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Re: [ST] I've had enough!!!



Frankly Steve I would have been done after all the bullshit with the 00. I 
think you've exercised great restraint, but no question that for you it's 
time ASAP to move on!

Best of Luck,
Erik

At 11:16 PM 5/31/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>If you have been following this saga you know that after a very rocky start,
>really bad service, and a whole lot of problems my ?00 Sprint ST was in the
>shop for a large part of last summer (70 days to be exact).  Triumph 
>eventually
>replaced it with an ?01 because my dealer could not get it to run properly.
>
>All well & fine, I picked up the new bike and within a week it?s in the shop,
>then in another week it?s in the shop yet again (14 days in the shop 
>before the
>end of the riding season)
>
>This spring I had to take it in right away because it has started to run
>abnormally rough and it?s blowing oil into the air box.
>
>It sits in the shop for an even 30 days & I get it back just in time to leave
>last Monday for a 5 day trip I?ve been planning for some time now.
>
>So?..Monday I get about 150 miles out and it is running like crap again.  Not
>wanting to risk making the problem worse I have to stop early as I am only 30
>miles past a Triumph Dealer (Sharer Cycle Center in Verona WI) and I?m hoping
>they can look at it in the morning and tell me if it?s safe to ride.
>
>Most of Tuesday is spent at Sharer?s where the service manager goes out of his
>way to check it out and re-set the CO level etc. etc.  By the time I get back
>to the campground it has already reverted to it?s crappy running condition.  I
>call Sharer?s and he says go ahead and continue on? it will run a little rough
>but won?t do any harm.  I decide to spend another night where I am and
>revise/shorten my plans.
>
>Wednesday I started out and in about another 150 miles the clutch cable breaks
>in the middle of f&*%ing nowhere!   I  have to spend about 2 hours dicking
>around trying to find something to be a clutch cable.  My repair in place but
>not safe for the backroads I get on the interstate and head for 
>Minneapolis.  I
>can get to Moto Primo in the morning and I?m pretty sure they will have the
>part.
>
>The Triumph Tech at Moto Primo graciously drops what he is doing and installs
>the new clutch cable for me.  By now it?s about noon and I decide to bag the
>trip, visit some friends and family and spend the night there.
>
>Today, Friday, I return home thoroughly disgusted and pi$$ed off with a lovely
>freeway vacation courtesy of Triumph Motorcycles Ltd.
>
>I can honestly say that I have never been more frustrated with any other
>product in my entire life.  I?m done with it.  Tomorrow I?ll fill out and send
>in the lemon law claim, request my money back and never bother Triumph with my
>problems again.
>
>I am truly sorry and I know that a great many of you swear by these bikes and
>have a great experience, but I will never be able to get on a Triumph product
>again without a constant fear that it will fall apart.
>
>Sorry folks but I?ve had enough.  This experience has sucked the fun right out
>of the sport for me.
>
>Steve Bergman
>
>2000 & 2001 Sprint ST?s
>
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