I inherited a Rocket III with training wheels

[Tal]

Phoenix rising from the ashes?

 

[Blackthou]

Welcome to the forum. Nice project and great that it fired up without days of frustration.

 

[Rick Morris]

"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!!!

Awesome.

 

[Rick Morris]

I hope you decide to keep the Rocket. Take the training wheels off it. You are going to fall in love with this bike. I am not kidding. I am glad to see you have it running. Someone is smiling down on you today.

 

[rocketjohn]

Hot leg syndrome is normal on this bike. If you find that it's running quite lean, and they are lean from the factory, you can put in a better tune with TuneECU, and that will cool the pipes down a bit. Don't expect miracles though....exhaust pipes by their nature are hot. Also, there is a fuel filter, it's in the tank. Get a can of Seafoam and put about 3 ounces in a full tank of fresh fuel, and ride it out. That will clean the injectors.

 

[Kevdog]

Hot leg syndrome is normal on this bike. If you find that it's running quite lean, and they are lean from the factory, you can put in a better tune with TuneECU, and that will cool the pipes down a bit. Don't expect miracles though....exhaust pipes by their nature are hot. Also, there is a fuel filter, it's in the tank. Get a can of Seafoam and put about 3 ounces in a full tank of fresh fuel, and ride it out. That will clean the injectors.

Decided to take the tank off to change the filter, in a way I'm glad I did, but its full of rust and going to be fun to try and get clean, gonna try and get a soft wire brush inside it and scrape off as much as I can rinse it out and call it good!

 

[Jac]

Hello and welcome from Maryland.

 

[Jag]

Their are coating available that coat the inside the the tank! Good luck!

 

[cootertwo]

In the good ole days, we used to put a piece of chain, or some bolts/nuts in a rusty tank, and give it a good shake, to loosen up the rust. However, with the Rocket tank, and inside pump/sender unit, you'd have to first remove all that stuff.

 

[Steel]

In the good ole days, we used to put a piece of chain, or some bolts/nuts in a rusty tank, and give it a good shake, to loosen up the rust. However, with the Rocket tank, and inside pump/sender unit, you'd have to first remove all that stuff.

That was my first thought too. Small chain to knock out the rust, then some Kreem tank sealer.