2008 TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 CCM ABS Complaints

20 MIN AFTER PICKING UP MY MOTORCYCLE FROM OVERHEATING REPAIR AT CORSA MOTORSPORTS IN NYC, I NOTICED A LITTLE OIL LEAKING FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY MOTORCYCLE. I PROMPTLY TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS A BAD SUMP GASKET AND THAT THEY WOULD ORDER A NEW ONE AND INFORM ME WHEN IT ARRIVED, WHICH THEY DID NOT DO. *TR

UPON PICKING MY BIKE UP FROM AN OVERHEATING REPAIR THE SHOP INFORMED ME THAT MY REAR BRAKES WHERE WORN DOWN TO THE METAL AND REPLACED THEM. SINCE BRAKE PADS ARE NOT A WARRANTY ITEM I PAID TO HAVE THEM REPLACED. I QUESTIONED HOW BRAKE PADS CAN WEAR SO QUICKLY. THE BIKE HAD ONLY 2337 MILES ON IT AND WAS ON THE ROAD FOR 6 MONTHS. AFTER READING SOME SERVICE BULLETINS FROM TRIUMPH ABOUT CALIPER ISSUES I WONDERED IF MY REAR CALIPERS WHERE DEFECTIVE BUT THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY WERE NOT. *TR

AFTER PICKING MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 FROM CORSA MOTORSPORTS IN NYC FOR A OVERHEATING REPAIR, WHICH ALL THEY DID WAS REPLACE A FAN FUSE, MY MOTORCYCLE CONTINUED TO OVERHEAT AND BLOW APPROX 8-10 FUSES THROUGHOUT THE DAY UNTIL I COULD GET IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT AFTERNOON. I WAS LEFT STRANDED ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS WITH NO SHOULDER IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WHILE I WAITED FOR THE BIKE TO COOL DOWN. THE BIKE WOULD OVERHEAT 5 MIN AFTER IT COOLED DOWN AND THE OVERHEATING WARNING LIGHT WENT OFF. IT BLEW COOLANT OUT FROM BELOW THE BIKE A FEW TIMES. I TOOK THE BIKE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAD THE BIKE FOR 3 WEEKS AND REPLACED THE FAN, 140DIA, SQUARE COWL UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 OVERHEATED MANY TIMES IN TRAFFIC. THE BIKE WOULD GO FROM 6-9 ON THE TEMP GAUGE VERY QUICKLY AND THE OVERHEATING WARNING LIGHT WOULD COME ON. I PULLED OVER TO LET IT COOL DOWN AND AFTER 15 MIN OR SO I WOULD START AGAIN AND IT WOULD TAKE ONLY A FEW MINUTES TO OVERHEAT AGAIN. THEN I NOTICED THE COOLANT RESERVE WAS BOILING AND THE COOLANT BLEW ALL OVER THE GROUND. I DISCOVERED THE COOLING FAN WAS NOT WORKING AND CHECKED THE FUSES. THE FAN FUSE WAS BLOWN AND I REPLACED IT. IT WOULD ONLY TAKE ABOUT 15 MIN IN TRAFFIC FOR THE FUSE TO BLOW AGAIN AND RESULT IN OVERHEATING. THIS PERSISTED UNTIL I COULD GET IT TO THE DEALER LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. I WAS PUT IN HARMS WAY AS I HAD TO REPEATEDLY PULL OVER ON NON SAFE ROADS TO LET THE BIKE COOL DOWN. I PICKED THE BIKE UP FROM CORSA MOTORSPORTS IN NYC THE NEXT MORNING AND ALL THEY DID WAS REPLACE THE FUSE AND SAID IT WAS NOT A WARRANTY ITEM AND CHARGED ME $65.74. THE NEXT DAY THE BIKE WENT THROUGH 10 FUSES. *TR

ON DAY 2 OF OWNERSHIP OF A BRAND MY NEW 2008 TIGER 1050 ABS, I WAS RIDING IN THE RAIN. UPON STOPPING AT A STOP LIGHT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING UP FROM THE RADIATOR WHICH FOGGED UP MY HELMET WINDSCREEN, MY MIRRORS, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND WINDSHIELD. THIS PERSISTED AND CAUSED DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ALONG WITH THE SMOKE WAS A NOXIOUS ODOR. I TOOK THE BIKE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM ON A NON-RAINY DAY. THIS HAPPENED MANY TIMES OVER THE NEXT YEAR, EVERY TIME IT RAINED. I FINALLY GOT IT TO DO IT FOR THE SHOP AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE NEVER SMELLED A SMELL LIKE THAT AND COULD NOT DETERMINE A CAUSE. THEY DID SAY THE SMOKING WAS A RESULT OF WATER BEING SPLASHED UP ON THE RADIATOR DURING THE RAIN. I HAD OTHER BIKES AND RODE THEM IN THE RAIN WITH OUT THIS ISSUE. THE ISSUE FINALLY SUBSIDED WHEN I PURCHASED AN AFTERMARKET FENDER EXTENDER THAT PREVENTS EXTRA WATER FROM GETTING ON THE RADIATOR. *TR

DRIVING DOWN A WELL MAINTAINED GRAVEL ROAD, AT UNDER 20 MPH, I HIT A RUT, THE SUSPENSION BOTTOMED OUT AND I HEARD A TWANG SOUND. A HUNDRED MILES OR SO LATER I GOT OFF THE BIKE AND FOUND THAT THE MAIN FRAME WHERE THE TWO MOLDED IN BRACKETS THAT CONNECT THE UPPER ARMS OF THE SUB FRAME TO THE MAIN FRAME HAD BROKEN OFF. THE ONLY THINGS KEEPING THE SUB FRAME FROM COLLAPSING ONTO THE REAR TIRE AND CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE MOTORCYCLE WERE THE THREE 8MM IN DIAMETER SCREWS THAT HOLD THE GAS TANK ON THE BIKE AND LUCKILY TO THESE BRACKETS ALSO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM HELPED KEEP IT OFF THE WHEEL. TRIUMPH REFUSES TO REPLACE THE FRAME, (AND THE VIN NUMBERS THAT IDENTIFY THE BIKE). AT THIS POINT THEY CLAIM THE BIKE WAS NOT DESIGNED TO BE DRIVEN ON ROUGH ROADS (EVEN THOUGH IT HAS LONGER SUSPENSION TRAVEL THEN MOST STREET MOTORCYCLES) AND THAT IT IS MY FAULT FOR TAKING IT OFF THE PAVEMENT, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE SIMILAR THINGS LIKE POT HOLES AND THE LIKE ON PAVED ROADS. IN SHORT EITHER THE FRAME IS INSUFFICIENTLY BUILT TO BE DRIVEN ON MANY OF OUR ROADS (THEIR CLAIM FOR THIS BREAKAGE) OR THERE IS A DEFECT IN THIS CASTING ON THIS SPECIMEN AND POSSIBLY OTHERS. (THE FRAME IS CAST ALUMINUM.) THE FIX IS TO EITHER WELD THE FRAME BACK TOGETHER AND ADD REINFORCEMENT OF SOME KIND, OR REPLACE THE ENTIRE MAINFRAME OF THE BIKE. AT PRESENT I HAVE FABRICATED STEEL CLAMP ON BRACKETS AND HAVE MADE A CLAIM WITH MY INSURANCE COMPANY TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET THE MANUFACTURER TO REPLACE THE FRAME. IF NOT I WILL SEE ABOUT GETTING THIS FRAME WELDED BACK TOGETHER AND LEAVE THE STEEL PIECES THERE AS BACK UP. I WOULD PROBABLY MOVE THE STEEL PIECES TO THE NEW FRAME AS WELL AS I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A FRAGILE SYSTEM TO HOLD ALL THE WEIGHT OF THE BACK PORTION OF A BIKE. I CAN FIND NO EVIDENCE THAT ANY OTHER TIGER HAS FAILED LIKE THIS. *TR