it only had 36500 kilometres on it). I'm a sentimental fella so I hope I'll be able to age with my rocket 3 and keep it running in tip top condition.
I've given it it's first wash and wax a couple of days ago and it's gleaming nicely now.
I have a couple of minor issues that have cropped up in the last week of my riding thoaough, that's worried me slightly...
1) Last night upon starting bike rev to 3000rpm twice last night but turning the ignition off and on again seemed to '''bring things back to normal". I don't know if it's an electronics problem, a throttle positioning system issue or the fault of a dirty crank angle sensor magnet (both of which I've read about on here). How can I see if my TPS has been replaced before?
2) The engine indicator lights up intermittently (it seems to happen when I'm low on fuel.) The previous owner put on some LED lights under the fuel tank and under the fenders. I didn't like 'em so I've removed the connections and lights from the battery but the switch that controlled them is still there. I plan to ask someone who knows about these things to remove the switch. I don't know if that's the issue. The weird thing is, when I filled it up with a full tank last night. All the indicators went back to normal.
The previous owner told me the bike had been serviced 2 months ago, with a new battery, engine oil and coolant change. I've actually brought the bike to the dealer to ask about this engine light indicator turning on (first time it happened (3 weeks ago, 2 days after buying the bike). I thought it might be something serious, they said they weren't sure what the problem is but reset something with the electronics with a laptop in the workshop but yesterday the engine light lit up again.
I'll look through the forum and see if there's anything I can try out without sending it into a mechanic. I'm not experienced with engines, wrenches, bolts and nuts (I'm a musician) but I'm looking to learn about these things and be able to look after my rocket on my own.
I have one question though, how often should the final drive oil be changed? I don't know when it was last changed and the tacometer shows 36500km now so I figure I should change it just to be safe. Thoughts?
Happy to be here!
