Last Saturday out on a ride I got what I thought was a puncture. Luckily it was in the rear, It went flat within 3 seconds but fortunately at the time I was in a 30 zone (and doing 30!) and not banking for a corner, so I stop, under control and still upright. Called the RAC and I was back home about 3 hours later. Dropped the wheel out on Sunday.....checked it over and could find no evidence of nail/screw/ sharp object that had caused the flat. Took it to the local motorcycle tyre specialist today, they whipped the tyre off and thankfully no damage to it......it's only done 849 miles from new......and there was no sharp object puncture in the tube. However the valve had nearly completely detached itself from the inner tube!!!......it had not torn off.......but it had simply come unstuck.....check out the attached photos......clearly it had not been vulcanised correctly onto the tube.....a one off?.....maybe......but who knows?....... I know the tyres were at the correct pressure since I checked them pre-ride. Also from the pictures see how much salt/dissimilar metal corrosion there is on the metal of the valve and I am a fastidious bike cleaner if I know there is any salt about. On the inside of the rim where the two ends are bent round and it is butt welded together to form the rim into a circle there were sharp edges left, these were filed and sanded down before re-fitting the new inner tube and tyre. I will be sharing the photos and facts of the incident with the Warranty Department at the Factory. I am not very pleased at all about the cause of this failure........how many other tubes were in that production run?.... Cheers, dickydido
Howdo DD, that looks like the rubber's torn at the base of the valve from here . I had a rear puncture not long after I got mine, valve ripped but I found a tiny hole elsewhere too . No sharp stuff found, the tyre is still on -with no more flats .
I've been saying for months that Triumphs attitude to quality is disappointing. Cheap and nasty seems to be good enough as long as they're maximising profits. No doubt it will be your fault for washing your wheels incorrectly.
I have no experience or involvement of this problem but what i can say is Triumph resolved my warranty issue quickly and efficiently. Approach them in a polite methodical manner with photos as evidence and let us know the response?
I i do think a lot of the build quality issues are because owners are not told things like un lacquered engine cases can’t be ridden in wet salty conditions and left, So a lot of owners are unaware they will suffer because of a lack of information in the first place
One great idea is to use 3M tape and go tubeless, if not a good tip is to clean all tyre fitting lube from tyre n rim before inflating tyre onto the wheel rim
I had a front inner tube fail the same way. Fortunately I was waiting to go onto a roundabout at the time, although I had just exited a motorway. I have since had both wheels made by DR Wheels in Devon using the original hun nut with stainless rims and spokes, also adapted to go tubeless. In my opinion well worth the expense.
I had a front inner tube fail the same way. Fortunately I was waiting to go onto a roundabout at the time, although I had just exited a motorway. I have since had both wheels made by DR Wheels in Devon using the original hun nut with stainless rims and spokes, also adapted to go tubeless. In my opinion well worth the expense.
it wasnt cheap, i think in the region of 1250. I'm away from home until Friday so will post some when I get back. The wheels are in my opinion top quality highly polished and being stainless should remain so. Also the rims and spokes are made in the UK.
Is that nut meant to be in that position. It’s been a long time since I’ve had tubes on a motorcycle, my mountain bike has tubes, and but the thread doesn’t go all the way down, but from memory isn’t that dome shape supposed to fit to the recess inside the rim with the nut on top, I.e outside the rim, to secure the tube in place? It looks from the residue in the threads like it hasn’t been screwed on after the tube has been removed, or that there was a securing nut on the outside? Sh!t, just seen the date of the original post
