2008 TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 CCM ABS — Problems, Recalls & Safety Data

THE LOW BEAM IS VERY DIM AND APPEARS FOGGY INSIDE THE LENS. IT APPEARS THE REFLECTOR BEHIND THE LAMP IS LOOSING ITS ABILITY TO REFLECT THE LIGHT ONTO THE ROAD. THE HEADLIGHT IS DEFECTIVE. BOTTOM LINE: THE LIGHT PATTERN ON THE ROAD IS ALMOST NONEXISTENT. IT IS DANGEROUS TO RIDE THE BIKE AT NIGHT. THE RIDER CANNOT SEE THE ROAD IN THE DARK. THE FACTORY HEADLIGHT IS DEFINITELY DEFECTIVE. *TR

IN THE MORNING MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 WAS HAVING A VERY HARD TIME STARTING. IT TOOK 15-20 MINUTES OR SO TO GET IT TO TURN OVER. ONCE I WAS ABLE TO GET IT STARTED I TOOK IT TO CORSA MOTORSPORTS TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. LESS THAN 3 MONTHS PRIOR THE BIKE WOULD NOT START AND THE WHOLE STARTER SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED AND I THOUGHT THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED TOO BUT IT WAS NOT DOCUMENTED ON THE WORK ORDER. THE SHOP CHECKED THE CHARGING SYSTEM OF THE BATTERY AND DEEMED THE BATTERY WEAK AND REPLACED IT UNDER WARRANTY. THIS WAS MY SECOND STARTING ISSUE IN 4 MONTHS. *TR

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

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

MY TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH RELENTLESS STARTING ISSUES AND OVER HEATING ISSUES. ON THIS DAY I WENT OUT TO START THE BIKE AND IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER. I TRIED FOR A FEW MINUTES AND IT WOULD NOT START. I EVENTUALLY TOOK THE BATTERY OUT AND HOOKED IT UP TO A CHARGER TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS FULLY CHARGED UP. IN THE COMING MONTHS I TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO START THE BIKE WITH A FULLY CHARGED BATTERY TO NO AVAIL. ON TODAY FEB 17, 2011 I HAD THE BIKE TOWED TO LOCOMOTION MOTORSPORTS TO SEE WHAT THE ISSUE IS THIS TIME. *TR