Trophy 1996 Triumph Trophy 900 Won't Start...

To cut a long story short - I inherited the bike 3 years ago & it was stood for 2 of those years at my family home. I relocated the bike to my home in Warwick & had it MOT'd & serviced last November but it's stood in the garage since on trickle charge with the occasional start & idle for 20 mins.

I'd made the tough decision to sell the bike to free up space & funds to aid in the restoration/maintenance of my other motorbikes. The chap who wanted it came up from London yesterday to ride it home so I went to fire it up to show him she runs but nothing... she was turning over but wouldn't fire. I'd had the damn thing running the day before & the morning of!

I don't understand what could've changed in such a short period of time?! Unless it's my old man telling me I shouldn't be selling it...

Something that might be noteworthy:

I've noticed the alarm fob doesn't beep/work as it did before - I replaced the battery in the fob itself but still nothing. That said it hasn't been working for months but she still ran so I find it hard to believe the immobiliser has anything to do with it but I could be wrong.

 

It doesn't I'm afraid.

I've tried a few squirts of Easy Start after a trip to Halfords tonight but it's a bit difficult to know whether it's reaching the right place what with the long air intake tubes but it didn't seem to make a difference - she's still not firing.

I've got some fresh fuel now so will drain the tank & carbs then fill the tank with the new stuff.

I had a look at the fuses & upon pulling out & replacing the 30A fuse for the ignition switch I heard an audible beep, the key fob now arms/disarms the bike but she still doesn't want to fire.

 

How do I drain the tank? Can't see anything obvious or easy to pull apart...

 

Drained all 3 carb bowls, removed the rear fairing & pulled off the black plastic air intake tubes to properly try the Easy Start but still nothing so I'm drawing a line under that option.

 

Hi Joe,

Cheers for the responses.

You say that like it's a simple task! To do that I've got to remove all of the front fairings, disconnect & remove the fuel tank & then whatever else is in the way. The middle plug looks like it's tight underneath the downtube so getting a plug socket into there looks near impossible even with everything off.

I've most probably flooded the plugs with the amount of trying tonight but they wouldn't have been flooded when I went to run her the other morning so something else is amiss.

I love working on my old bikes, don't get me wrong, but these modern ones don't half look challenging with the huge amount of stuff crammed in. I may swallow my pride & ring the garage tomorrow...