Triumph Quit Ignoring Your Ignition Problems

[brazeagle]

Thanks, I am buying the R3GT next week, if I can , I will keep the Road Glide. It is a 2020, did 2 large trips from CT to Miami, was on the road for 19:45 hrs no stop (gas only) each way 4 times, got 8500 miles now and the bike is a monster, fantastic and zero issues.
I travel a lot from CT to Canada and Miami, so I want to do that with the R3GT, just a bit afraid of what I read.
Thanks a lot, you made me feel better about buying my GT.
Cheers

 

[brazeagle]

Yes you are correct, the R3 ignition burnout seems to be on the older models like mine which is a 2007 classic model, which I was forced to fix myself after my R3 broke down in the highlands of Scotland. Thanks to many on this great site I was able to learn how to fix the problem using an eager beaver H4 relay bypass, which you can buy from them. Don't worry about the new rockets having this ignition problem, they don't, because Triumph no longer send the headlight voltage via the ignition, which of course is not designed to handle such high power, it was inevitable that the ignition would heat up and burn out on the older R3 models. Triumph eventually admitted that there was indeed a fault problem with their ignitions, but they only said it was on the Roadster models, NOT SO! They eventually sent out to all their Triumph agencies a new bypass relay part, this to fix the problem, but only on the Roadster, not on the Classic model like mine. If you look on this thread you'll also see my miserable story of when my bike broke down, but eventually I did make it back home. All in all the new Rocket 3 is a fantastic bike and I can say that the ignition problem is no longer an issue on the new models. This site was my saviour in fixing my Rocket 3, the guys on here really know their stuff and I thank them all for their help... they know who they are.

Great to know, more courage on my deal either the 2020 R3GT after reading that.
Appreciated it.
Cheers

 

[hank 55]

I own a 2011 triumph rocket 3 roadster with a trike conversation kit,this was my first rocket 3, sold my Harley freewheeler because of unreliable, now I have a trike with ignition problems, drove it the other day ran good till I stopped to get gas,came out and nothing, after about a hour jiggling the switch, it finally started, went on line and found it is a problem with all rockets,and no recalls on a major problem with the system, and the dealership wants $200-300 just for the part, that's nuts,plus it doesn't solve the problem, couldn't find anything on the relay kit,nothing on hooking it up, that is easy to understand, 3 sites and 3 different ways to do it,like to do it the right way,really disappointing, not going to send for a relay kit all the way over seas,doesn't anyone sell them here, think it might pay to get rid of it and buy something else,triumph should be ashamed of selling these so called great bikes