New Rocket 3 2020 Minor Issues

Hi David, the trouble with spending A LOT of money on anything is that there can be expectations of perfection. I've had this on cars I've bought in the past, such as my 911 cabriolet - it was beautiful, fantastic to drive, but NOT perfect.

Re your specific issues I would say that ref the 'spanner' your bike is trying to tell you something - needs a service, somethings broken or out of spec. but something not right.

The idling variance - well it's a 3 cylinder 4 stroke engine so it's inherently out of balance on idle - my 3 cylinder Tiger used to do exactly the same - assuming it runs smooth smoothly I don't think there's anything very big to worry about but you're going to have to take the bike to the dealer anyway so ask them their opinion.

The noises on cool-down seem pretty normal to me - ticking, farting all this suggests the bike is relaxing after a ride.

 

The usual cause of fluctuating idle in an efi motor is a defective Mass Airflow Sensor. It might also explain your wee spanner.

 

It was this one. Just spray it on the inside of the belt all the way around and it should fix your problem..

 

A bike that is only 170mls old needs some more settling time.
My T120 with 16k makes all sorts of noises when ignition is first switched on? I expected the fuel pump to run but there are, as you say whirrs and clicks, but these would appear to be normal.
You may possibly need a throttle body sync? to cure idle issue.

but ride it and take it back when its due its first visit(do bikes still need oil change at 600-1k?)

 

I always understood that a three cylinder engine with a 120 degree firing order, as Triumph’s have, are blessed with perfect primary and secondary inertial balance. What they do suffer from is an end to end rocking motion, reduced by fitting a balance shaft. ?

 

This was captured with bike running from a YouTube clip, so I'd say it was normal and as I said in my previous post I'd change the date for service it should go out.

 

Here is my start up as promised. No spanner in sight

https://imgur.com/N1P2m0o

 

I just picked up my R3 TFC yesterday. I had the spanner warning constantly on (red not orange) from the time i rode off the dealership. They told me it would go away after some engine calibration but that wasn’t the case. In my case the servicing warning light came on because the default date was set to be 1/1/2000, and apparently the red warning shows up when you are past 365 days or 10,000 miles from last servicing. After i adjusted the date and reseted the service check, the warning disappeared.

My bike also shows a bit of rev instability at idle but i honestly didn’t think much of it. All my precious motorcycles had similar behaviors.

Key fob hasn’t been a problem so far.

Regarding the popping noise after a ride, i noticed that too coming from the fuel port, my guess is that after a ride, pressure builds up in the tank from the warm fuel and releases through the ao thread. My old Ducati Monster used to do that a lot.

On my end, i also have a couple of minor annoyances, not really with the bike itself as it is a beautifully design beast. I’m missing extension sockets in the tool kit located on the side panel, passenger seat is missing the seat strap, bluetooth module is extra and currently turn by turn doesn’t work for iphone 11 (unclear what the fix is, software vs hardware). I thought the heated grips were std on the TFC but guess i was wrong.. it’s my first Triumph and for such a special and expensive bike i expected a much more “premium” experience i guess.

Nitpicking aside, i’m in love with this bike, everything disappears as soon as i twist the throttle (but under 4,000 rpm ). Such a beautiful machine!

 

I thought it was fairly normal for vehicles to display all warning lights etc when first switched on. I assume to give confidence in the fact that they are working. If the spanner symbol goes off after a second or two then I can't see it being a problem.

 

@David Downes Sorry David, only just seen this. I havent yet ridden tin the dark Im afraid

 

I really hope you don't have any problems with the keyless ignition fob,in november i bought a Ktm with keyless ignition,the "key" was in the dealers drawer but in range of the bike for possibly weeks so the bike was on standby and could have been started,First time i took it out for a good run it died and would not even turn over,RAC came said the generator is not charging the battery and i had got that far on battery power alone,turns out the generator had burned out[from possibly having the ignition "on" all that time,month later new battery and generator,no loan bike,they would not give me my money back so i traded it in for a bike with a proper key.

 

Hi David,
Read the replies-I have a new Rocket GT and the key fob continuously tries to connect whilst riding (key sign on dash). Do you think it's the battery?
Good luck with your issues.