I've never had a conversation about bucket and shims as far as I can remember, Always thought modern 4 stroke bikes were bucket over shims, I've only worked on 2 stroke engine rebuilds.
What you say only confirms to me that 12000 is too short, on a heavily used bike it could come up in as little as eighteen months. My bike will shortly hit 12000 but l won't be looking at the valves until about 24000.
Thanks, l will have the bearings out, l read a post somewhere on here that no grease was applied at the factory when the guy had his apart for inspection.
My local triumph dealer was great selling me a bike, but after they are terrible! I’ve asked them to order parts which never got done. I had my initial break-in service done which cost roughly $140. Sat and waited as no loaner bike was even mentioned. They didn’t tighten the oil filter so I ended up with a nice oil slick covering the whole underside of the bike which I’ve posted about elsewhere. Had a recall involving the cable clamp at the headstock which is a small plastic clamp that probably cost a couple bucks. The dealer wanted me to leave the bike before they would even order the part and would call “in a few days” when it was done, saying they were tired of getting stuck with warranty parts costs if people didn’t show up. Basically holding my bike hostage so I would get the recall done as scheduled. I will never set foot in there again. On the other side of this type of story, I went to the closest BMW dealer to check it out. They have two Triumph trained techs in house, are willing to work on my bike as needed, and are soon putting a set of tires on at a very reasonable cost. Oh, and they are offering any loaner bike they have for the day for free. I have never bought anything from them yet. Triumph need to take note of this. I guess some dealerships just stink.
Ye Yes, l think there is little doubt that some dealers are better than others,it's a pity really because often they all get tarred with the same brush and there are some good ones about. In thirty years on bikes l have never once used a dealer for servicing or repairs, as l've said before there is no magic and learning to do it yourself pays dividends,you also know that it is done properly, you are always more conscientious with your own bike!
I only got it last summer and i don’t think any thing will wear not doing the miles. I’ve done oil change and it had 4 oil changes done at main dealer in first 4,000 miles.
Honda used hydraulic lifters on a number of bikes including my 1984 700cc Nighthawk. Its done 45k miles and I’ve known the bikes 30k + miles history and its previous owner for a long time and can say that its never had or needed its hydraulic lifters to be examined/bled etc. The engine is air/oil cooled and is very quiet.
I have and will continue to do any work on my bike from now on. It’s a great time to slow down and take a good look at everything. I have the Haynes manual. Combine that with the youtoobs and the helpful folks here and I feel I can do most anything I need. The warranty is shite, I blew through the mileage quite early. The only reason I’ll be using the bimmer shop is I don’t have the means to mount up the tires.
Just gone trough the bills for my bike Feb 2013 1,087 miles Annual Service March 2014 3,314 miles Annual Service Dec 2014 3,579 miles Annual Service All done at Three Cross Triumph, and none of the 12,000 mile items were done, so shows the the dealers don’t think the 2 year requirement for the 12,000 mile service items is needed. I’m sure there are people that get that work done early, but it not like cambelts that have a time replacement interval on them.
Yes indeed some parts do not need doing at 2 years but some do. I would suggest doing brake fluid at 2 years as its hydoscopic. Yhis is not covered by an annual service
Hi. Did you change the needle roller bearings in the drop link ? and if you did how did you get them out as I am having a devil of a job. Thanks.
My bearings were ok and only needed a re-release. Getting them out should be fairly easy, l would just push them out using a big vice and two sockets: one bigger than the od of the bearing the other slightly smaller,then using them as press tools just push the bearings out. Standard workshop practise really. If you have a lathe it would be easy to turn up some custom tools,, But the two socket method usually works well.
