TRIUMPH Complaints

UPON BEING PULLED OVER BECAUSE MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 HAD OVERHEATED ONCE AGAIN, I LOOKED DOWN AND NOTICED THAT AS A RESULT OF THE OVERHEATING THAT THE ENGINE GOT SO HOT THAT THE PLASTIC BELLY PAN WAS MELTED TO THE HEADER PIPES UNDER THE BIKE AND MY FENDER EXTENDER WAS MELTED IN A FASHION CONSISTENT WITH EXTREME ENGINE HEAT. THE BELLY PAN WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

AFTER MULTIPLE OVERHEATING AND STARTING PROBLEMS WITH MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 I PICKED MY BIKE UP FROM TREBOUR MOTORCYCLES AND THEY SAID THAT THE BIKE WAS IN GREAT WORKING ORDER AND THAT IT WILL NO LONGER OVERHEAT. APPROX 1 1/2 HOURS LATER AFTER I ARRIVED IN NEW YORK CITY, THE TEMP GAUGE WAS AT 9 THE WARNING LIGHT WAS ON AND THE FAN FUSES WHERE BLOWING LIKE CRAZY. I PULLED OVER CALLED TREBOUR WITH THE NEWS THAT THEY FAILED AGAIN TO REPAIR MY BIKE AND PURCHASED A PACK OF FUSES FROM RADIO SHACK AND PROCEEDED HOME TO FIND ANOTHER SHOP TO TAKE THE BIKE TO. *TR

LESS THAN 2 HOURS AFTER PICKING UP MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 FROM TREBOUR MOTORCYCLES AND AFTER THE SHOP MANAGER JOE REASSURED ME THAT THE BIKE WAS IN TOP-NOTCH CONDITION AFTER MY OVER HEATING AND NON STARTING REPAIRS BY HIS SHOP, THE BIKE STARTED TO OVERHEAT IN TRAFFIC. I WAS ON A DANGEROUS ROAD WITHOUT A SHOULDER AND WAS LUCKILY ON A DOWNGRADE. I NOTICED THE COOLANT IN THE RESERVE TANK WAS BOILING SO I TURNED THE BIKE OFF AND COASTED DOWN THE DECLINE. ONCE I GOT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DOWNGRADE, WHICH WAS A TOLL ENTRANCE INTO THE LINCOLN TUNNEL IN NEW JERSEY, I WAS ABLE TO PUSH THE BIKE TO A NON USED LANE. AFTER THE BIKE COOLED DOWN AND THE OVERHEATING WARNING LIGHT WENT OFF, I TRIED TO START THE BIKE. NOTHING HAPPENED. I TRIED AGAIN AND THE BIKE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. THE PORT AUTHORITY POLICE CAME BY TO GIVE ME A HAND AND NOTHING WE COULD DO WOULD START THE BIKE. THIS WAS LESS THAN 2 HOURS AFTER A CERTIFIED TRIUMPH MECHANIC SWORE TO ME UP AND DOWN THAT THE BIKE WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION AFTER HE PERSONALLY REPAIRED IT. I HAD TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY TOW TRUCK COME TO GET THE BIKE AND TOW IT BACK TO THE SHOP WHILE I JUMPED ON A BUS BACK TO NYC. THE FAILING OF THIS BIKE OCCURRED ON A VERY DANGEROUS STRETCH OF ROADWAY AND PUT ME IN HARMS WAY. AFTER I GAVE THE SHOP MANAGER A TONGUE LASHING HE HAD THE BIKE FOR ANOTHER 3 WEEKS. TREBOUR AND TRIUMPH DID NOTHING TO DEAL WITH THE OVERHEATING ISSUE EXCEPT TO REPLACE THE FAN FUSE. THE BATTERY WAS ALSO COMPLETELY SHOT AND REPLACED. (IF YOUR COUNTING THAT IS MY 3RD FACTORY BATTERY IN LESS THAN 6 MONTHS) ALL OF THIS UNDER WARRANTY. JOE THE SHOP MANAGER ONCE AGAIN COULD NOT REPLICATE THE OVERHEATING ISSUE UNTIL THE NIGHT BEFORE I PICKED UP THE BIKE. HE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME HE FINALLY GOT IT TO OVERHEAT AND HIS SOLUTION...WAS TO CLEAN THE 10% OF THE RADIATOR THAT WAS A DIRTY FROM THE TIRE SPITTING UP ROAD DIRT AND RAIN WATER. AS YOU CAN GUESS...THAT DID NOT FIX THIS DANGEROUS OVER HEATING PROBLEM. *TR

AROUND THE END OF MAY AND BEGINNING OF JUNE 2010 MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 WOULD CONTINUE TO OVERHEAT IN TEMPS HIGHER THAN 75 DEGREES AND I WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER TO LET THE BIKE COOL DOWN. ON AROUND JUNE 24, 2010 THE BIKE WOULD NOT START AGAIN, AND WITH MY RECURRING OVER HEATING ISSUES I HAD THE BIKE TOWED TO TREBOUR MOTORCYCLES. THE BIKE WAS IN THEIR POSSESSION FOR APPROX 1 MONTH. AT WHICH TIME THE SHOP MANAGER JOE COULD NOT GET THE BIKE TO OVERHEAT. ALTHOUGH HE NEVER TEST ROAD THE BIKE IN THE TYPE OF CONDITIONS THAT I SPECIFIED. UPON PICKING UP THE BIKE HE SAID THE BATTERY TESTED "GOOD" AND THE STARTER SOLENOID AND FUEL PUMP RELAY WHERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

IN THE MORNING MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 WAS HAVING A VERY HARD TIME STARTING. IT TOOK 15-20 MINUTES OR SO TO GET IT TO TURN OVER. ONCE I WAS ABLE TO GET IT STARTED I TOOK IT TO CORSA MOTORSPORTS TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. LESS THAN 3 MONTHS PRIOR THE BIKE WOULD NOT START AND THE WHOLE STARTER SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED AND I THOUGHT THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED TOO BUT IT WAS NOT DOCUMENTED ON THE WORK ORDER. THE SHOP CHECKED THE CHARGING SYSTEM OF THE BATTERY AND DEEMED THE BATTERY WEAK AND REPLACED IT UNDER WARRANTY. THIS WAS MY SECOND STARTING ISSUE IN 4 MONTHS. *TR

I NOTICED A TEAR IN THE SEAM OF MY SEAT OF MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050. WHEN THE BIKE WAS IN THE SHOP FOR OTHER REPAIRS I ASKED THE SHOP MANAGER TO SUBMIT A WARRANTY CLAIM. IT WAS DENIED BY TRIUMPH. *TR

MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 WOULD NOT TURN OVER OR START IN THE MORNING. I TRIED TO PUSH START IT TO NO AVAIL. THE GUYS AT CORSA MOTORSPORTS PICKED IT UP THAT AFTERNOON AND HAD IT FOR REPAIRS FOR APPROX 40 DAYS AND UPON PICK UP THEY INFORMED ME OF WHAT WAS WRONG. THEY REPLACED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING UNDER WARRANTY: SUMP GASKET (FROM AN EARLIER PROBLEM), SPRAG CLUTCH, STARTER MOTOR, BEARING NEEDLE AND RESPECTIVE GASKETS. THE SHOP ALSO TOLD ME THEY REPLACED THE DEAD BATTERY BUT IT WAS NOT ON THE REPAIR ORDER SO MAYBE THEY JUST CHARGED IT UP. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS CARBON BUILD UP ON THE VALVES AND THAT COMPRESSION WAS 90 70 165. I WAS TOLD TO RIDE AT HIGHER RPM'S TO PREVENT CARBON BUILD UP. *TR

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