Wrecka living up to his name breaks sheit again

[Wrecka]

Ok today i took on a few bike tasks.
Change rear drive oil , change engine oil and put new black iso grips on.

Obviously being the peanut i am i never RTFM so i emptied out the rear drive oil and it looked pretty rotten , anyway came time to refill is so not knowing what the hell i was doing i took to what i worked out to be the breather after i broke it with a set of multi grips, here's the end result




Finally worked out where the real filler was and temporarily fixed the breather using a rubber grommet as a cap.

Didnt have a triumph approved filter for the engine so i used this one thats for a Mazda RX7
, fits perfect although slightly bigger than OEM so chrome cover doesnt fit






Iso grips went on relatively easy except for the few colourful words i had to the return cable as i tried to get it seated on the throttle grip, no pics.

 

[Mittzy]

I would spend the extra $ on a genuine filter.
That's just me though

 

[CanberraR3]

Interesting day you've had!

 

[TOMCAT]

I would spend the extra $ on a genuine filter.
That's just me though

And a hard copy (book) workshop manual perhaps .. know it's online or whatever it's called but hard to beat a book sitting on a milk crate beside you I reckon.

 

[Wrecka]

I would spend the extra $ on a genuine filter.
That's just me though

I would to mate but working 6 days a week up at 3am and home around 7pm couldnt get to the bike shop during open hours

 

[Mike188]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm starting to see a pattern here..... @Wrecka a 4 x 2 and multigrip's don't work for everything............glad/hope you got it all sorted

 

[CanberraR3]

I would spend the extra $ on a genuine filter.
That's just me though

Failing that, there's a few decent aftermarket filters that are the right fitment for a Rocket - K&N, Emgo, HiFlow to name just a few. If you want part numbers, drop me a line.

And a hard copy (book) workshop manual perhaps .. know it's online or whatever it's called but hard to beat a book sitting on a milk crate beside you I reckon.

Plus, the section in the manual on final drive oil change is pretty brief, simple and comprehensive.......Just sayin'.

 

[Wrecka]

Failing that, there's a few decent aftermarket filters that are the right fitment for a Rocket - K&N, Emgo, HiFlow to name just a few. If you want part numbers, drop me a line.

Will the one i have on be ok in the short term ? I'll look at changing for a OEM one next weekend and doing a complete new oil change, will be doing about 1000klm on this week

 

[CanberraR3]

Will the one i have on be ok in the short term ? I'll look at changing for a OEM one next weekend and doing a complete new oil change, will be doing about 1000klm on this week

I really don't know mate. Sorry.

I generally have a couple lying around - never just buy 1. If you can't get to a bike shop (pretty much any bike shop) maybe one of the boys near you has a spare, or if you know anyone with these bikes they also use the same one:

Daytona 600/675
Street Triple 675
Any of the 865s - Bonnie, Ammerica, Speedmaster
955 Sprint/Daytona
Tiger 800/1050/12000

Yam R6/R1
FZ8, FZ1
Tenere 1200

Suzuki Marauder 1600

Kawa W650
VN 1500/1600
04/05 VN 2000
ZX6R, ZX12R

Honda CBR 600
Silverwing
VT750 shaft, VT750 S
CB1000R
VTR1000
XL1000
CB1300
VT 1300 Fury
VTX 1300
GL1800, VTX 1800

 

[Mittzy]

I would to mate but working 6 days a week up at 3am and home around 7pm couldnt get to the bike shop during open hours

Buy em from CanberraR3 and get it posted, Richard might even look after you on price...