Sprint ST - Tale of Woe

[Graham Ward <grahamw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As a Triumph owner for some years now (Trophy 3) I decided it was time to move on having been swayed by the magazine reviews of the new ST.

A gleaming red Sprint ST was ordered around a month and a half ago - then things started to go wrong...

Bolt Recall - two days before I was due to pick it up meaning it was going to be a week late.  Still, the following weekend the sun was shining and I rode down to collect the new beastie which looked as good as I remembered.

Seven miles later it was less good as all the electrics died and left me stranded on the side of the road as I rode it home.  It turns out the alternator had gone AWOL and the battery wasn't charging.

Two weeks later I am due to finally pick up the bike when I the dealer discovers that it keeps blowing a fuse in the charging circuit.  Apparently, after they spoke with experts at Hinckley, they were informed that on quite a few of the new ST's the wrong fusebox had be put in and this needed replacing.  New one on the way from Triumph.

Am I just unlucky or are there major electrical gremlins with the ST?  

The way things are going I am soon going to consider buying Japanese ....

Graham Ward

Sprint ST (one day)
Trpohy 3 (still there)







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