TRIUMPH Complaints

2006 TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE WITH 1250 MILES ON IT. HAS HISTORY OF SPUTTERING AND STALLING. TODAY AFTER RIDING HOME FROM WORK LEAKED GASOLINE IN ATTACHED GARAGE FILLING THE HOME (2 ADULTS, 2 CHILDREN, 2 DOGS AND 2 CATS) WITH GASOLINE FUMES. BIKE WILL BE TOWED TO DEALER TOMORROW FOR EXAMINATION. IF REPAIR FAILS WILL BEGIN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS TO HAVE BIKE PURCHASED BACK FROM: TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES LIMITED NORMANDY WAY HINCKLEY LEICESTERSHIRE LE10 3BZ AND/OR TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES (AMERICA) LTD. 385 WALT SANDERS MEMORIAL DRIVE SUITE 100 NEWNAN, GEORGIA 30265 *TR

2006 TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE WITH 1300 MILES SPATTERS AND STALLS WHILE DRIVING. IN THE LAST INCIDENCE THERE WAS NO PLACE TO PULL OFF A VERY BUSY ROAD IN MODERATE RAIN. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ON THE MOTORCYCLE BECAME CLOUDED OVER WITH CONDENSATION. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE CLOUDINESS WAS DUE TO THE WAY THE MOTORCYCLE WAS BEING OPERATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE SLOWING TO A STOP FROM 25 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR BRAKE PADS ON THE VEHICLE WERE WORN DOWN TO THE METAL. A SERVICE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AS WELL AS THE MANUFACTURER.

OUR BRAKES ARE VERY SPONGY. IN SOME INSTANCES THE FRONT BRAKE LEVER WILL GO ALL THE WAY TO THE HANDLE BAR BEFORE THE BRAKES SHOW ANY SIGNIFICANT SIGN OF STOPPING. IF YOU PUMP UP THE LEVER THE BREAKS ACT MUCH FASTER. SHOULDN'T NEED TO PUMP THE BRAKES. ALSO MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SITUATION AS WELL. LINK HTTP://WWW.SPORT-TOURING.NET/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=89222 IT WAS SUGGESTED WE FILL OUT THIS FORM. I'M DOING MY PART TO MAKE THIS MOTORCYCLE SAFE FOR EVERYONE. *JB

NEW 2006 TRIUMPH SPRINT ST HAS UNSAFE BRAKES. BRAKES ARE INADEQUATE TO STOP THE MOTORCYCLE EFFECTIVELY. I AM A RIDER WITH OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE, OWN SEVERAL MOTORCYCLES. IN A HAZARDOUS SITUATION I NEEDED TO STOP QUICKLY, AND THE BRAKES WERE INEFFECTIVE. *NM

FRONT BRAKES ARE LOSING EFFECTIVENESS AFTER TWO MONTHS OF NORMAL USE. FRONT BRAKE LEVER TRAVEL HAS INCREASED TO THE POINT THAT I AM UNABLE TO GENERATE ENOUGH BRAKING FORCE IN AN EMERGENCY STOP SITUATION. PROBLEM IS PERSISTENT AND ONGOING. *JB

I HAVE OWNED A 2005 TRIUMPH SPEED TRIPLE MOTORCYCLE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. THE FRONT BRAKES HAVE A DANGEROUS PROBLEM WHICH CLEARLY IS "A PROBLEM." OVER FAIRLY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE BRAKES BECOME PROGRESSIVELY MUSHY. THIS IS NOT NORMAL BY ANY MEANS IN THIS TIME PERIOD. THE BRAKES DO NOT CONSISTENTLY STOP AT THE SAME POINT WHEN PULLING IN THE LEVER AND CONTINUE TO GET WORSE UNTIL A TEMP FIX IS DONE AND THE PROCESS STARTS OVER. CURRENTLY TRIUMPH IS DECLINING TO EVEN DO THE TEMP FIX FOR ME WHILE MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD IT DONE! TRIUMPH CALLS THIS "PROGRESSIVE FEEL." THIS IS NOT A FEATURE. IT IS A PROBLEM. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE INCONSISTENCY IN NEAR CRASHES WHEN I HAD TO PULL THE LEVER FARTHER THAN I EXPECTED TO BRAKE, ONLY TO STOP WITHIN A FOOT OF A VEHICLE WHO TURNED IN FRONT OF ME. IT IS DANGEROUS AND SCARY. IF SOMEONE HAS NOT DIED YET BECAUSE OF IT, THEY WILL. PEOPLE ARE REPLACING THESE BRAKES THEMSELVES AND SOLVING THE ISSUE. THESE BIKES ARE UNDER WARRANTY AND TRIUMPH SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT IS INDEED A PROBLEM. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO REPLACED THE ECU, BUT THE PROBLEM RETURNED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ECU A SECOND TIME. THIS WAS A 2006 TRIUMPH DAYTONA 675.*AK UPDATED 10/25/2006 - THE WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED. *NM

AFTER ABOUT 3 MONTHS, MY FRONT BRAKES HAVE TO BE PUMPED UP TO BE USED OR THE LEVER WILL COME ALL THE WAY TO THE GRIP. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES TO HAVE THE BRAKES FIXED. I HAVE PAID TO HAVE NEW BRAKE LINES INSTALLED AND STILL THIS HAS NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE BEEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND ATTEMPTED TO USE THE FRONT BRAKE AND HAD TO PUMP IT BEFORE THERE WAS ANY EFFECT. I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT YET. *NM