Oh woe is me...

Possibly another issue....

Speed Triple 2011

Noticed last night rising home my temp gauge never got over 2 bars

Went up OK when sat still, back to 2 when riding.

Manual says thermostat starts opening at 88 degrees which is around 4 bars I think ?

So possibly my temp has gone up the spout, just checked £34 for a new one !

Anybody know of others that fit ??

 

Done it mate....

Sat in a layby bike got up to temp fan came on

Rode a bit more and it dropped back down to 2/3

 

Yeah temp gauge goes up fine letting it tick over stationary...

As soon as I'm moving with wind into the rad it drops to about 2 bars

I understand the cold could affect it but surely the bike wouldn't have been designed to ride in cold weather with water at 40-50 degrees

 

I'll have a look with TuneECU in a bit and report back...

 

Already got one mate.....

TuneECU showed ( it wasn't super accurate as it went up in 2 degrees sometimes 4 degrees)

1 bar...........33°c
2 bar...........45°c
3 bar...........55°c
4 bar...........68°c
5 bar...........73°c
6 bar...........94°c
Then fan cut in at 103°c before 7th bar lit up

Today let bike tick over till fan came on

Rode a few miles in 30mph......5 bars

10 mile of country roads giving it some stick.......4 bars

Came back into 30mph for about 5 minutes stop starting.......just clicked 5 bars

55 on dual carriageway for few mile.....dropped to 4 bars after 1/2 a mile

So coming in today I'm around 70°c

Going home last night was around 50°c

Bear in mind the ECU still messes with idle speed (and im assuming mixture) up to 75°c

I'm wondering if half my running issues are due to the bike never really being up to proper working temp for any constant running time to allow the ECU to adjust adaptations as at the minute its adjusting for low temp running and trimming for air temp/ pressure at the same time

I'm stunned that a bike who's fan kicks in so much in traffic to stop overheating can struggle to get up to temp so much....

 

Ha ha ha I'm assuming there IS one fitted as I haven't looked yet....

This was more of an exercise too see if everyone/anyone else's 1050 does the same before I start ripping it apart

If all other 1050s don't get over 2 bars on 0° rides then it's just another Triumph foible to add to the list....

 

Yeah that was my original thinking....

Checked something else today

Started bike up and let it get to 2 bars (45°)

Touched radiator and it was hot.....my understanding is that the hot water doesn't get to the rad till the thermostat opens (88°) ???

Riding in again today 4 bars, quick blast up to 70ish (officer) and dropped back to 3 bars

Think it's time for a new (£33) thermostat

 

Does it look similar ?

This is a Triumph 1050 one.....

 

Cheers buddy

Ha ha ha can't beat a bit of Heath Robinson engineering.....

My thermo must be knackered for the temp to stay that low and the rad water to be heating up too at 45°

 

Same symptoms as mine.....

Cheers again