Leaking Oil...only 300 Miles

Won't do head gasket much good. Maybe even cause warpage. Back to the dealer post haste.......

 

I would be asking for a replacement bike

 

You tell them what YOU want - it's a major investment and the dealership should respect that.

 

Don't tighten them take it back!!!

 

Looks like Triumph have some quality issues on the RS. I did 50 miles on mine and it went back with an oil leak. Cam cover gasket and also a very soft dipstick seal .. ok now but a disappointment on a new bike! Spoils the pleasure of buying a new bike ! Let's hope the big end bolts are tightened correctly !

 

If you get overtaken by your pistons- there indeed is a problem

 

They do vibrate but it's more above 6k revs though mine feels a bit rough around 3k and below too. I wrote this in another thread on vibration... But in the end I went and rode the demonstrator bike at dealers for comparison. It was the same as mine so decided they are like that. .yours may settle in a bit but may be worth riding a demo bike to compare and complain in writing to Triumph if it's wrong ! Especially with the oil leak issue.. since mine was fixed I have done 2500 miles some of them riding pretty hard and nothing else has gone wrong ... Yet .hope you get sorted successfully . The law is on your side with it being a new purchase and faulty ! Good luck !

 

Those hex head bolts are on the head gasket joint on the cam chain side. They won’t have a lot of torque in them so I wouldn’t be worried that the head gasket around the combustion chambers has suffered, just a bit of oil leaked from around the cam chain tunnel. Trouble is, as has been said has the gasket soaked up oil therefore losing its sealing qualities and are there any other loose bolts in there. Not good Triumph.

 

Reject the bike as this really is not good enough...