I inherited a Rocket III with training wheels

[Idaho Red Rocket 3]

Welcome from Exotic Idaho Kevdog. Nice to see your wife's Daddy knew how to live. Send some more pictures of the trike and showing the steps you are going through to start the bike.

 

[Kevdog]

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome and kind greetings!!

Welcome from Australia and good luck with your R3 trike. Might want to check the push in connections under the fuel tank. All the best and enjoy your ride and this forum.

There is 4 connectors not plugged into anything?

like he said...check the kill switch by your right thumb...on off a couple of times.

I did this, you can see the gauges illuminate when i turn it on but the gauges don't sweep?

There's always the option of taking it to a mechanic, though most seem to disdain that.

TuneECU might help if you plug it in to the bike and see if it gives you any error codes.

Check all the fuses.

Checking into this, guess I need a cable

Id go straight to the bypass that would of been put in the circuit fot the original sidestand switch , check it for bad joins etc

The kickstand is still on it, I pushed it up and down a few times but nothing?

None of the warning lights come on ie: Neutral, engine, oil, etc...
Here is a pic of the disconnected plugs under the tank

 

[Tal]

Old girl needs a good clean...

 

[Scorp]

On your picture I can see you have the ignition switch moved to the LHS. Not sure if those plugs have been disconnected due to this or not. Maybe with the tank left up, plug in the plugs and see if anything happens.

 

[Kevdog]

"SHE LIVES"
After pushing the start button about 50 times it suddenly started to crank!!!
A few squirts of starting fluid and it started to run "popping Coughing bogging and smoking" and suddenly it started to idle,
after a few minutes I was was able to rev it and it was purring like a Kitten.
Now I need to check the brakes and take her out for a spin.
Happy Happy Happy!!!

 

[TURBO200R4]

welcome from arizona
glad u have it running.

 

[rocketjohn]

I my experience, if the Rocket is out of tune it will take forever to decide to crank. There are procedures that can be done with TuneECU to remedy those issues. But by the looks of things, this poor bike, just needs to be ridden regularly!

 

[stollydriver]

May sound like a stupid question - is there an alarm / immobilized fitted ? These will prevent the check system from operating and the sweep action. Just a thought. Welcome to the forum

 

[Boog]

Hello Kevdog and welcome from Virginia

 

[Kevdog]

I my experience, if the Rocket is out of tune it will take forever to decide to crank. There are procedures that can be done with TuneECU to remedy those issues. But by the looks of things, this poor bike, just needs to be ridden regularly!

Thanks, I have downloaded the program and ordered the cable, soon as it comes I will check it out!

May sound like a stupid question - is there an alarm / immobilized fitted ? These will prevent the check system from operating and the sweep action. Just a thought. Welcome to the forum

No alarm far as I can tell, but thanks!

Soooo, I took it for a spin!
It's still popping but I think its partly due to crap in the tank so I'm going to try and flush it out. Is there a fuel filter?
I went around the block a few times and it seemed like it was getting pretty hot between the legs, I checked the coolant and its full, not sure if its circulating or not, is there a way to check this?
Also the Speedometer is not working even though it lights up.
Its kinda hard to turn with the training wheels on it, but HOLY SMOKE that thing has POWER!!!!