g-dog
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Hello All,
I've own a 2006 scorched yellow R3 with 13K miles which I purchased in May 2007 and have viewed this site since then, but never really had anything to contribute...until now.
In May of 2009 on R3 trip from Chicago (where I'm from) to St. Louis (where I live), I thought I noticed a "whining" or some sort of new noise that I wasn't accustomed to hearing while riding on the interstate. The bike seemed to run just fine and there were no strange sensations or vibrations to speak of. Shortly after returning from my trip, I had the front tire replaced (with an Avon) and my mechanic took it for a routine test ride after replacing the tire and said that it felt fine to him. So, I figured I was just hearing things.
Two weeks ago, I rode for about 150 miles on a Sunday with some friends (Harley dudes that can't keep up) and I noticed a very substantial vibration in the clutch lever and the left peg. It also sounded like something was raddling around in the output shaft area.
I took the bike in to my Triumph dealer last weekend and after riding it, he was confident that one of the output shaft bearings was bad. He ordered the parts, replaced them and I had my bike back within a week. Twelve-and-a-half hours of labor plus the entire output shaft with supposedly upgraded bearings. TRIUMPH PAID FOR THE WHOLE THING!
There are two bearings on the output shaft and both were installed correctly. I mention this because I have heard of one of them being installed backwards in the factory. The one that failed on mine is the one that is to the front of the output shaft, closer to the engine as illistrated on page 8.14, item 26 in the service manual.
I was very worried that due to the bike being 3 months out of warrenty that I would get screwed, but as many of you have experienced, Triumph is covering this issue as needed.
I recommend that anyone that thinks they hear an unusual noise do some homework, bring what you know to your mechanic, and get the bike checked out. I second guessed my suspisions about the noise I thought I heard and was lucky that I was riding locally when this happened to me.
I would also like to add that the service from my dealer was phenomenal. He told me that if he didn't get my bike back to me before Labor Day weekend, he would let me take basically any bike I wanted home so that I wouldn't miss out during the 3-day holiday. He did, however, finish the job before needing to go that route.
Scorched yellow Rockets are faster than both the black and red ones.
I've own a 2006 scorched yellow R3 with 13K miles which I purchased in May 2007 and have viewed this site since then, but never really had anything to contribute...until now.
In May of 2009 on R3 trip from Chicago (where I'm from) to St. Louis (where I live), I thought I noticed a "whining" or some sort of new noise that I wasn't accustomed to hearing while riding on the interstate. The bike seemed to run just fine and there were no strange sensations or vibrations to speak of. Shortly after returning from my trip, I had the front tire replaced (with an Avon) and my mechanic took it for a routine test ride after replacing the tire and said that it felt fine to him. So, I figured I was just hearing things.
Two weeks ago, I rode for about 150 miles on a Sunday with some friends (Harley dudes that can't keep up) and I noticed a very substantial vibration in the clutch lever and the left peg. It also sounded like something was raddling around in the output shaft area.
I took the bike in to my Triumph dealer last weekend and after riding it, he was confident that one of the output shaft bearings was bad. He ordered the parts, replaced them and I had my bike back within a week. Twelve-and-a-half hours of labor plus the entire output shaft with supposedly upgraded bearings. TRIUMPH PAID FOR THE WHOLE THING!
There are two bearings on the output shaft and both were installed correctly. I mention this because I have heard of one of them being installed backwards in the factory. The one that failed on mine is the one that is to the front of the output shaft, closer to the engine as illistrated on page 8.14, item 26 in the service manual.
I was very worried that due to the bike being 3 months out of warrenty that I would get screwed, but as many of you have experienced, Triumph is covering this issue as needed.
I recommend that anyone that thinks they hear an unusual noise do some homework, bring what you know to your mechanic, and get the bike checked out. I second guessed my suspisions about the noise I thought I heard and was lucky that I was riding locally when this happened to me.
I would also like to add that the service from my dealer was phenomenal. He told me that if he didn't get my bike back to me before Labor Day weekend, he would let me take basically any bike I wanted home so that I wouldn't miss out during the 3-day holiday. He did, however, finish the job before needing to go that route.
Scorched yellow Rockets are faster than both the black and red ones.
