Hi Mileage Rockets

[mav68]

Howdy all. Has been a long time between posts.
Recently read an article in the local paper in Australia about an old boy getting around on his Triumph Rocket 3 with 275,000km which is 170,000miles on the clock. It did not mention any problems along the way The rider stated it was the best bike he ever owned.
A local Triumph Rep interviewed said he had recently been at a dealers and saw one in for a service with 190,000km -118,000 miles on the clock. Sounds like if you get a good one they will certainly go the distance. Australia has the climate for riding all year round. Even still 170,000 miles not bad for a bike that only came out 5 year ago.
Cheers Mav

 

[snuffcityrider]

Wow, makes my 24,000 seem lame. Good to know though!

 

[Sidecar Flip]

Wow. Real lame compared to me and my '06 with less than 10K on it. I'm a dedicated rider.......

 

[Ugarte]

63,000 miles for me, no problems to speak of, great to hear of one out there with 170,000 miles. Not much stress on that engine, 3k rpm at 80 mph, that just a stroll in the park.

 

[wilbur-t]

Glad to hear of some R3's with over 100k on the clock. I plan to put that much on mine, but it's gonna take a little longer. Just ticked over 33k on RAA.

 

[Confederate Spy]

I've got 32,000 miles on mine. Enjoyed EVERY MILE!

 

[TxRIIIRider]

I'm at 43K now with no mechanical problems whatsoever.. Just had to replace the primary TPS a while back, but other than that.. running good..

 

[HeR3tic]

25k with lower timing sprocket and ignition changed out. What was your reason for the TPS replacement TxRIIIRider? Symptoms?

 

[TxRIIIRider]

The symptoms started as a random 2000RPM idle that I couldn't always duplicate. Then it progressed to not being able to maintain an idle after decelerating. I would pull up to an intersection and have to monitor the idle with the throttle so the bike wouldn't die. Sometimes, after a moment of monitoring the idle with the throttle, the
bike would eventually start to idle on it's own. Mostly just random idle issues that started occuring more and more..

 

[scooch]

50,000 last night.I wicked it up to 110 while it was changing LOL