Re: [ST] A few minor problems

["Al Garvin" <agarvin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike,
  You also might contact Wayne MacDonald at wmcdonal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx He
has quite a bit of experience with loading tunes into the Triumph motors and
could probably tell you whether the dealer is blowing smoke or not.
Al
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Benzon" <fast87@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 7:20 PM
Subject: [ST] A few minor problems


> Hi all, this is not going to be a major crying message, just a detail
about
> some recent problems I have had with my 2000 ST.
>
> It started with me starting the bike in the garage about mid November,
after
> a month of sitting. I let the bike warm up for about five minutes before I
> noticed a good sized puddle of antifreeze under the bike. I pulled the
left
> side fairing and found a leak on the side of the radiator. It was leaking
at
> the small hose outlet, right where it attaches to the radiator side tank.
I
> called my dealer in Medford Oregon, 130 miles away, and made arrangements
to
> bring it in. They said it sounded like a warranty problem and they were
> right. When I dropped it off, I asked if they would down load the latest
> tune while they had the bike.
>
> I waited for several weeks before I called back to see how the bike was
> doing and they informed me they replaced the radiator but had a problem
> downloading a tune. It seems the bike would not accept any download. They
> checked their equipment of another bike and it checked out ok. A little
> further investigation revealed a badly corroded wire under the fuel tank,
> and informed me they had already received permission from Triumph to order
a
> new wiring loom. I'm ok with all this so far.
>
> Now comes the part I am not comfortable with, you might recall I am the
one
> who made my own muffler by gutting the inside of the stock muffler and
> building a straight-through baffle pipe, with internal slots and stainless
> steel packing. The dealer informs me that they can not download a tune
that
> is compatible with my muffler because it doesn't have sufficient back
> pressure. They said, I need to install a silencer that is either stock or
> similar to the Triumph off road silencer, specifically they want to sell
me
> the Triumph off road silencer. I am not sure I am buying into this
> statement. I would like to hear from the group on this. Is there merit to
> what this dealer is saying? or are they just trying to make another
dollar?
> I guess I trust they are not trying to rip me off, but I am not sure they
> really know what they are talking about. Also, when I asked what tune
number
> they would be downloading, they indicated they didn't know they numbers of
> the tunes, they just went with what Triumph provided them. That concerned
me
> and I informed them that there was quite a lot of talk about the various
> tunes on this and other internet sites. When I last talked to them they
said
> that Triumph told them they are downloading the number 12 tune.
>
> By the way, does $315 sound right for the stainless steel  off road
> silencer?
>
> Mike Benzon
>
>
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