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Well, Saturday was not a good day, at least it ended up pretty crappy.
Left Saturday about noon for a couple hundred mile ride, it was almost 80 degrees F, beautiful day. Was about 75 miles away from home and the bike started to run rough between 2000 rpm and 5500 rpm.
I was thinking that I needed fuel??? Pulled over, fueled and started it back up, it was still running rough. Decided to head home and as I kept driving it got worse. Thinking that I had a fuel problem I didn't think much of it. As the miles added, the sound of my bike started to die. With the Jardines on, it started to sound like a stock bike. NOT GOOD..... Well made it back to town about 15 miles away and at the stop sign it went click and died. It would not restart, big "oh ****"... Well pushed to the gas station on the corner and it still didn't start, sounded like no compression. At that point I thought I lost a cylinder..
Trailered it to the Triumph dealer on Sunday, called first thing monday morning and they called at noon and told me that I had zero compression on two cylinders. They would call and let me know what Triumph corporate wanted to do, since it is warranty work. They called this morning and told me that the lower timing chain blew up. I asked what that meant, and he said that the valves were bent causing the compression issue and parts are being shipped. He thought it would take at least two weeks to get it back.
Has anybody else had the same thing happen???? If so, what did Triumph do for you and what was the end result of activities??
Greatly appreciate any comments.
Thanks.
Left Saturday about noon for a couple hundred mile ride, it was almost 80 degrees F, beautiful day. Was about 75 miles away from home and the bike started to run rough between 2000 rpm and 5500 rpm.
I was thinking that I needed fuel??? Pulled over, fueled and started it back up, it was still running rough. Decided to head home and as I kept driving it got worse. Thinking that I had a fuel problem I didn't think much of it. As the miles added, the sound of my bike started to die. With the Jardines on, it started to sound like a stock bike. NOT GOOD..... Well made it back to town about 15 miles away and at the stop sign it went click and died. It would not restart, big "oh ****"... Well pushed to the gas station on the corner and it still didn't start, sounded like no compression. At that point I thought I lost a cylinder..Trailered it to the Triumph dealer on Sunday, called first thing monday morning and they called at noon and told me that I had zero compression on two cylinders. They would call and let me know what Triumph corporate wanted to do, since it is warranty work. They called this morning and told me that the lower timing chain blew up. I asked what that meant, and he said that the valves were bent causing the compression issue and parts are being shipped. He thought it would take at least two weeks to get it back.
Has anybody else had the same thing happen???? If so, what did Triumph do for you and what was the end result of activities??
Greatly appreciate any comments.
Thanks.
