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Just picked this up yesterday! Coming off a 23’ CRF250R with suspension,ecu,pipe ect. Can’t wait to rip it. Should be able to get out and ride Tuesday or Wednesday. Really impressed on how good it looks in person, amazingly put together and the hand welded frame is gorgeous. I’ll keep you guys updated on first impressions!
I bet it gets around the track as good as it looks. My gut tells me the Triumph is the real deal.
Looks like you need one of their triples for the road. They sound like a 911 Porsche.
Not proper wallet speak but congrats, I considered one of those myself but picked up a freshie of a different color yesterday as well. (Speaking with the wallet is in reference to buying a new 2 Stroke sending a message to manufacturers that people still want them)
I've been eyeing up some Scrambler 900s this week.
The Shop
Luxon 4-Post Bar Mounts
$189.95 - $239.95
DeCal Works Huge Plastic Inventory of UFO and Polisport kits.
Makes sense I’ve seen so many with so many different bikes I had no idea, so thanks for the heads up😂
I saw a couple in person a week ago at Harrisonburg,VA. They are really good looking bikes in person.
I think you could use the seat as a file.
I think it’s morphed into just buying a new bike. That thing is super sweet 👍
Yeah the seat is rough, may be the first time I replace a stock seat for too much grip.
I’ve had good luck with sanding a seat that’s too aggressive with 400 grit paper. You just need round off the top of pointy little diamonds
Beautiful bike….. the Fxdx in the back looks pretty snazzy too.
I concur...that an HPI pipe?
Thank you! Nope I had a buddy fab one up for me. Looks pretty close to the HPI though.
It is correct if you aren’t a fan of riding two strokes. 🤷🏼♂️
Rode for about a hour Tuesday night. Here are my initial impressions:
-Stability was the first thing I noticed, felt very comfy at speed and even with small holes and kickers that I would normally avoid on my Honda the Triumph seemed to just cruise through everything.
-Suspension, even though its far from being broken in the initial "touch" was a lot plusher than the Honda w/gold valves, inspired a lot of confidence even with it being fresh.
-Torque-not as much as my 21 yz250f however, its very linear and offers lots of pulling power, doesn't have a hard "hit". All around the motor felt a lot stronger than the Honda with the pipe/ecu/ect
-Cornering-lean is was great, not as "quick' as my Honda but it did allow me to carry more speed and not pay as much of attention to lean angle, I found that sometimes my Honda would be finicky in deeper ruts and was more sensitive to correct throttle/lean
Keefer did not have baseline settings available yet, so I went off the manual recommendations. Will probably leave everything there while it breaks in.
One of the fast kids at the club I ride at just one. Same situation, he's coming off a Honda. He says it's way faster than his Honda. And another guy that rode it said it's faster than his Yamaha
Pretty good feedback coming in from most owners…. Seems Triumph did a great job for a first year model.
I guess the wait was worth it. Seems like Triumph hit it out of the park.
My nephew got one and loves it plenty of power and turns great. However the bike started itself one night on the stand and ran into the garage, apparantly a faulty kill switch, anyone else have issues with this?
Pit Row
What??? Hahahaha. I prey you're not f'n with us
Nope 100% for real. Started itself in the middle of the night and ran itself into the garage wall. One ride and one wash old
They took it back to the dealer and they took a kill switch off another bike and replaced it
No issues as of yet, he kept it on the stand in gear?
What’s wrong with leaving it in gear? Probably a good thing in this scenario so it didn’t idle for hours.
Not saying that there is anything wrong with it, just have never personally done it.
Glad to hear mine wasn't the only one to start itself...starter switch is very touchy with water. Mine did it during my 3rd wash of the bike (I'm lazy and never cover the switches). Tried to start itself in the middle of washing it, was able to hold the kill switch and run to the garage with it to disconnect the battery. I now cover the switch, and disconnect the battery every time I wash it and store it until its ready to be loaded for the next ride. Switch didnt fry itself or anything, just enough for a short to run the starter.
So far thats my biggest complaint is the less than ideal process I have to go through to wash/store it, but that is fairly minor if I'm being honest
must of done. i asked him that too
Good to hear from someone else having the same problem, surely triumph are aware of this now, maybe a recall??
I talked to my dealer on it and they submitted a pre-warranty work information ticket of some sort to triumph. I didn’t bring the bike there because after I ensured the battery, starter, and switch were good, I didn’t care to drive an almost 5 hour round trip just to have them give me a new switch that may turn out the same. So maybe triumph will do something, maybe not. That’s the downside with more electronics and switches on bikes nowadays. I fried a kill switch/map switch on a 2019 Honda by washing it as well, it’s just slightly more worrisome when it’s the start button as well😂after doing that to my Honda you’d think I would have learned to cover them, but I definitely do now. That’s why I can’t exactly fault Triumph for it because if I’m going to have a huge problem with them for water issues in the switch then Honda deserves the same criticism and yet I bought another Honda after doing that in the first place
I want to hear about the Dyna
I hope they dosomething, you fork out $14000 for the kids bday and you have your new bike start itself and run into the shed, bit of a bummer
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