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A good friend of mine, a Canadian, who I've ridden many miles with is about to depart on a ride on his Triumph Explorer from his winter home in Mesa AZ to Tierra del Fuego. He's always loved my Rocket and wanted to get one. With only a few days left he saw an ad for a nicely modified 2008 Roadster with about 10K miles on it. It looks to be a screamin' good deal and he asked me if I knew of any significant issues. We had previously discussed the output shaft bearing and the "paint can rattle" issues on some 05s-early 07s. I told him I thought those had been well addressed by Triumph and were not really issues into 08?
Aside from those above I believe the Rocket to be a pretty solid bike. I had early TPS issue on my 07 but with 35K on the clock mine has been trouble free.
Do you think I am correct in telling him not to be concerned about the early engine/output shaft bearing problems with an 08? I had just never read of any so assumed Triumph had fixed it. If he buys this he'll do so tomorrow, put it in layup and then start in with tricking it out when he returns home.
Aside from those above I believe the Rocket to be a pretty solid bike. I had early TPS issue on my 07 but with 35K on the clock mine has been trouble free.
Do you think I am correct in telling him not to be concerned about the early engine/output shaft bearing problems with an 08? I had just never read of any so assumed Triumph had fixed it. If he buys this he'll do so tomorrow, put it in layup and then start in with tricking it out when he returns home.