What would you call a normal level of driveline noise?

uh oh, might get that 20,000 mile service done a little early then, least they can pull the sump and check for me while the oil is out of it anyway. Have people had any luck with triumph covering any parts or labour if it is the output shaft bearing as around 20k seems to be when a lot of people have had this problem? Then again, the bike is 10 years old now.
You hit it on the head the bike is over ten years old would be very surprised and also very disappointed if Triumph did cover it.
 
Manic-Mechanic, THATS the word I was looking for, It feels like there is quite a lot of gear lash and very noticeable when gently applying and releasing the throttle at 1800rpm or less.

Remove the sump pan and check the rear screen. The gasket can't be but 20 bucks
If there is no bearing parts you'll feel better. My guess is there will be.

Yep, My 05 had it but not as bad as the 09. I've had the 09 for over three years with no other issues except the detent spring.
ALSO when my trans blew up due to a 50 cent snap ring, there was no sign of metal in the sump. Once I split the engine, there were gear teeth scattered all over. How none of it migrated to the sump is beyond me.
 
My bike doesn't make any clunking sounds in the drive line. Very smooth and quiet. The engine makes a lot of mechanical sounds but they are smooth and sound good to me.
 
There was some issues with the output shaft bearings failing on the early models. Mine failed on my 05', but I didn't get any warning. There is really is no way to check it without removing the output shaft which entails dropping the rear of the engine down. You can pull the oil pan fairly easily, and look for pieces of bearing.
My output shaft went out, and I ended up replacing the whole bottom end. Have it checked by the dealer.
 
I will get it in for a service asap then and ask them to check it out, then g̶e̶t̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶p̶e̶n̶n̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶g̶e̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ rob a bank to cover the labour cost. Any recommendations for other jobs to get done while its apart?
 
I will get it in for a service asap then and ask them to check it out, then g̶e̶t̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶p̶e̶n̶n̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶g̶e̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ rob a bank to cover the labour cost. Any recommendations for other jobs to get done while its apart?
I ended up replacing the shaft, hub, and the entire bottom end. While they were in there, the replaced the stator as well. It was about $5k, and I bought a used hub and shaft... but mine basically grenaded the bottom end, hopefully you caught it before too much damage happened. Good luck! There are engines out there if it’s too bad.
 
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