Rocket surgery in the workz

[warp9.9]

What is the paddock you have there ?

Thank you so much for sharing.

I missed a thread or two -- might you summarize what you were doing -- what cause you to go to that effort, and any suggestions for someone following in your footsteps ?

looks like the standard Harbor freight one

1800 Lb. Capacity Motorcycle Stand/Wheel Chock

 

[mexican]

looks like the standard Harbor freight one

1800 Lb. Capacity Motorcycle Stand/Wheel Chock

Excactly!!

 

[mexican]

What is the paddock you have there ?

Thank you so much for sharing.

I missed a thread or two -- might you summarize what you were doing -- what cause you to go to that effort, and any suggestions for someone following in your footsteps ?

The rocket lost a bunch of torque since the last visit to the dealer 2 years ago, after much research and talking to Scott, Paul and a reputable dealer in Texas, they all agreed that the timing was off, Scott kindly guided us over the phone on how to fix it, Paul rode from Enid 3 hours west to my house and we proceded to dissassemble the bike, Scott was the brain of the operation, Paul was the executor and i was the go getter

 

[mexican]

Bike's timing was way off, we adjusted it per Scott's instructions and his special tool, bike now runs at it should, so, if a bike has not the power it should i would say there is a very good chance that it is out of time

 

[mexican]

Lupe I thought your R3 was Red. Is that black one a sister ship?

The one you saw in Texas was red, i sold it and kept the black one, i had 2 for a while

 

[mexican]

You can rape a cat? Jesus! Who the hell would think of something like that? /QUOTE]



a GUY NAMED JIM WOULD

 

[Joesmoe]

So another silly question: how can a bike lose timing in the first place ? I remember the bad old days of the distributor on a gear-driven shaft (remember those ?) and using a timing light to set the advance of the distributor.

I didn't think modern internal combustion engines with coils and ECU had those problems anymore.

 

[mexican]

What plumbers do while under your house, stays under the house.

 

[mexican]

So another silly question: how can a bike lose timing in the first place ? I remember the bad old days of the distributor on a gear-driven shaft (remember those ?) and using a timing light to set the advance of the distributor.

I didn't think modern internal combustion engines with coils and ECU had those problems anymore.

According to the dealer in texas, when an unexperienced mechanic adjusts the valves, (changes the shims), he has to take the cams out, when he puts it back together they don't adjust the cams correctly causing it to retard the timing, that is exactly what we found, @warp9.9 has a special Triumph tool to align the cams, that is how we were able to set the timing on the bike
Will post a pic of the tool if needed

 

[Joesmoe]

Love to see it. Add to your already wonderful photos.