GEARFOX BUCKED!

[tails]

ok my turn again,i have problems between 4th and 5th .
my dealer triumph stratford are havinf it in next week to find out why,there were no arguments ,just book it in ?
so they will possibly have for a couple of weeks,also they are giving me a loan bike.
watch this space.
ps any one think they know the out come

 

[Rocket Scientist]

That's still around 5% of them and if your bike happens to be one of that 5% it's not nonsense!

I'm a 5 percenter

 

[IMFASTTOO]

I'm a 5 percenter

AND its not 5 percent that would be a massive recall of all the ROCKETS

 

[IMFASTTOO]

Just don't bite down.

We are all a bit lost on the occasional failings in Triumph products. For they have such engineering paranoia and so many bikes are so over engineered that it shows. And indeed there are bikes of every model that might last forever....but some have downright foolish assembly mistakes. And as you note, there are some things where engineers must have glossed right over the design for some reason. They is no rhyme or reason. Either you want to take short cuts and build a barely adequate bike or you want to build a superior bike....you can't be both.

The JAPANESE bikes that CARPENTER works on have far more trans problems than the ROCKETS mostly all the bikes that come to CARPENTER RACING are modified and are being raced and are subjected to abnormal abuse and the Rockets hold up better than the others BUT none of the motorcyles produced today are indestructable

 

[rocketjohn]

The JAPANESE bikes that CARPENTER works on have far more trans problems than the ROCKETS mostly all the bikes that come to CARPENTER RACING are modified and are being raced and are subjected to abnormal abuse and the Rockets hold up better than the others BUT none of the motorcyles produced today are indestructable

It seems to me it's not the engineering overall, but the foolish assembly mistakes that put us on edge, for you can never know which bike will be a bike that got assembled with eyes closed! Triumph is said to use a single line and every bike of every model goes down that line. That has to encourage mistakes, you think you are putting a particular bike together, grab the parts from the bin, and it's the sister model! Blindly you stick the parts on anyway!

 

[IMFASTTOO]

It seems to me it's not the engineering overall, but the foolish assembly mistakes that put us on edge, for you can never know which bike will be a bike that got assembled with eyes closed! Triumph is said to use a single line and every bike of every model goes down that line. That has to encourage mistakes, you think you are putting a particular bike together, grab the parts from the bin, and it's the sister model! Blindly you stick the parts on anyway!

HA LOL thats funny havnt seen any signs of that BUT I see HARLEY is recalling 47,000 of the new 108 ci bikes

 

[Ishrub]

It seems to me it's not the engineering overall, but the foolish assembly mistakes that put us on edge, for you can never know which bike will be a bike that got assembled with eyes closed! Triumph is said to use a single line and every bike of every model goes down that line. That has to encourage mistakes, you think you are putting a particular bike together, grab the parts from the bin, and it's the sister model! Blindly you stick the parts on anyway!

No that could not be true except for UK made models like the Rocket 3, as many Triumph models are made only in Thailand and possibly India shortly.

 

[1olbull]

No that could not be true except for UK made models like the Rocket 3, as many Triumph models are made only in Thailand and possibly India shortly.

 

[Claviger]

R3 has been said to be the only model to be permanently assembled in the U.K. Factory.

Others are certainly built there, though it's unclear for some which model or trim is U.K. built and which isn't.

 

[Ishrub]

Long story and may have changed since that thread was closed in mid 2008 but worth skipping to the end of the thread first. Initially only 2 cyl components shipped to or made in Thailand and partially assembled with all engines UK made. Some UK 2 cyl bikes were and may still be fully UK assembled and some, (probably all now) for US, Oceania, Asia markets Thailand assembled. Multiple Thai factories.

Very important point to prevent bunfights - ISO VIN numbering system IS a legal requirement for USA but not the same for the rest of the world so people should not get their knickers in a knot over VIN numbers w/o understanding which theirs is.

2016 thread same topic