What have you done on your bike today?
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Triumph Speed Triple 1200
Soon after I bought it the battery terminals came loose on my old 990 KTM while I was riding it. Dash lights came on and the rev counter needle began swinging wildly to and fro against the stops like a windscreen wiper. But it didn't conk out. I would expect the engine to keep running with loose terminals - but the 990 was an older generation bike and completely analogue, so who knows.
My Triumph Rocket 3 died for no reason a couple of times and lights came on. I coasted to a stop, killed the ignition and restarted it and it fired up immediately. It turned out to be some gearbox or clutch sensor. Not uncommon according to the owner's forum and the dealer sorted it at the next service.
Hopefully Dox's is something similar.
@Dox is it still under warranty?
My Triumph Rocket 3 died for no reason a couple of times and lights came on. I coasted to a stop, killed the ignition and restarted it and it fired up immediately. It turned out to be some gearbox or clutch sensor. Not uncommon according to the owner's forum and the dealer sorted it at the next service.
Hopefully Dox's is something similar.
@Dox is it still under warranty?
Hook-up culture. Everything is so much looser these days.How did it come loose pal
The screw wasn't long enough for the auxiliary wire as well as the main cable so with the constant shaking of a big twin it was just waiting to happen ( It was nothing to do with the way it was being ridden, honest gov!).How did it come loose pal
The manufacturer warranty is finished, but the dealership warranty rolls on providing I service it there, which I do.
What happened with your Rocket sounds very similar.
Modern Trumpets are not know to randomly self-destruct. They're pretty solid. Hopefully yours will just be some infuriating electronic gremlin. Fingers crossed.
I don't know what yours is like but I have to say my local Triumph dealer at Newcastle was one of the best main dealers I've ever dealt with. Triumph do seem to be one of the better brands in this respect.
I don’t know I’ve only known it for Triumph
Thanks for your call Hugo…I’ll check the terminals shortly and let you know
The battery terminals seem connected - I can’t fully check without removing the tank and I’ve not got time today.
Switching the ignition on it now just shows transmission error (I didn’t start it though) and there seems a common problem with heat effecting wiring to or from the quick shifter. Yesterday it got very hot while it was stood for an hour.
More investigating tomorrow - thanks for your input
Fitted STM clutch to the SXV - bit of a tetris thing going on for an hour or so while i worked it out...but went in, in the end....got no adjustment left on the clutch lever or the inline adjuster but its working...
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Yesterday my swollen left foot had gone down enough to get my boot on!
So i went for a blast and it's so good to be out again.The handle bars are bent and i tried to get them back in shape with no joy so i will get a new set. The forks are out of alignment so sorted that earlier, i had to take the fork brace off then a couple of well placed right foot hits and done.
Hoping to go out later when thing's have cooled down a bit.
So i went for a blast and it's so good to be out again.The handle bars are bent and i tried to get them back in shape with no joy so i will get a new set. The forks are out of alignment so sorted that earlier, i had to take the fork brace off then a couple of well placed right foot hits and done.Hoping to go out later when thing's have cooled down a bit.
The battery terminals seem connected - I can’t fully check without removing the tank and I’ve not got time today.
Switching the ignition on it now just shows transmission error (I didn’t start it though) and there seems a common problem with heat effecting wiring to or from the quick shifter. Yesterday it got very hot while it was stood for an hour.
More investigating tomorrow - thanks for your input
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Does yours have a quick shift? It's not unknown if the visible parts at the linkeages/connectors to get shit on them for it to cause brain farts
I hope it's something simple.
In the Ducati menu you can turn off the QS, assuming you can on yours too it may be worth a try
In the Ducati menu you can turn off the QS, assuming you can on yours too it may be worth a try
Yes. I turned my Diavel's QS off in settings as it didn't work properly. Whether that kills power to the unit itself I don't know but definitely worth a try. If not, but it's a physical wiring fault in the QS itself as @Noobie suggests, maybe having deactivated it in the menu try disconnecting the wires.
It does, and it’s usually very slick. I’ve checked the immediately visible elements, but need to remove the coolant expansion tank to get to the rest.
It’s on the list with tank removal ti check the battery connections
Evening bimble while people rushed about for the kickball, had chips and gravy on a bread cake in Bakewell, proper doughnuts in Matlock Bath then a shandy at the Fox House pub while the sun went down…
This is view from the Fox House pub looking toward Carl Wark and Higger Tor
This is view from the Fox House pub looking toward Carl Wark and Higger Tor
Ta.Great pics…
Bread cake? WTF?
Aye, breadcake, it’s a big thing round here, a few miles to the south it’s a cob, to the west it’s a barm cake, to the north it’s a roll and nobody cares in Lincolnshire.
A Sheffield/Yorkshire fish cake is also something that’s unique to here, it’s a piece of fish between two slices of potatoes then battered and fried.
Today i went out on the Harley to Tot Hill services for fuel then across the North Wessex Downs to Marlborough then through Salisbury then home. It's bloody windy today but it's quite a cool wind in places along with hot pockets of air
Got the bike in the garage and noticed my side number plate holder had come loose, keep forgetting it's a Harley and everything needs thread locking.
Got the bike in the garage and noticed my side number plate holder had come loose, keep forgetting it's a Harley and everything needs thread locking.
Today i went out on the Harley to Tot Hill services for fuel then across the North Wessex Downs to Marlborough for fuel then through Salisbury for fuel then home. It's bloody windy today but it's quite a cool wind in places along with hot pockets of air
Got the bike in the garage and noticed my side number plate holder had come loose, keep forgetting it's a Harley and everything needs thread locking.
FTFY
Today i rode the Harley up to Winchester to the Vodafone shop to sort my phone out. It's been dead for 3 days as it won't charge, they told me to go up to a shop called phone tech so did that and they tested it, battery is fucked!! So i went for a wonder around Winchester while they sorted it out, went back and it had a new battery fitted and 60% battery charge.
Cost me £50!!
I then went for a bit of a ride out then a bit of shopping and home. My left foot is painful today and i hadn't taken my pain killers as they make you realy drowsy, not a good idea when riding.
Cost me £50!!
I then went for a bit of a ride out then a bit of shopping and home. My left foot is painful today and i hadn't taken my pain killers as they make you realy drowsy, not a good idea when riding.
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