Valve Adjustment
Same system just no ladder. Triumph went with the same design as on the Bonneville. Sad just clips here and there . Very weak system when you get down to it. Cams are not as secure as the older rocket. They say it saved weight. Really now. 1990 design on a bike that cost $22,000? Lets get real here. The more i read about the New Rocket the more i start to look at a older Rocket.
 
I will pay for valve adjustment if needed, but just wondering if there are symptoms that you need it. Hate paying 700 bucks and they are fine!
From what I have read, symptoms of tight valves: loss of performance, decrease in fuel mileage, hard to start.
Loose valves: noise

What do you think of observing that before adjustment? (Easy on me, just trying to understand!)
 
You pretty much nailed it. Tight valves happen over time so loss of power may not be noticed. I check every 20-25 thousand miles. I usually find one or two out of tolerance.
 
I know nothing about the new Rockets.

I note that when the Rocket III engine was new, Triumph development was "just enough" - so some of their development was on the backs of early adopters - a kind of beta testing if you will, and we saw them bear the costs with nominal cost update kit and contributed labor to install it.

Another artifact of that process was the early manual calling for valve clearance check at 10,000 miles, because basically they (Triumph) didn't know.

After accumulating sufficient real world data, the manual was quietly revised to make the inspection interval 20,000 miles.

Will be interesting to see if the development process available to Triumph 15 years later yields a more mature product at launch.
 
While checking the valve is not a lot of labor correcting the clearance is. So even if they r perfect i would imagine they would say there was a few out of clearance to make some bucks.
Most mechanics can do this (that leaves u out lol) we might team up on it
 
Haha. So true! (Leaves me out of it)
I have heard many posts where dealer said" a couple were tight" so 6.5 hrs labor with no proof they were
I'm all for "teaming up on it". Supply the beer?!
 
Post a lot of pics please. Very interested in the ends and outs on the New Rockets. How about it TURBO 200R4. Always ready to learn something new.
 
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