what was the update kit ??
Your bike has all the updates that were made on the rocket and a few other changes I'm sure. I notice the differences every now and then. Like the feller from your side of the pond who messed up changing his clutch cable. And got confused on the location mark. You can clearly see they are made different as the older ones had a center punch. It's the little things they do that sometimes don't get noticed by a non-production oriented person. Transmissions can be particular. At the same time I was responding to Mr. Hunt's thread I was helping Mark from Ohio sort thru his. His event was caused by the nut on the helical output gear not having the proper torque. This allowed the natural thrust developed by helical teeth to move the complete output shaft to and fro in the engine case. Not fun but hey the kid now is pretty good at pulling the engine and sorting through the transmission.
 
You see though, of the 5 bikes I can think of in the last year that have posted their stories here with bent shift forks and worn dogs, NONE were dark side and NONE were making big power.

Street racing is more forgiving than track. The street doesn't hook like the track and instead of massive trans loading, you get tire spin.

NONE of the breakages are from power, ALL of them are from missassembly causing the bike to kick out of gear because the fork didn't push the gear all the way in so the dogs only partially engaged and eventually that work the dogs down.

Every single one showed these symptoms. In my case a whole spacer was MISSING inside my transmission. That has nothing to do with anything besides Triumph fing up when assembling the bike.

You can try and shift blame to the rider all you want, fact is, these late model roadsters are not being assembled with the same level of care they used to be.

I agree, see above, I posted before I read yours. Seems random, you get a good one or not, not power related. I've posted here or elsewhere, Carpenter said based on the bikes he's seen, Triumph assembly doesn't get that they have a sharp side and slightly rounded side from stamping, rather than put the sharp side against the retaining face receiving pressure, Triumph seems to assemble them randomly, 50/50 corect vs backwards. Something to pay attention to when you reassemble.

Mine is rock solid now, I sort of have a semi gear indicator now, LOL, everything is new, but the billet 4th gear he installed must be machined to tighter tolerances, I can feel the slightly greater pressure to go into 4th, and know it's fourth.
 
Your bike's symptoms don't sound good but surely a 2015 is still under warranty?

Technically it is, but Triumph still have to agree to it.
I'm going to see the damage tomorrow and discuss the possibilities.
I will take your post with me, to impress upon them just how much is involved. It's not, necessarily, just a case of banging in some parts and away you go. Another member is going through his THIRD attempt by a Dealership.

Thank you for sharing your predicament, as grim as it is and many thanks to the members who have given their support and wisdom.

:);):thumbsup:
 
They will help you, if not let us know and I'll get you a phone number to call to help facilitate.

Triumph are completely aware of the issues surrounding these problems, they have to be.
 
I missed a gear once pretty bad, ground it good, only once, but I figured that was what did mine, but Carpenter said no, the circlip coming out did it, that's a factory assembly issue.
WELL when you miss a shift and the the gear kicks out of gear that can cause the Circlip to jump out of the groove and then disaster
 
Can't be -- he knows EVERYTHING
WELL CARPENTER has done over 100 Rockets so I think they should be considered a good resource for technical info with more expierience than anyone else working on ROCKETS that I know of unless of course you know a better shop we can call JOE ?
 
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