New to Triumph


I deserved that poke!
Twas surely a dirty sucker to clean up the motor as I hit snow twice.
Once in the UT mountains & then Snowqualmie pass in WA was closed and I sat near the summit for two hours, where the pix was taken.
This was why:

that looks like a crowd around a **** good taco truck!
oh yeah....Welcome from Colorado, ya 8-armed cephalopod!
 
In the winter I carried a small jumper pack for my touring. I even bought an expensive Moto Batt. Still jumped it when it was below 35 degrees. I put a jumper that plugs into the jump box. I could fish it from under the seat, so I didn't have to remove the seat... Pretty handy
 
your experience reminds me of mine when i bought my bike last year. on the last leg of the 50 mile ride home, the speedo and tach needles starting swinging all over the place and the engine started sputtering. the engine light came on and i swear a group of flies landed on my windshield spelling "get off me!". the engine died as i exited the highway into a parking lot. (okay maybe the fly thing didn't happen but all the other stuff is darn true.)
visions of all kinds of trouble were going thru my head as i looked at my new purchase, stranded in a parking lot.
long story short, the battery was dead. new battery, all's good. i've never had a bike or car act like that as the battery is dying.
 
Welcome Octopus from here in the UK. Yes, I’m pretty sure the engine light will go out after a couple of recharge runs. Mine did same after a few weeks off the road during December.
 
Welcome to the site Bro. I took mine to Florida bike week,rolled it out of the trailer, no start. Battery needed a jump and all was good. At 11.8 volts , motor does not like it. After that is was "smiles per mile" Something you will get used too!!