Lost a side cover

[muleskinner]

The Harley baggers use a plastic cover/grommet set up like ours. Due to that fact, I've always been carefull installing my side covers, as I know it's a problem. I must have pushed the grommet through the hole or something when I installed the cover.

The dealer states there is a new part number for the grommet. Maybe Triumph changed the grommet. But I had to keep from laughing when the dealer said he had never heard of the problem. How convenient! If I had LOST the cover like Harry, I would have went at it with Triumph to get a warranty replacement.

 

[CanberraR3]

So Triumph though it a good idea to bolt the seat down on the Touring and clip on the side covers.

 

[GPMAZ]

So Triumph though it a good idea to bolt the seat down on the Touring and clip on the side covers.

And the mufflers are bolted to the saddlebag mounts, the handlebars are rubber mounted, and they designed it with a rear tire size that leaves absolutely no option for a V rated tire.

Other than that, they did a wonderful job.

 

[RKTNMYPKT]

I'm pretty sure you would need to glue the grommet on the hole on the bike, not the cover to the grommet.

Dont I feel stupid!

 

[muleskinner]

FLASH!!! I received the new grommets from the dealer. $1.89 each. I ordered two. The dealer said Triumph has a new part number for the grommets. They look different, but I don't see any difference in the way they fit. The fit of the cover piece going into the grommet is much easier than the Harley covers. I wonder if that's why the covers blow off? Or is it because the R3T has so much power, the covers can't hold on?

 

[atomsplitter]

I had a side cover blow off a 1972 GT550 Indy once (in 2007). It too was rubber grommeted. Odd how 35 years of neglect makes the rubber hard as stone................

 

[dandiego]

I lost one, as well. Didn't recover it. My lament was well-documented on this site.


The Touring side covers are much different than the ones on the Classic, Standard, etc.

I can tell you that BikeBandit.com had the best replacement cost than anywhere else (except eBay, if you can find one). Remember the 10% AMA discount.

 

[muleskinner]

I had a side cover blow off a 1972 GT550 Indy once (in 2007). It too was rubber grommeted. Odd how 35 years of neglect makes the rubber hard as stone................

Is that how you do it? I've been neglected for years, but it ain't made my rubber any harder!

 

[atomsplitter]

Is that how you do it? I've been neglected for years, but it ain't made my rubber any harder!

Yes. It helps if you're a little weather checked as well for added stiffness (be careful though, it gets brittle after that).