I bought a new left over 08 (date of mfg 7/07) standard rocket from triumph of windber (good people), the day I drove it home it would not shift into second gear smoothly, I kept missing second gear, if I moved my foot forward and really pulled hard it will go in! sometimes with some chatter! dealer said get some miles on it! I now have 800 miles on it, has not changed one bit! 3rd,4th,5th gears all shift solid and smooth! dealer spoke to factory and they said pull the motor and take apart! bike will be down 2 to 3 weeks! I am pissed! I have owned Yamahas - VMax, Maxim 1100, Kawsaki Ninja 900. Kawasaki H1 500 triple, HD Lowrider, and various street n trail and dirt bikes, I never had any tranny problems on any of those bikes! (yeah even the Harley with 102ci. engine with nitrous) I tried calling triumph and i was put through to Peter somebody, got his voice mail, left message, he never returned my call! there are obviously engineering and quality control issues! or I got a monday morning or end of day friday build? (just my luck) not sure what my plans are yet with this bike! depends on what triumph does! and if any thing else breaks! guess maybe I should have tried saving my money and got a new V Max!