Handlebars

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2021 r3 gt black
Have not done much driving since I got my gt delivered maybe 1000 km, but the day before yesterday it was time to go för a trip to our summer house in the mountains about 650 km north of Stockholm.
Well for those of you who owns the gt with forwards pegs also know that even though that sadel is Comfy
You need to feed your butt some blood after one hour or two. Well if your wife is wonderwoman thats not a problem she can just grab you by your shoulders and lift you up. Byt sadly my wife aint wonderwoman.
So my only option was to to grab the handlebar and pull my self up from the seat 90kg and all.Thats when I noticed that the handlebar was not steady as a rock today I took a look at it. And sure enough when pulling and pushing not using much force the handlebar flex a lot.
Now when looking up from underneth the handlebar Mount i can Only see one allen Bolt maybe there is 2 anyways I wonder if that exersice to feed your buttocks puts to much stress on those Bolt.
Has any of you guys noticed this flex or should I call it movement. Is it a built in thing or is it something I need to take care of.
Take care and ride safe.
 
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I haven't notice movement, but there was a technical bulletin about checking the torque of the pinch bolts for the front fork, 25 Nm (follow steps here: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10178748-9999.pdf), I checked and adjusted mine (they needed adjustment).
The handlebar riser bolts are basically 4 bolts, you should check the torque on those as well, 26 Nm.

2020 Triumph Rocket 3 GT Technical Service Bulletins

2020 Triumph Rocket 3 GT Technical Service Bulletins
www.aboutautomobile.com
 
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Tanks I'll check that. So there's 4 of them bolts I only had a quick glance and only spotted one on each side.
I talked to a mec at the lokal triumph dealer this afternoon and he had a rocket in the shop he did pull and push and that bike had the same movement.
So I quess that it is not hard to find this on other bikes as well.
I'll leave it be till next service comes up.
Leif
 
Interesting info... A week ago I was riding with my passenger and after I had stopped at a place for a quick snack, when I started off again the handlebars just rotated down which surprised me big time. WTF?!? I was about 40 miles from the house on some twisty roads but I figured I could make it. Welllll, that wasn't the brightest decision on my part since the handlebars started to get MIGHTY loose really quick. I had to hold them up hard and it got quite tiring. Like a LOT!!! First time I put on the front brakes easy, the handlebars dived and went below and alongside the tank. Fortunately I was going straight. There were a few other times when my a$$ was sucking the seat cushion during the ride home... When I got home I wasn't sure what the torque setting should be at that point but I torqued the living He!! out of those bolts...

What bothers me is that I had the GT in earlier that week to the dealer for the rear brake bleed recall and they should have checked for service bulletins then. No crap, this could have been really serious since the bars were easily dropping down over 6" unless I held them up hard... First time I ever had that type of problem on any of my bikes in over 50 years of riding and hopefully the last.
 
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That indeed sounds like a scary experience , been doing like 70 km today but my mind was locked like radar on that handlebar ruin the joy of riding I know there is probably nothing to worry about yet,in my mind I could see my self with the handlebars in my lap trying to steer the bike just grabing the fork
I guess that those high risers behave as a leverage ading force to the Mount. I too have been riding for almost 50 years only japanese bikes though, jap bikes have their problems as well. I agree this is not a good thing this loose handlebar stuff.
Leif
 
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Mine were tight and I had to loosen them to add the Lamonster phone mount I made sure they were torqued pretty good and even purposefully pulled on them with my 250 lbs weight and didn't notice any movement. Seems like some bikes have torque spec issues on a couple of parts but that ends up happening when you outsource.

Guess I've been lucky so far as I've only had a slightly gummy rear brake (recalled issue) and the annoying keyfob warnings.
 
I think pegs forward puts more stress on butt. Have you tried moving them back?
Not noticed my bars moving.
When I put risers on, I made bolts really tight.
 
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maurice said:
I think pegs forward puts more stress on butt. Have you tried moving them back?
Not noticed my bars moving.
When I put risers on, I made bolts really tight.
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Yes I have. Soon reaching 2000 km , everyting is fine with the bike, no issues regarding the key fob or the rear breaks. My only concern right now is this handlebar gremlin. The langue barrier may complecate things a bit, the problem is not the 4 bolts that attach the handlebar to the risers.
It is where the risers attach to the triple tree, this is the culprit . Behave as a leverage was not perhaps the correct way to say. What I meant was it gets a leverage effect on the attachment , that worries me.
As soon as I am back home I'll fix it.
Take care and drive safe
 
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Yes, I echo your sentiments. I've done the exact same pull-up on the bars on my GT and was suprised by the flex. I looked below the bar clamps and was shocked that it's just 2 bolts holding the clamp assembly together with a couple of covers to hide them. It's not nearly as stout as I would expect it to be.
 
Hmm, two bolts . Yup thats what I saw also. But I was hoping for atleast two more. Well this certainly does not make me sleep like a baby at nights . One thing that comes to mind when thinking bout thoose bolts flexing back and forth is metall fatique. Overall this is a great bike but I am beginning to have doubts over build quality. But maybe I am just overreacting, lets hope this will not become a safety issue.
 
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