Hi all

[Arron Pelling]

Welcome from across the ditch

Thanks

 

[sleeves]

Thanks

Hopefully the dealer does the right thing by you as the bikes themselves are so worth it.

 

[Mike188]

Welcome from Adelaide SA, hope the dealer will see you right. Only dealer I have had anything to do with is Peter Stevens and if you brought from them I don't fancy your chances of getting the bike replaced......... Where in Oz are you? plenty of forum members here

 

[kcc11]

Welcome to the the group from Cypress Texas. Hope everything turns out ok.

 

[Arron Pelling]

Welcome from Adelaide SA, hope the dealer will see you right. Only dealer I have had anything to do with is Peter Stevens and if you brought from them I don't fancy your chances of getting the bike replaced......... Where in Oz are you? plenty of forum members here

I bought it from a dealership in Brisbane who seemed really helpful but i think this will be the acid test if it is as bad as what i think to remedy the leak

 

[Mike188]

I bought it from a dealership in Brisbane who seemed really helpful but i think this will be the acid test if it is as bad as what i think to remedy the leak

Plenty of members on here from Brissy area..........

 

[Boog]

Hello Aaron and welcome from Virginia. I would hope they replace the bike, several others have had that luck in such a case...

 

[TURBO200R4]

welcome from arizona

 

[TriumPhil]

Hello and welcome to the site from New Jersey, USA, Captain Pelling.

Sorry to hear of your inauspicious start to what will hopefully be a long-term love affair with the R3R.

My two cents is that you purchased a brand new, factory fresh motorcycle that is grievously defective (musta' been a bad day on the production line at the Hinckley plant). As you noted, repairing it entails the return of a more than slightly used and abused machine to you. I believe that you have a strong leg to stand on with regard to demanding of Triumph a new and properly functioning R3 to replace the defective unit that you purchased in good faith. Depending on the consumer protection laws in place where you live and since your new motorcycle came with a factory warranty protecting you against manufacturing defects, that is the tack I would take were it me in your place. If your dealer won't fight for a replacement, then you will have to do battle with Triumph directly, using the law to your best advantage and leveraging Triumph's own warranty against them. In instances such as yours, they seem to do the right thing more than they don't, especially if yours is a factory-related flaw.

The rest of my advice, for what it's worth, is best derived by clicking on the YouTube link at the bottom of this post and listening very, very carefully to the lyric. Godspeed!

 

[motolink]

Aaron, welcome to the Rocket site, I think it’s the first time I have heard about a oil leak from where you have described, let’s hope it’s not as bad as thougt and keep the pressure up on the dealership. I am from down the south side of Brisbane as well.