quick question

[xhdskip]

they came with a washer?

 

[HeR3tic]

It was probably only the California models An attempt to tighten up a bit.

 

[Sidecar Flip]

after doing a little investigation on my r3t up under the right side of the tank and extending up towards the neck I found a metal stick almost looking like a prop on a car hood to hold the hood up its about 8 inches long. Aight this may sound dumb but what is that stick for I almost freaked out when I removed it

.....As long as you are poking around under there, it might be a good time to buy a tube of dielectric grease and pull apart all the Mollex plugs and put the grease inside. Triumph is notorious for dry plugs and resultant electrical gremlins....just like Lucas only more modern.

 

[Kmutt]

Excellent suggestion FLIP. Is there a thread that has this information already?
One that kind of gives suggestions of things that should have been done by the factory but didnt happen.
Im sure there are other "secrets" to keeping the rockets from getting too many gremlins. anybody else got some secret tips?

 

[BigWillie]

That would be very informative. I haven't gotten into pulling anything on mine apart yet. If it ain't broke and all. Having some information about things that need to be done to prevent problems would come in handy. The thing about the stick is great. Never heard of it but it should be a big help. Better than trying to hook up fuel lines that are a little two short after completely removing a tank. Never had to do it on a FI engine but my Trophy is a big enough pain and it's naturally aspirated.

 

[TxRIIIRider]

LOL.. NOTHING is worse than the fuel line set up on a Trophy... lol. The RIII is much better.. I've given up on my wife's Trophy's vacuum line to the petcock for the moment and just leave it on Prime... The vacuum line that goes to the petcock keeps getting pinched off.. Haven't had any problems with leaks or anything. In fact, it has sat for the past 3 weeks, so I took it out for a nice ride today, and man does that bike run good..

I'm glad my wife isn't confident enough to try and race me on my Rocket.... lol I would for sure never hear the end of that..

 

[BigWillie]

The vacuum line is the only one I don't have trouble with. My biggest problem is the one coming straight toward the frame from the fuel supply valve. I can't find a bent piece of tube so I just capped it off and run one line. You need to watch for leakage with it on prime. I basically goes to a gravity flow and that can push past your floats and leak into the cylinders and even down into the bottom end.