Found this today

sonny said:
Yea but why take the risk. Summers here in Oklahoma can get rather warm. The Samco hoses by far are better made. Money well spent vice calling a tow truck
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Just bustin' yer chops, Amigo!
Samcos are awaitin.
I did get impatient with the longevity of the OEMs, so I replaced my two front hoses with the new yeller Samco a week ago while I was draining and refreshing coolant.
 
You can not bust my chops. It don't work. Knew I had to remove the radiator to replace clutch. so figured radiator hoses just made sense.
 
75,000 ish miles on my original radiator hoses. Still look good and feel pliable. I just ordered another set of OEM's to install with the new radiator. I'll keep the old ones for spares. 13 years at half the cost of Samco's, not a hard decision for me. My 05' Dodge Magnum, with 230,000 miles, still has all the original hoses, plug wires, fan belt etc. They use pretty good stuff nowdays
 
Must have missed the issue on hoses. Did Triumph get a bad batch from a supplier? I've did the flex squeeze we've all done on automotive hoses. Seem perfectly fine. My first water cooled bike. I changed coolant a year ago, just because. Coolant was fine. Hoses?
 
I had one go out at about 35,000 miles (in Maggie Valley). The split was so clean it looked like someone had taken a razor down the length of it. Luckily there was plenty of helpful volunteers and tools available.
 
My 2005 with 68000miles still has the original on and they still look goo, not saying they are good but they look good.
 
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