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petevtwin650

11-10-09 05:33 PM

Are Triumph back to their bad old ways?

This was posted on the Ducati site I'm on today, explaining why he was late to the meet point.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...posts/aaa1.jpg

Very low speed drop by the sound of it but a broken frame anyway.. Shades of the early 595 (was it?) debacle.

Was he just unlucky?

Bluefish

11-10-09 06:29 PM

Re: Are Triumph back to their bad old ways?

oh, was considering a triumph for next bike, must have just been unlucky, would have heard of more otherwise?

rictus01

11-10-09 06:37 PM

Re: Are Triumph back to their bad old ways?

:smt044, nice Pete, should get someone biting right...;)

Cheers Mark.

AndyBrad

11-10-09 08:01 PM

Re: Are Triumph back to their bad old ways?

still at least they had a good patch, unlike the duc's hey ;)

petevtwin650

11-10-09 08:07 PM

Re: Are Triumph back to their bad old ways?

Quote:

Originally Posted by rictus01 (Post 2060743)

:smt044, nice Pete, should get someone biting right...;)

Cheers Mark.

Nah Mark, just a genuine enquiry as I imagine a lot of you guys frequent triple sites too or read the dreaded MCN :study: :smt018

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndyBrad (Post 2060879)

still at least they had a good patch, unlike the duc's hey ;)

Hey Andy,ours had a good patch yesterday. It started! :smt068

markmoto

11-10-09 08:10 PM

Re: Are Triumph back to their bad old ways?

bloke had dropped it, but doesnt sound that strong does it :rolleyes: which bike was it do you know?

Dave20046

11-10-09 08:39 PM

Re: Are Triumph back to their bad old ways?

Was talking to m.c@etc. today, he works for a big(ish) bike shop in sheffield and was saying they're a nightmare everything get's sent off to trumph.
Ruining my dreams of a triple :(

yorkie_chris

11-10-09 09:15 PM

Re: Are Triumph back to their bad old ways?

He can't spell "an" and the yoke isn't part of the frame. 1/10 for credibility. :-P

ophic

11-10-09 09:47 PM

Re: Are Triumph back to their bad old ways?

About a year or so ago there was some reports of gixxer 1000s doing this too - snapping frames at the headstock - but it doesn't seem all that widespread.

squirrel_hunter

11-10-09 11:22 PM

Re: Are Triumph back to their bad old ways?

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Originally Posted by ophic (Post 2061058)

About a year or so ago there was some reports of gixxer 1000s doing this too - snapping frames at the headstock - but it doesn't seem all that widespread.

I was chatting to a dealer about that a couple of months back, can't remember how it came up in conversation but he showed me the recall notice that detailed the work needed. From what I remember they glue a plate over the weld and then drill a couple of bolts in to the frame to help hold it. Made us laugh.

No idea how widespread it was as the recall was supposedly done at the service interval on the sly and only affected a small batch, that came from the dealer. I only ever heard of the one on the road and possibly a second that was a race bike but can't be sure as I'm not an owner.

As for Triumph, no idea, this is the first I've heard of a problem with the frames.

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