New owner, 2006 rocket 3, 72k miles

[u/Ratfor]

New owner, 2006 rocket 3, 72k miles

My adventure began about two weeks ago, on the ride home from the auction.

I knew before buying, I'd have to go shopping for parts. Nobody auctions a perfect bike. Biggest problem so far, the previous owner put on Big risers, and rerouted the stock length cables. So clutch, throttle, working but fucked and need to be replaced. Brake line is "okay" with the plastic sheath having worn way against a bolt. I've fixed that bolt such that it won't rub anymore, and the steel cable is in tact.

**So far:**

Burnt out gauge backlights replaced with LED bulbs.

License plate light replaced with LED.

Front turn signals replaced with LED (one was broken and hanging), signal relay replaced with one that can handle mixed led/incandescent.

Oil/filter changed. Final drive oil changed.

Windshield brackets replaced.

Lower wind deflectors added

New battery

Quad lock mounted

Heated grips installed (I ride at lot at night)

(5.75" led headlights were already installed(although I may change these ones out, only about 1/4 of the led elements are lit on lowbeam/drl, they did wire the turn signals in though))

**Bought and in the mail:**

New extended throttle and clutch cables.

Shock bearings

Rear wheel bearings

Fork seals

Ignition relocation kit (ignition is kind of finicky, sometimes have to jiggle the key to get it to light up)

Obd2 tool with the correct kkl protocol

**On the list the minute my old bike sells:**

New tires, tread is Okay but they're 8 years old.

Cush drive (I understand this is a thing that is important, I've never had a shaft bike before, the mechanic who did the inspection tells me I need it)

Brake pads (30%, so no rush)

**Mysteries**:

Zero mechanical history. Local triumph dealers have Zero record of this bike.

2nd gear transmission fix. I understand this year had a pretty serious transmission issue. My engine number is 253XXX so that's After the revision, as best as my research can detail. On the other hand, I have been having the very occasional Slip/loss of power, while accelerating in second gear. It's a fraction of a second, and only happens when accelerating during a curve, never when upright. Could be tire slip? Engine stumble? I don't know. I find it hard to worry about this, on a bike with 72k miles on it, if it was gonna Be a problem, wouldn't it have Been a problem by now?

Rough starts. Cold start, you can hold that starter for 15 seconds and it'll eventually, reluctantly, start. Or you can give it some throttle on start and it goes no problem.

Weird stall. It's happened twice now. Idle drops from 800 to 500, engine start to struggle a bit, usually after about 15 minutes of riding (when it's fully warm?). Revving brings the rpm up, but it goes right back down 500, struggles, and dies. Restarting the engine, starts easy, runs right after that.

Both of the above problems I'm not going to worry about until after I replace the throttle cables, and can check the idle speed control valve, idle stepper motor, and throttle position sensors. Make sure the throttle bodies are balanced while I'm at it. Can't do that until a new/old Obd2 scanner comes in, because unfortunately None of the shiny new ones I have can figure out how to talk to this dinosaur.

Sigh, Lotta work ahead.

**Wisend rocket owners, what am I forgetting/missing?**

[u/throwawayPSL34987]

Any used bike is going to be a mystery. I treated all of my used bikes as if I had to start over. Repair what you can, start on one thing and don't start another until you fixed what you started. Do this in order, safety items first. Maintenance items second. Cosmetics third.