Three times the champ

[Skid Mark]

First dealership lost it's Triumph backing, ( Backroads of jacksonville NC ) Second dealer lost its Triumph backing ( Capitol triumph of Raleigh NC ) Now the third dealer Steal Dreams of Fayetteville has been bought out by Britt motor sports and changed to Hotrodz's of Fayetteville.

Way back in june I had my Rocket died on the side of the road . I had to call all three dealerships and in the end through attrition my bike ended up at the Fayetteville NC.

Now The good news , John in the service department at the new Hotrodz of Fayetteville has made things happen , my dear Red Rocket has had the transmission upgrade performed to it ! They also have found that all of the teeth on the Drive shaft have been striped off ...... Triumph says NORMAL WARE AND TEAR ? ( 21,000) miles on my bike ,, I do not think ANY MOTOR COMPANY WOULD DESIGN A DRIVE TRAIN THAT WEARS OUT EVERY 20-25 thousand miles as a normal engineered item ? They sent in pictures and hopefully Triumph will err to the side of the consumer ( ME ) and cover it with the rest of the fixes. Even though I have have READ OF MORE AND MORE DRIVE SHAFT AND FINAL DRIVE FAILURES HERE LATELY !

So to sum up I am keeping my fingers and Toes crossed hoping that TRIUMPH is as I have always thought a TRUE STAND UP MOTOR CYCLE COMPANY and my Red Rocket is back to me shortly. My other Triumph bikes are lonely for their big brother!

 

[HeR3tic]

Best of luck wishes. It is imperative that corporations and after-market product providers stand strongly in support for their products, without shareholder profits as foremost in their survival. Profits derived from the sweat of others is no less slavery.

Im curious though I should know, given Im supposedly some sort of living legend, what is a "transmission upgrade"? Is a whinning sound, characteristic of this affliction?

WTF! Drive shaft tooth stripping at less than 100,000 is normal Thats Fookd UP! 200,000 should be minimal!!! "Norma wear at less than 25k" is stooping to backyard production guarantees; not that expected of a famously respected corporation.