Engine vibration continued
Hi guys,
Great to hear about your experiences.
Reply to Bruce Aussie - Yes they told me that they would have no problem in putting it back on the show room floor and sell it to someone else as the vibration was not detrimental to the engine.
Haha how can they predict this.
Change over was $2000
They should have removed the crank, balanced it, checked to see if it was ground correctly. I have read articles from the US that have mentioned that the rivets that hold the clutch basket onto the primary drive gear can come loose, even a new one from the factory. I cannot confirm this buts its worth listening to others.
I believe that all rocket3's have this type of vibration through the clutch and I also believe its a design fault i.e. when the clutch lever slack is removed the engine becomes as smooth as silk.
The clutch has been complained about on R3 since they were manufactured years ago.
Triumph know about this issue as because I'm not the only one who has has these issues. I think my old bike had two issues, (1) the clutch issue and (2) the crank shaft issue.
However some are worse than others. It is most definitely not torsional vibration as they claim, because the rider can't make torsional vibration disappear.
I have spoken to a bloke called Pommy Pete and he drag races motorcycles. He joined two triumph twins years ago and drag raced them. He is very knowledgeable and he said that its not normal and they should have removed the crank and tested it.
Should my next R3 do the same thing, I'm going to just ride it till its out of the warranty. I'm going to pull out the crank, rods and pistons and have it balanced and I will replace the standard clutch with a after market one from MTC Engineering from US.
But I hope I don't the same issues..
Cheers Guys.
Glad you found the problem 'SEEYA' with your R3