2008 Triumph Tiger 1050 Ccm Abs Engine Problems

AS A RESULT OF MULTIPLE OVERHEATING ISSUES THAT WHERE NOT RESOLVED BY TREBOUR MOTORCYCLES I HAD MORE OVERHEATING PROBLEMS WITH FUSES BLOWING AND THE BIKE REACHING THE MAXIMUM TEMP VERY QUICKLY. ONCE THE OUTSIDE TEMPS DIPPED BELOW 70 I COULD RIDE THE BIKE WITHOUT IT OVERHEATING AND I TOOK IT TO LOCOMOTION MOTORSPORTS. THEY HAD IT FOR ALMOST A MONTH AND DID EXTENSIVE TESTS WITH IT. THEY EVEN BENCHMARKED IT AGAINST AND BRAND NEW BIKE IN THEIR SHOP AND FOUND OUT THAT MY BIKES FAN WAS COMING ON MUCH LATER THAN ON THE NEW BIKE AND RESULTING IN A HIGHER TEMP AND THEN THE SHOP WAS ABLE TO GET THE BIKE TO OVERHEAT. THEY REPLACED THE FOLLOWING PARTS: A RELAY EFI, FAN SQUARE COWL, COOLING FAN, AND COOLING FAN RELAY. (THIS IS MY 2ND REPLACEMENT FAN IN A YEAR AND 3RD TOTAL FAN INSTALLED ON THE BIKE) ALL OF THIS WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10383155

Incident

Sep 4, 2010

Mileage

5,960 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10383150

Incident

Aug 20, 2010

Mileage

5,925 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10383147

Incident

Jul 29, 2010

Mileage

5,845 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10383141

Incident

Jun 24, 2010

Mileage

5,739 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10383119

Incident

Feb 4, 2010

Mileage

3,592 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10383111

Incident

Sep 26, 2009

Mileage

2,337 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10383109

Incident

Sep 4, 2009

Mileage

2,337 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10383106

Incident

Sep 1, 2009

Mileage

2,312 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10383101

Incident

Feb 25, 2009

Mileage

30 mi